Introduction
How is the Military in Ghana and how does it work to maintain Sucity and fight terrorism? In terms of Military and security forces, we have the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF): Army, Navy, Air Force (2024).
In Ghana, the military’s primary missions are border defense, assisting with internal security, peacekeeping, and protecting the country’s territorial waters, particularly its offshore oil and gas infrastructure; it has benefited from cooperation with foreign partners, such as the UK and the US, and experience gained from participation in multiple international peacekeeping missions
 
in 2022, Ghana began beefing up its military presence in the north of the country against threats from the terrorist organization Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, which has conducted attacks in the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Togo; Ghana’s northern frontier with Burkina Faso is also an area with well-established smuggling routes, porous borders, and illegal gold mining

the military traces its origins to the Gold Coast Constabulary that was established in 1879 and renamed the Gold Coast Regiment in 1901; the Gold Coast Regiment was part of the West African Frontier Force, a multi-regiment unit formed by the British colonial office in 1900 to garrison Britain's West African colonies, which went on to serve in both World Wars; following Ghana's independence in 1957, the Gold Coast Regiment formed the basis for the new Ghanaian Army (2024)
Security and military information of Ghana
Military and security service personnel strengths approximately 16,000 active personnel (12,000 Army; 2,000 Navy; 2,000 Air Force) (2024)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions the military's inventory is a mix of older and some newer Russian, Chinese, and Western (including US) weapons and equipment; the government in recent years has committed to an increase in funding for equipment acquisitions, including armor, mechanized, and special forces capabilities for the Army, light attack aircraft for the Air Force, and more modern coastal patrol vessels for the Navy (2024)
Military service age and obligation 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service, with basic education certificate; no conscription (2024). note: as of 2024, women comprised approximately 15% of the military; Ghanaian women first began serving in the late 1950s
Military deployments 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 725 (plus about 275 police) South Sudan (UNMISS); 670 Sudan (UNISFA) (2024). note: since sending a contingent of troops to the Congo in 1960, the military has been a regular contributor to African- and UN-sponsored peacekeeping missions
Military expenditures
Military Expenditures 2023 0.4% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022 0.4% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021 0.5% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military Expenditures 2020 0.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
Military Expenditures 2019 0.4% of GDP (2019 est.)
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Ghana is found in Western Africa