Ghana

8:48 AM4/16/2025

Senior enlisted leaders from Africa, Europe and the United States gathered for the Senior Enlisted Leaders Forum (SELF), part of the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2025, held April 8 and 10 in Accra. SELF runs concurrently with ALFS, and features specialized plenary and breakout sessions for senior enlisted leaders across Africa, the US and Europe, dedicated to topics related to developing and leading enlisted soldiers.

6:11 AM4/15/2025

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) concluded the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2025 today with a closing ceremony.

1:39 PM4/14/2025

African Lion 25, U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual exercise, officially kicks off April 14, 2025, in Tunisia, with activities in Ghana, Senegal, and Morocco beginning in May.

8:27 AM1/23/2025

The three-day event brought together U.S. Army medics and medical professionals from SETAF-AF, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Dental Health Activity-Italy to train with the Ghana Armed Forces team.

12:00 PM9/9/2024

Commander, Southern Command Ghana Armed Forces, Republic of Ghana

9:54 PM5/18/2024

TAMALE, Ghana —African Lion 2024 (AL24) has officially started in Ghana. The Ghana portion of the exercise began on May 13 and runs through May 26.

9:54 PM5/18/2024

ACCRA, Ghana — A team composed of U.S. Army and Air Force medical professionals from the 86th Medical Squadron, Dental Health Activity - Rheinland Pfalz, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, U.S. Army Medical Command and the State Medical Detachment, North Dakota National Guard commenced a medical readiness exercise (MEDREX) with the Ghana Armed Forces, May 13. The ceremony marked the beginning of activities that will run until May 31, at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra.

2:29 PM10/17/2022

Planners from U.S. Africa Command, the Southern European Task Force – Africa, the U.S. National Guard and Reserve and multiple African partners assembled here to begin detailed planning for Exercise African Lion 23, Sept. 26-30.

3:54 PM9/23/2021

12:31 PM9/20/2021

10:58 AM8/26/2021

Ghanaian soldiers visited North Dakota Aug. 9-16, 2021, to attend the Best Warrior Competition, an annual event in which National Guard Soldiers compete and demonstrate their skills. Ghana and North Dakota are partners in the State Partnership Program, a Department of Defense security cooperation program managed by the National Guard Bureau. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Solomon Abanda)

12:02 PM4/27/2021

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ronald J. Sturgeon, the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade training advisor counsel commander, briefs Ghana Armed Forces battalion commanders and staffs on future training plans during a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, at the Northern Command Headquarters March 30, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)

12:02 PM4/27/2021

Capt. Mamadou Sylla, a U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa G35 planner, left, leads planning for coordination of future training between U.S. and Ghanaian soldiers at a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, March 31, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)

12:02 PM4/27/2021

Capt. Leyla Kosakowski, a 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade environmental science and engineering officer, right, tests facility water sources during a site survey in Tamale, Ghana, March 31, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kymberley Jurado)