The Ghanaian Army relies on a mix of modern military technology and older varieties.

While modern M16s and equipment are standard issue, much of the secondary equipment used by the Ghanaian military is generally older than that used in Western military forces, and Ghanaian troops frequently rely on British, Brazilian, Swiss, Swedish, Israeli, and Finnish weaponry.

The Ghanaian military is recognised as one of the most professional and up-to-date armed forces in West Africa, and as Ghana itself is a peaceful nation, enjoying stable relations with its neighbours in West Africa, Ghana is free to commit a large proportion of its armed forces to international peacekeeping operations.

Ghanaian statutory law officially prohibits civilians and foreign nationals from wearing military apparel such as camouflage clothing, or clothing which resembles military dress.

In addition, Ghanaian law prohibits the photographing of police or military personnel and vehicles while on duty, strategic sites such as Kotoka International Airport when in use, and the seat of the Ghanaian government, Osu Castle.

* Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ( 1931 – 1979 ), Ghanaian military ruler

* Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician and military leader

The United Nations has often relied on Ghanaian forces to conduct peacekeeping operations, in countries as diverse as Rwanda, Kosovo, and Lebanon.

However, because some fonts do not provide a cedi character, the cent sign is often used in its place, including all official Ghanaian documents.

It has often been said that there was no connection between the Ancient Ghanaian Empire Ouagadougou ( which bordered Ancient Morocco, Algeria, Niger and Ancient Sudan ) and Present Day Republic of Ghana in West Africa.

A proposed rail link between Ouagadougou and Pô in Burkina Faso and Kumasi and Boankra in Ghana, has been discussed with Ghanaian officials, and feasibility studies are being undertaken to explore this possibility, which would provide rail access to the inland port of Bonakra.

Tourism has become one of Ghana's largest foreign income earners ( ranking third in 1997 ), and the Ghanaian Government has placed great emphasis upon further tourism support and development.

It has served as a useful vehicle for contacts with neighboring West African governments and for channeling increased Ghanaian exports to regional markets.

Hausa is also widely spoken by non-native Gur and Mande Ghanaian Muslims, but differs from Gaananci, and rather has features consistent with non-native Hausa dialects.

Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, who has a Scottish father and a black Ghanaian mother became the President and Head of State of Ghana.

Ghanaian music: Ghana is best known for the highlife style of music, which has been popular throughout the 20th century.

Kufuor's career has been spent on the liberal-democratic side of Ghanaian politics, in the parties descended from the United Gold Coast Convention and the United Party.

Even Meidway, through a series of guest musicians like Manu Dibango, Jacob Desvarieux, Lokua Kanza, Kojo Antwi and Koffi Olomidé has added Cuban, Mbalax and Ghanaian Hi-life musics.

The Jane & Wilson neighbourhood has the largest Ghanaian community in Toronto.

James Victor Gbeho ( born January 12, 1935, in Keta, Ghana ) is a prominent Ghanaian lawyer and diplomat who has been President of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) Commission since 2010, to which position he was unanimously elected at the 37th Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the 15 Member States.

Under these circumstances, AdaSL has developed an indigenous sign language, fully independent from the country's standard Ghanaian Sign Language ( which is related to American Sign Language ).

The presidential election is won by 50 % plus one vote whilst the parliamentary elections is won by simple majority, and, as is predicted by Duverger's law, the voting system has encouraged Ghanaian politics into a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

He has played nine games for the Ghanaian national team, and represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympic football tournament as well as the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

The Ghanaian owned company, Underwater Forest Resources has committed itself to making said lumber available in the Global Market.

This may be a leading reason why the latest incarnation of Ghanaian music has not reached the ears of World Music promoters or bridged the frontiers of countries across Africa such as Congolese music has done.

The PNC has contested all national elections since the inception of the fourth republic apart from the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election, which was boycotted along with other opposition parties.

Together with his second wife, the Ghanaian, Naaotwa Codjoe, he lived in a village near Accra, Ghana, from 1990 to 1996 ; he has now settled in London.

