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[[File:Structural Coat to the Burma Camp walls.jpg|thumb|Burma Camp walls]]
'''Burma Camp''' is the headquarters of the [[Ghana Armed Forces]]<ref name=GAF>{{cite web|title=Ghana Armed Forces|url=http://www.gaf.mil.gh/|publisher=www.gaf.mil.gh/|accessdate=12 August 2011|archive-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031206/http://www.gaf.mil.gh/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence. The camp is in [[Accra]], [[Greater Accra Region|Greater Accra]], [[Ghana]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-24 |title=ECG cuts off power to these communities due to Accra rainstorm |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/ECG-cuts-off-power-to-these-communities-due-to-Accra-rainstorm-1545269 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref> It retains notoriety and fear from previous Ghanaian military regimes, when civilians who entered the camp might not re-emerge.<ref>Teri McConville et al, 'Defence Management, The Structural Underpinning of Democracy: A Case Study from Africa,' 11.</ref> It was the site of fighting during the June 1979 coup that placed [[Jerry Rawlings]] in power. The museum was opened on 5 March 1957. Burma Camp has twenty-four (24) schools, with a learner population of 14,712.<ref name=Ghana >{{cite web|title=Ghana Armed Forces|url=https://www.ghanapeacejournal.com/new-gaf-education-director-assumes-office/|date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
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