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. It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp might not re-emerge.^[2] It was the site of fighting during the June 1979 coup that placed Jerry Rawlings in power.

Commander-In-Chief : Nana Akuffo-Addo, President of Ghana

Chief of Defence Staff: Maj. Gen. Obed Akwa

References

^ "Ghana Armed Forces". www.gaf.mil.gh/. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
^ Teri McConville et al, 'Defence Management, The Structural Underpinning of Democracy: A Case Study from Africa,' 11.

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[GAF-1] "Ghana Armed Forces". www.gaf.mil.gh/. Retrieved 12 August 2011.

[2] Teri McConville et al, 'Defence Management, The Structural Underpinning of Democracy: A Case Study from Africa,' 11.

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v t e Ghana Armed Forces
Leadership	President of Ghana Chief of the Defence Staff Minister of Defence
General	Defence Industries Holding Company (DIHOC) Orders, decorations, and medals Order of the Star (OOTS) Order of the Star and Eagles (OOTSE)
Services	Ghana Army Ghana Air Force Ghana Navy
Independent	President's Own Guard Regiment (POGR) Border Guard Unit
Departments in the Ministry of Defence	Military Intelligence Unit^{[citation needed]}