This article is a list of military conflicts involving Ghana, and its predecessor states and includes conflicts such as coups.
Wars
Battle of Guinea – 1478 – War of the Castilian Succession Battle of Elmina (1625) – 1625 – Dutch–Portuguese War Battle of Elmina (1637) – 1637 – Dutch–Portuguese War
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result Congo Crisis(1960-1964) ONUC
Others ANC Port Francqui incident Victory Debellation of the State of KatangaLebanese Civil Warand South Lebanon conflict(1978–present) UNIFIL Ghana Others South Lebanon Army
Hezbollah Amal PFLP-GC Ongoing First Liberian Civil War(1990-1997) ECOMOG
Others NPFL Defeat NPFL victory Rwandan Civil War(1993-1994) UNAMIR
Others Rwanda Defeat Rwanda Genocide Great Lakes refugee crisis Sierra Leone Civil War(1997-2002) ECOMOG & UNAMSIL
Others Sierra Leone Kamajors CDF RUF AFRCWest Side Boys Liberia NPFL Victory First Ivorian Civil War(2003-2007) ECOMOG
Others COJEP
FNCI Tentative peace agreement Second Ivorian Civil War Second Ivorian Civil War(2010-2011) UNOCI
Others FNCI RDRРада направила в Кот-д’Ивуар 60 украинских миротворцев и три вертолёта. Комитет ВР и Томенко — против // NEWSRU.UA от 4 февраля 2011 Military of Ivory Coast COJEP FPI Victory Gbagbo captured Mali War(2013-2017) MINUSMA
Others Government of Mali MNLA
Al-Qaeda
Boko Haram Withdrawal Ghana withdraws troops in 2017 due to security concerns ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia(2017) ECOMOG
Others Pro-Jammeh forces Ongoing Western Togoland Rebellion(2020) Western Togoland Restoration Front Ongoing
Violent coups and coup attempts ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result Operation Cold Chop(1966) Ghana (Nkrumah government) National Liberation CouncilAlleged Support: NLC Victory Kwame Nkrumah deposed Operation Guitar Boy(1967) (NLC) Coup plotters NLC Victory Coup failure June 4th coup d'état(1979) (Supreme Military Council) Armed Forces Revolutionary Council AFRC Victory Colonel I.K. Acheampong deposed and executed Nobistor affair(1985) (Provisional National Defence Council) Supporters of Godfrey Osei United States mercenaries PNDC Victory Coup plot failed Mercenaries detained in Brazil
See also List of conflicts in Ghana Ghanaian Armed Forces
References