The countries, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, and Togo, jointly conducted the anti-terror operation recently, the Acting Director of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, Commander Andy La-Anyane, has confirmed to GhanaWeb. The exercise, which involved some 5,720 troops, is said to have been deployed to common borders under a security agreement signed in 2017. Speaking about the success of the exercise, as well as the benefits this collaboration has brought to the country, Cdr. “It is important that we work with our neighbours, especially Burkina Faso, where the threat is very close to Ghana,” he said. Data available by the United Nations says that thousands continue to leave their countries for security reasons and this is what Ghana, through these operations and collaborations, hopes to tackle.

Source: GhanaWeb December 04, 2021 19:46 UTC