Burma Camp

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]

Burma Camp walls

The Flower Pot interchange was constructed to ease traffic to Burma Camp.^[5]

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. "Flower Pot Interchange will ease traffic, but congestion may persist - Urban Roads director - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-11-19. Retrieved 2024-11-19.

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