Ghana: 1) Information on military training in Cuba or Libya; 2) Information on the type of training received and whether those trained are expected to deal with domestic insurrections
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA9639 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: 1) Information on military training in Cuba or Libya; 2) Information on the type of training received and whether those trained are expected to deal with domestic insurrections, 1 November 1991, GHA9639, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abf68.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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1) A letter written by a Ghanaian soldier-trainee in Libya and published in the New African (30 June 1990) states that the Ghanaian government sends trainee-soldiers to Libya for military training. According to the letter, death is the sentence trainee-soldiers receive for refusing to go to Libya or for trying to escape from military camps there. Reportedly, the same sentence is meted out to trainees who communicate with their families in Ghana. Further information on this subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
2) Information on the type of training received and whether trainee-soldiers are expected to deal with domestic insurrections is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
Bibliography
New African [London]. June 1990. "Libya: Five Ghanaian Trainee-Soldiers Shot?"
Attachments
New African [London]. June 1990. "Libya: Five Ghanaian Trainee-Soldiers Shot?"