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The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, following its successful affiliation to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has introduced new Ph.D and MSc postgraduate programmes in Defence, International Politics and Security Studies. The programmes include:
- Ph.D in Defence and International Politics (PDIP) - Full-Time. The programme is designed to prepare Ph.D. students for rigorous, policy-relevant research on the management of the defence sector; military science; major threats to national and international security, politics and the relevant strategies, institutional arrangements, knowledge, skill, and the capabilities that will be needed to confront those threats.
The mission of the programmes’ is to produce a new generation of analysts, policymakers, and scholars, fully knowledgeable about the range of international and national security and defence problems and foreign policy issues of the 21st Century.
The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) on Tuesday, 23 September 2025, held a ceremony at Hamidu Hall, Otu Barracks to officially commence Senior Command and Staff Course 47 (SCSC 47). The event was attended by the Acting Commandant, Deputy Commandant, Assistant Commandant Senior Division, the Registrar, directors,...
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The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) held its 2025 joint graduation ceremony for the regular Senior Command and Staff Course (SCSC) 46 and the Master of Science in Defence and International Politics (MDIP) and Master of Science in Security Studies (MSS) at Hamidu Hall, Teshie, in Accra...
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The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) as part of its 2025 graduation activities held a joint religious parade at the Hamidu Hall, Otu Barracks, on Sunday, 17 August 2025 for the Senior Command and Staff Course 46 (SCSC), Master of Science in Defence and International Politics (MDIP)...
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The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) has officially opened the 2025 Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) Course at the Hamidu Hall, Teshie on Tuesday, 5 August 2025. The Principal General Staff Officer at the Ministry of Defence, Brigadier General Ben Gah, speaking on behalf of the...
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The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) has ended Exercise NKABOM, the major and final exercise of Senior Command and Staff Course(SCSC) 46. The six-day operational-level exercise commenced on Friday, 25 July 2025, and ended on Thursday, 31 July 2025, at Otu Barracks, Teshie. Themed “Restoration of Peace...
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A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has paid a working visit to the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) on Friday, 1 August at the Headquarters in Teshie. The visit was to congratulate Brigadier General Jackson Wonje on his appointment as Acting...
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