800 US soldiers in Ghana for training in jungle warfare – Local

About 800 US Army soldiers and other countries are currently training with the Ghanaian Armed Forces at the Achiase Jungle Warfare School.

The war training in the jungle is part of the cooperation agreement READ ALSO: Gitmo detainees: Gitmo 2 raising a family in Ghana

According to the l. Outgoing US Ambbadador to Ghana, Robert Porter Jackson, Exercise "includes training by Ghanaians of Americans at the Jungle Warfare Center and we are very pleased that Ghana remains the only country in Africa to train US forces . "

Speaking to reporters at the US Embbady in Accra on Tuesday, July 24, Mr. Jackson said the training was about the Ghana's partnership with the United States. He said the United States would continue to provide equipment and training in Ghana because of the West African's active participation in the maintenance of international peace.

"Of course, Ghana remains an active participant We continue to provide material and training for this, but we consider that it is an equal partnership and we are very excited that both countries can contribute equally to this partnership "he added. Injustice: The police give 36 strikes Whipping a 14-year-old boy to be stubborn

Mr. Jackson has further demystified the reports of a US military base being established in Ghana, as was widely speculated upon ratification of the United States Defense Co-operation Agreement, Ghana.