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Ghana: Updates to Responses to Information Requests GHA13848, GHA5142, GHA9639, GHA10246, GHA11557 on whether there has been any new government's openness regarding forced training for military purposes, on confirmation of secret training, and on penalties for desertion

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 December 1994
Citation / Document Symbol GHA19271.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Updates to Responses to Information Requests GHA13848, GHA5142, GHA9639, GHA10246, GHA11557 on whether there has been any new government's openness regarding forced training for military purposes, on confirmation of secret training, and on penalties for desertion, 1 December 1994, GHA19271.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abf08f.html [accessed 29 May 2023]
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Information on this specific subject is currently unavailable to the DIRB. For general information on military training in Ghana and penalties for desertion, however, please refer to Responses to Information Requests GHA17314.E of 13 May 1994 and GHA9467 of 23 September 1991.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.

Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential [London]. Weekly.

Africa Events [London]. Monthly.

Africa News [Durham, NC]. Bi-monthly.

Africa Report [New York]. Bi-monthly.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. Monthly.

New African [London]. Monthly.

News from Africa Watch [New York]. Monthly.

West Africa [London]. Weekly.

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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