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Ghana, until independence from British colonial rule on March
6, 1957, was known as the Gold Coast. The country is named after
one of the ancient Sudanese Empires which flourished between
the 4th and 10th centuries. Three years after independence (1960)
Ghana became a Republic with Dr Kwame Nkrumah, leader of the
Convention Peoples Party (CPP) as the first President. Under
Dr Nkrumah, Ghana made rapid and remarkable progress in education,
industrial and infrastructural development and in the provision
of social services. At the same time, the country played a leading
role in international affairs, particularly in the struggle
for the liberation of dependent countries in Africa, and African
unity. The country played an active role in a number of international
organisations including the United Nations and its specialised
agencies, the Commonwealth, the Organisation of African Unity
Now African Unionand the Non-Aligned Movement. However, on February
24, 1966, the Ghana Armed Forces, in cooperation with the Police
Service, overthrew the CPP Government in a coup. Until 1991,
there were series of upheavals that ushered in period of instability
. From 1991, Ghana returned to democratic rule.
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