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El Ghassim Wane, the next head of MINUSMA

El Ghassim Wane.
El Ghassim Wane. © au.int
After months of deadlock, Washington has agreed to the idea of appointing Mauritanian diplomat El Ghassim Wane to head the UN mission in Mali, where he will replace Mahamat Saleh Annadif, who is due to leave office in April. [...] (351 words)
Published on 15/02/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes
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Chief of staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Obed Boama Akwa. © Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture-alliance/MaxPPP
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GHANA Diplomacy 22/01/2021

How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy 

Ghana's 16,000-strong army has become one of the main levers of Accra's outsized diplomatic influence in Africa and beyond, with nearly 3,000 soldiers deployed across a dozen UN missions. President Nana Akufo-Addo is particularly fond of his country's armed forces and increasingly relies on his Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Akwa.
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