Ghana is not a target for Al-Qaeda- Intelligence report

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and other Islamic terrorist groups operating in West Africa has no immediate plans to attack Ghana according to world intelligence community report in the possession on TodayGhanaNews.com.

According to the report, the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb militants recently attacked hotels in Mali, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, killing hundreds of innocents people because of those countries military contributions toward the fights of the against Al-Qaeda group in northern Mali and Niger.

The report says, Ghana has played a neutral position towards all the Islamic states what sponsors terrorism both in Africa and Middle East.

Ghana have a very close diplomatic relation with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan and United Arab Emirate the world’s leading sponsor of Islamic extremism. And at the same time, the West African country maintains a very close relation with Islamic Republic Iran the only country that partnered with Russia and Lebanese resistance force Hezbollah, to defeat the terrorist in Middle East. The report says.

This contradicts the Government of Ghana’s fears that the country is a potential target for attack. The National Security on Wednesday 16th march 2016, issued a terror alert warning Ghanaians to be wary of a "credible" threat of attacks in Ghana.

The alert follows similar attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast which have led to scores of people dying and properties being destroyed

In Africa, the reports says when Islamic militants raised their ugly heads in Bamako Mali, Ghana’s president John Dramani Mahama played a neutral role as the then ECOWAS chairman to bring all the warring faction to a negotiation table without committing Ghanaian soldiers to fight the terrorist group.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb militants usually attacks at a luxury hotels owned by French interest and targets westerners. Moreover most of the luxurious hotels in Accra are owned by Golden Tulip hotel (Libya), Movenpic Hotel (Saudi Arabia) and Labadi Beach Hotel (UK) and others operated by indigenous Ghanaians.

The report also states that most of the hotels in Accra are sited near security installations. Golden Tulip ( is in the same vicinity of 37 military zone, police church and workshop, and the regional BNI head-office) Labadi beach hotel and La-Palm Royal hotel ( Teshie Military school and shorting range) Movenpic Hotel ( is a stone throw away from the police headquarters and the regional police head office). So visibly it will very difficult for militants to target these hotels unless they are mainly local recruits.