Peacekeeping in a Francophone Space: Experiences of Ghanaian Peacekeepers in Côte d’Ivoire

The Anatomy of Ghanaian Domestic Military Operations: Exploring Operations Vanguard and Calm Life

“…Ghana has had a long history of contributing to UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs). Considered a stable democracy in Africa, despite a chequered political history of multiple unconstitutional changes of government and military rule, the country has distinguished itself on the international scene by sending peacekeepers to some of the world's most volatile and dangerous conflicts (Aning & Edu-Afful, 2017;). Ghana's commitment to global peacekeeping has seen its forces serve in over 63 UN PKOs, currently with a total of 2,156 personnel in nine missions, the biggest contributions being in South Sudan, Lebanon and Mali.…”

“…Ghana's commitment to global peacekeeping has seen its forces serve in over 63 UN PKOs, currently with a total of 2,156 personnel in nine missions, the biggest contributions being in South Sudan, Lebanon and Mali. 2 Much of the existing literature outlines the history of Ghana's participation in PKOs (Edu-Afful et al, 2019 ;Asante, 2019;Austin, 1985); the rationale for providing peacekeepers ; the contribution to West African PKOs (Aboagye, 1999;Birikorang, 2007); the unintended consequences of PKOs (Aning, 2007a); the experiences from peacekeeping theatres (Aning & Edu-Afful, 2017;Kotia, 2015); the rebellion after participating in peacekeeping (Dwyer, 2015); and how the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has become a civilian-friendly army due to its peacekeeping activities abroad (Agyekum, 2019). Little, however, has been written about internal security provision when peacekeepers return home (Albrecht, 2022a).…”