Francis Amanfoh Explained

Gen. Francis Adu-Amanfoh is a Ghanaian army personnel and diplomat. He has the rank of major general in the Ghana Army. He was appointed by John Agyekum Kufour as Ghana's ambassador to Liberia from February 2006 until March 2009.

Education and working life

Francis Adu-Amanfoh had his secondary school education at Prempeh College where he obtained his GCE Advanced level certificate.[1] In May 2005 he was appointed Head of Defence Intelligence in the Ghana Armed Forces.[2] and was posted as Ambassador to Liberia on 27 January 2006.[3] [4] In 2008 he sued the Ghana Palaver, seeking two billion cedis for defamation after the paper had printed four stories which attempted to create the impression that he was a liar.[5] His term of office as Ambassador to Liberia ended in March 2009.[6]

Ambassadorial appointment

In July 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo named Francis Amanfoh as Ghana's ambassador to Mali. He was among twenty two other distinguished Ghanaians who were named to head various diplomatic Ghanaian mission in the world.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Selected Amanfoo of Note . 2010-01-30 . 2008-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081226003752/http://prempeh.org/profiles/famous.html . dead .
  2. http://www.gaf.mil.gh/index.php?NewsId=12&CategoryId=20/05/2005 CHANGES IN THE ARMED FORCES
  3. http://www.modernghana.com/music/5888/3/-and-called-on-ghanas-ambassador-to-liberia.html ... AND CALLED ON GHANA'S AMBASSADOR TO LIBERIA
  4. http://ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=97669 Ambassadorial Postings -More 'Apo'
  5. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=137956 Court dismisses Ghana Palaver's application
  6. http://www.liberiawebs.com/index.php?view=article&catid=81%3Apolitics&id=1220%3Aambassador-adu-amanfoh-d-srsg-ryan-honored&option=com_content&Itemid=293 Ambassador Adu-Amanfoh, D-SRSG Ryan honored
  7. Web site: Here’s a full list of Akufo-Addo’s 22 newly appointed Ambassadors. myjoyonline.com. myjoyonline. 15 July 2017. 19 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171119074322/http://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/2017/July-10th/heres-a-full-list-of-akufo-addos-22-newly-appointed-ambassadors.php. dead.

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