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National Liberation Council

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Pan Africanist Movement đź“Ť Ghana

National Liberation Council

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Military coup removes Kwame Nkrumah’s government

đź“… 24 February 1966

While Nkrumah was abroad, military and police officers overthrew his government. The coup weakened Ghana’s role as a hub for pan-African organizing and exposed the vulnerability of state-led unity...