About Gafcsc
The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) was established in 1963 with the mandate to train officers of the Ghana Armed Forces and allied officers of Africa in command and staff responsibilities. Over the years, it has received and trained personnel from sister African nations and has concentrated on core military/defence programmes, leading to the award of Pass Staff College (PSC) certificate.
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Major General Irvine Nii-Ayitey Aryeetey was born on 13 March 1962 in Accra where he spent his childhood years. He completed his ‘Ordinary’ and ‘Advanced’ Levels of Education at Presbyterian Secondary School, Legon and Navrongo Secondary School respectively.
He was trained at the Ghana Military Academy in October 1984, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 16 August 1986, and posted to the Airborne Force in Northern Ghana. He proceeded to the US Army Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia in 1991, where he was trained and certified as a Jumpmaster/Pathfinder/Instructor.
Latest News
MAJOR GENERAL ARYEETEY TAKES OVER AS GAFCSC COMMANDANT
Maj Gen Irvine Nii Ayitey Aryeetey has taken over from Rear Admiral Moses Beick-Baffour as the Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC). The handing and taking over was marked by a colourful farewell parade and pulling-out ceremony held...
JUNIOR STAFF COURSE 77 GRADUATES
On Friday 24 June 2022, a graduation ceremony was held for 62 students of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) Junior Staff Course 77. Addressing the graduands, the Guest of Honour, Brigadier General Delali Johnson Sakyi (Rtd), admonished the them...
GHANA ARMED FORCES COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE EMBARKS ON REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY TOUR 2021
Students of Senior Command and Staff Course 43 of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College undertook a Regional and Environmental Study Tour (REST) of four selected regions in Ghana. Four groups of student study teams and accompanying staff visited the...
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE VISITS GHANA ARMED FORCES COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
A reconnoiter team from the Canadian Department of National Defence visited the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) on Wednesday 24 November 2021. The ten-member team, led by Lt Col Eric Pellicano, and under the bilateral Technical Assistance and...
CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF NIGERIA VISITS GHANA ARMED FORCES COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
On Friday 26 November 2021, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, General Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor, briefly visited the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC). He interacted with the Nigerian Directing Staff as...
NEW ZAMBIAN DEFENCE ATTACHÉ PAYS COURTESY CALL ON THE COMMANDANT OF GHANA ARMED FORCES COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
The new Defence Attaché (DA) to the Zambia High Commission in Ghana, Colonel Derek Mbolela Mwendaofyo, on Tuesday 30 November 2021, paid a courtesy call on the Commandant of Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Rear Admiral Moses Beick-Baffour. In...
Latest Publications
AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ON THE GHANA ARMED FORCES by Atsu Abgenyega
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...
THE IMPACT OF ICT ON ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE ECOWAS PROTOCOL ON FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS GOODS AND SERVICES by Bala Musa Kaugama
ECOWAS Member States signed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocol on Free Movement (EPFM) on 1 May 1979. The objective of the protocol is to abolish all forms of obstacles to free movement of persons, goods and services within ECOWAS Member...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE BETWEEN GHANA AND COTE D’IVOIRE SINCE 2007 by Benjamin Malon Blay
Diplomatic 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...