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Ghanaian coup d'état by National Liberation Council overthrows Kwame Nkrumah's Government
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1966 Ghanaian coup d'état
Military overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah
The 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, while he was visiting China. The swift and bloodless coup led to the establishment of an eight-member National Liberation Council (NLC), comprising four army and four police…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kwame Nkrumah
President of Ghana from 1960 to 1966
Francis Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from Britain. He was then the first prime minister and then the president of Ghana, from 1957…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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