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Ghana\u2019s President, John Dramani Mahama, has asked the country\u2019s Military High Command to \u201coutline a strategy for training and preparation\u201d in readiness to fight terrorists who might target the West African nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerrorism is not a new phenomenon in the world but the new dimensions that it is taking are threatening global peace,\u201d President Mahama told an army durbar on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Dealing with the threat of terror, he said, will require \u201csophistication\u201d and \u201ctraining\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so we are asking the High Command to outline a strategy for training and preparation in the event that we are confronted with any such threat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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In his own words, the Military High Command \u201cwill have to look at [the army\u2019s] policies and strategies and adapt them to meet the new global threat\u201d.<\/p>\n

His comments come at a time neighboring Nigeria continues to be hit by the terror group, Boko Haram \u2013 a group seeking to impose Sharia Law on the whole of Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n

On April 14, 2014, members of Boko Haram abducted over 200 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok in the Borno State of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

While the Nigerian Government has repeatedly said it is making efforts to free the schoolgirls, Boko Haram has continued to carry out deadly attacks in the northern part of the country.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, May 18, a major explosion ripped through a drinking centre in the northern city of Kano. A day later, Police said they averted what could have been another devastating bomb blast in the ancient city.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at least 76 persons were killed in two bomb blasts in the central area of Jos, the Plateau State capital.<\/p>\n

Late Saturday, at least three people died in another bomb blast along Bauchi road, close to a football viewing centre by University of Jos.<\/p>\n

Early Tuesday, news reports quoted Nigeria\u2019s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, as saying the army knows where the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are, but will not attempt a rescue.<\/p>\n

He said it was \u201cgood news for the parents,\u201d although he admitted the military would not risk \u201cgoing there with force\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the abduction of the girls, Ghana\u2019s President and ECOWAS Chairman, John Dramani Mahama, pledged to work with other heads of state in West Africa to help fight and end Boko Haram\u2019s reign of terror in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, President Mahama told Ghana\u2019s army chiefs to appropriately retool the nation\u2019s military in readiness to fend off terrorists who might want to target the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are new equipment and logistics that you need to have for purposes of surveillance,\u201d he told Army Chiefs in Ghana\u2019s capital, Accra, adding that the Military needs to acquire drones \u201cto keep up the surveillance that is needed to keep this nation safe\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

He thanked the Ghana Armed Forces \u201cfor the loyalty and support that you continue to give government\u201d.<\/p>\n

Government, he said, is committed to \u201cyour welfare and to providing you with what you need to be able to execute your mandate\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Richard Mensah\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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