No reference to arrests on 30 July and 31 August 1999 in Tema of rebels who were trying to overthrow the government of President Jerry Rawlings could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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 below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Confidential [London].

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [Oxford].

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999. 2000. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Press.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge].

IRB Databank. LEXIS/NEXIS

Resource Centre. Country File. Ghana.

Search engines including:

Google

Metacrawler

Mamma.

Internet sites including:

All Africa

Ghana Website