Ghana, 2019 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 20 September 2019, corresponding to the alleged 2019 coup plot against President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana. On Friday 20 September 2019 a joint security operation raided the Citadel Hospital in the Alajo suburb of Accra, a medical facility that also served as a weapons-manufacturing site, arresting three people, including a local arms manufacturer, and seizing newly made assault rifles and explosives. The government announced on 23 September that security agencies had foiled an attempt to destabilize the country after fifteen months of surveillance.
The alleged mastermind was Dr. Frederick Mac-Palm, and the group, linked to a movement called Take Action Ghana, was said to have plotted to obtain weapons, take over key installations including the National Communications Authority in order to jam radio stations, capture the president, and seize power. In 2023 a High Court convicted six people, including three soldiers, of high treason and sentenced them to death by hanging, while acquitting three others.
Some observers doubted the seriousness of the plot given the crude weaponry, and a mocking coup challenge hashtag trended online. The 20 September 2019 coding matches the raid and arrests.
Researched Details
Researched
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Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
45209202019
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Akufo-Addo's government foiled the plot; six were later sentenced to death.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Asia News Monitor
Daily Nation
Vanguard
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