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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. Click on the academics tab to read more on the requirements and structure of the newly introduced postgraduate degree programmes. Deadline for application is 31st November 2023 and the academic year commences in January 2024.
The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College(GAFCSC) has held an opening ceremony to commence the 5th Maritime Sector Governance Course for participants of the Senior Command and Staff Course 46 and stakeholders in the Maritime Sector on Monday, 25 November 2024 at the Hamidu Hall, Teshie. The Course...
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The Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Major General (Ing) Matthew Essien and some members of the College Staff paid a courtesy call on the Libyan Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Khamis Baraka Ibrahim, at the Libyan Embassy on Tuesday, 26 November 2024. ...
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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) exhibited its military strength and capabilities during the Land Combat and Firepower Demonstration held at the Bundase Training Camp. The exercise, conducted on Friday 1 November 2024, had the 2 Infantry Battalion as the lead unit, with support from various battalions and regiments. Sea and...
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On Thursday, 17 October 2024, the Chief of the Army Staff, (COAS), Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona visited the College, delivered a lecture on his vision for the Ghana Army and interacted with students of Senior Command and Staff Course 46 at the Hamidu Hall. The COAS was accompanied by...
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A two-member delegation from the Ghana National Fire Service College, led by Deputy Chief Officer and Commandant of the Fire Service College, James Ankrah, along with Assistant Chief Fire Officer Dr. Gerald Acheampong, Director of Studies, has paid a courtesy call on the Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command...
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The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) has held its induction religious parade for Senior Command and Staff Course 46 at Hamidu Hall on Sunday, 6th October 2024, Teshie. During his sermon on “Enhancing Professionalism through Knowledge Acquisition,” Colonel Peter Nyarko Duodu encouraged participants to pursue knowledge...
Read MoreDiplomatic relations between Ghana and her western neighbour, Cote d’Ivoire, got strained when Cote d’Ivoire in 2008 challenged Ghana over a maritime boundary. The disputed area covers portions of the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) and the Deepwater Tano blocks, where Ghana is currently carrying out oil exploration and exploitation. The area is...
Ghana, and for that matter, the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has contributed significantly to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) since 1960. This has enabled Ghana to gain the international status as one of the largest African contributors to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Several studies have been conducted in recent...
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