Chief of Army Staff (Ghana)
The Chief of Army Staff is the title of the professional head of the Ghana Army. The head of the Army was formerly referred to as the army commander. The current Chief of Army Staff is Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona. He was appointed to the position by President Akuffo-Addo on 24 January 2024.
Image: Lt Col Paley Transjordania Leo Arthur Robitschek
The Ghana Army is the principal land warfare force of Ghana. In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast became independent from the British Empire, the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force and formed the basis for the new Ghanaian army. Together with the Ghana Air Force and Ghana Navy, the Ghana Army makes up the Ghana Armed Forces, which is controlled by the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence and Central Defence Headquarters, both of which are located in the Greater Accra Region.
Trophies taken by Gold Coast troops from Japanese forces in Burma during the Second World War
Gate sign at Headquarters Southern Command, Teshie Ridge, Accra
Ghanaian combat engineers assemble in a riot control formation known as a "flying wedge".
A Ghanaian Army sergeant directs his troops forward