Document #1197979

IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)

1) Information on military training in Cuba or Libya; 2)Information on the type of training received and whether those trained are expected to deal with domestic insurrections [GHA9639]

1)

A letter written by a Ghanaian soldier-trainee in Libya and published in the New African (30 June 1990) states that the Ghanaian government sends trainee-soldiers to Libya for military training. According to the letter, death is the sentence trainee-soldiers receive for refusing to go to Libya or for trying to escape from military camps there. Reportedly, the same sentence is meted out to trainees who communicate with their families in Ghana. Further information on this subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
2)

Information on the type of training received and whether trainee-soldiers are expected to deal with domestic insurrections is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
Bibliography

New African [London]. June 1990. "Libya: Five Ghanaian Trainee-Soldiers Shot?"

Attachments

New African [London]. June 1990. "Libya: Five Ghanaian Trainee-Soldiers Shot?"

ecoi.net description:
1) Information on military training in Cuba or Libya; 2)Information on the type of training received and whether those trained are expected to deal with domestic insurrections [GHA9639]
Country:
Ghana
Source:
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Document type:
Response
Language:
English
Published:
7 November 1991
Document ID:
1197979 (former ID 177736)

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