Coordinates: 5°35′46″N 0°09′18″W / 5.596°N 0.155°W / 5.596; -0.155

Burma Camp

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Burma Camp walls

Burma Camp is the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces[1] and the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence. The camp is in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana.[2] It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp might not re-emerge.[3] It was the site of fighting during the June 1979 coup that placed Jerry Rawlings in power. The museum was opened on 5 March 1957. Burma Camp has twenty-four (24) schools, with a learner population of 14,712.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ghana Armed Forces". www.gaf.mil.gh/. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ^ "ECG cuts off power to these communities due to Accra rainstorm". GhanaWeb. 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  3. ^ Teri McConville et al, 'Defence Management, The Structural Underpinning of Democracy: A Case Study from Africa,' 11.
  4. ^ "Ghana Armed Forces". 22 February 2020.

5°35′46″N 0°09′18″W / 5.596°N 0.155°W / 5.596; -0.155