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Ghana’s Readiness to Combat Terrorism: Strategies of Security Institutions

Paa Kwesi Wolseley Praha Department of Political Science, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong KongCorrespondence[email protected]
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Timothy Chanimbeb Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, HONG KONGView further author information
Pages 367-399 | Received 01 Jul 2020, Accepted 11 Aug 2021, Published online: 30 Sep 2021

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