Ghana-FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE

Air Force personnel on parade
Courtesy Embassy of Ghana, Washington

Contingent of the Ghanaian navy on parade
Courtesy Embassy of Ghana, Washington

Like most African armed forces, the Ghanaian military has depended on foreign military assistance since independence. Initially, Ghana looked to the West, especially Britain, for equipment, training, and command support. As Ghanaian politics became radicalized and the world divided along East-West lines, Ghana's military diversified its sources of military aid by developing ties to radical states such as the former Soviet Union, China, the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany), and Libya. After the Cold War ended, Ghana again turned to the West for most of its military needs.

Data as of November 1994