{"id":1342,"date":"2019-08-22T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2019-08-22T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T18:03:00","slug":"akufo-addo-appoints-second-female-brigadier-general-of-the-ghana-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1342","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo appoints second female Brigadier General of the Ghana Armed Forces."},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj-atPwJ4EDcl0-xVtCjXMxcq7rSvuMhEKdkaPFuj5JPPPMt9EqQj-hk7ynZFAr6O3VowOiwAMOoFa_AY6ZcE3SjKYjoIua3kwxrF4hPplGaxdP0RzYT_ic7AC7NPAL0AiD90YuMJd5Fkw\/s1600\/Army+woman.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"352\" data-original-width=\"346\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj-atPwJ4EDcl0-xVtCjXMxcq7rSvuMhEKdkaPFuj5JPPPMt9EqQj-hk7ynZFAr6O3VowOiwAMOoFa_AY6ZcE3SjKYjoIua3kwxrF4hPplGaxdP0RzYT_ic7AC7NPAL0AiD90YuMJd5Fkw\/s320\/Army+woman.png\" width=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>For the second time, the Ghana Armed <br \/><a name='more'><\/a>Forces has had a female Brigadier General in the name of Felicia Twum-Barima.<br \/>Having served in the Army for 29-years,Brigadier Felicia Twum-Barima was promoted by president Akufo-Addo on recommendation of the Armed Force Council.<br \/>Brigadier General Felicia Twum-Barima has had a successful career in the Ghana Armed Forces. She occupied 22 position both Ghana and abroad. She also has occupied six positions in UN Peacekeeping missions.<br \/>As the former Director of Education at the General Headquarters, she will assume her new office of Defense Attache at the Ghana Embassy in Abidjan, Cote D&#8217;Ivoire.<br \/>Brigadier General Twum-Barima has affirmed her readiness to work in her new office with determination and optimism.<br \/>&nbsp;She is among the first female to be deployed as a Military Observer (MILOB) in a UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<br \/>She served as a Staff Officer in the UN mission in Liberia(2010-2011) and Ethiopia and Eritrea (2006-2007).<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b>Flagstaff House.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time, the Ghana Armed Forces has had a female Brigadier General in the name of Felicia Twum-Barima.Having served in the Army for 29-years,Brigadier Felicia Twum-Barima was promoted by president Akufo-Addo on recommendation of the Armed Force Council.Brigadier General Felicia Twum-Barima has had a successful career in the Ghana Armed Forces. 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