{"id":21061,"date":"2014-05-27T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21061"},"modified":"2014-12-30T22:55:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T22:55:51","slug":"mahama-directs-army-to-prepare-for-war-on-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/mahama-directs-army-to-prepare-for-war-on-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama directs army to prepare for war on terror"},"content":{"rendered":"
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