A proclaimed pan-Africanist, he has lived in Britain for decades and renounced his Ghanaian citizenship in order to become naturalised as a Briton.

Since then, Essien has announced that he will be standing down from the Ghanaian national side for the near future in order to focus on his career with Chelsea, having suffered two significant injuries whilst playing for Ghana in recent years.

Aaron Mike Oquaye ( born April 4, 1944 ) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana since 2009.

Similarly, in Africa, plantain leaves are dried and used to wrap corn dough before it is boiled to make fanti kenkey, a Ghanaian dish eaten with ground pepper, onions, tomatoes and fish.

Ghanaian midfielder Abedi " Pelé " Ayew, who scored three goals, was named the best player of the tournament after his contributions helped Ghana reach the final ; he was, however, suspended for that match and Ghana lost to Côte d ' Ivoire in a penalty shootout that saw each side make 11 attempts to determine the winner.

The GAF, along with the Ghanaian Army and Navy, make up the armed forces of Ghana which are controlled by that nation's Ministry of Defence.

Ghanaian societies frown on homosexuality ... if the people's interest is that we do not legalize homosexuality, I don't see how any responsible leader will decide to go against the wishes of his people.

16, 527, 148 are Ghanaian passport holders ( i. e. Ghanaian citizenship and Ghanaian passport holders ), while 745, 294 are permanent residents ( i. e. holders of the Ghana Card ), and 307, 978 are foreign workers ( i. e. non-resident ), with an estimated 7, 078, 403 being illegal immigrants mostly from West African countries.

This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Ghana at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund with figures in millions of Ghanaian Cedis.

On July 4, 1958, the Ghanaian government established Ghana Airways to replace the operations of the West African Airways Corporation within Ghana and connecting Ghana with other countries.

The Ghanaian Hausa dialect ( Gaananci ), spoken in Ghana and western Ivory Coast, is a distinct western native Hausa dialect-bloc with adequate linguistic and media resources available.

Saab also supplied two model 300 ( 269C ) light helicopters for additional training with Ghanaian help, plus anther was acquired as a presidential transport but was replaced in 1976 by a MBB BO 105.

It declares Ghana to be a unitary republic with sovereignty residing in the Ghanaian people.

Diplomatic relations with Ghana were established immediately following Ghanaian independence in 1957.

To highlight the importance of encouraging more female leaders in Ghanaian society, the Yaa Asantewaa Girls ' Secondary School was established at Kumasi in 1960 with funds from the Ghana Educational Trust.

In July 2011, Sunderland signed a partnership agreement with Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko.

The Ghanaian Dagaaba have traditionally had a Cousinage / Joking relationship with the Frafra ( Gurunsi ) people.

The fertile, forested southern coastal region is inhabited by African Ghanaian groups speaking Kwa languages such as Akan and Ga. Their music is in the Niger-Congo tradition, associated with social or spiritual functions, and relies on complex polyrhythmic patterns played by drums and bells as well as harmonized song.

To a much lesser extent, Ghanaian musicians found success in the United States and, briefly, the United Kingdom with the surprise success of Osibisa's Afro-rock in the 1970s.

The originator of this style is Reggie Rockstone, a Ghanaian musician who dabbled with hip-hop in the United States before finding his unique style.

The Ghanaian cedi symbol ¢ is a letter C struck through with a vertical or slightly angled bar.

This fear, along with inflation running at about 100 % annually, started causing Ghanaian society to lose its faith in its own currency.

Other organizations using the name Rosicrucian formed after Stewart's removal from AMORC include the Ghanaian Order of the Rose Cross led by Benjamin Quaye and the Norwegian Order of the Rose Cross led by Robert Aarberg of which both orders are closely allied with Stewart's Confraternity of the Rose Cross ; and the short-lived Ancient Rosae Crucis which was led by Ashley McFadden.

* Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian percussionist with Traffic