National Liberation Council
The National Liberation Council (NLC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the elected government of the Convention Peoples' Party led by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown on February 24, 1966. This government was in place till they handed over to a democratically elected government on October 1, 1969.
This was the first coup in Ghana and it was a bloody one. The CIA appears to have had at least a year's notice of the coup d'état. Some sources believe that they may even have helped in some way. The was very heavy fighting and some loss of life as well. The NLC immediately banned all political parties and suspended the constitution. They eventually handed over power to the Progress Party led by Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia.
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