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http://www.africanews.com/2026/02/24/ghana-renames-kotoka-airport-reigniting-coup-debate/
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Ghana renames Kotoka Airport, reigniting coup debate | Africanews
Ghana has renamed its main international airport, dropping the name of a military officer linked to the 1966 overthrow of the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. This move has reignited old political and historical tensions.
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“Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, a senior army officer, was among those who helped topple Nkrumah’s government six decades ago. He was later killed at the same airport during an attempted counter-coup in 1967.
Two years later, the military administration renamed the facility in his honour, casting him as a figure who intervened against what it viewed as increasingly authoritarian rule.”
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