Occupy Ghana also known as Occupy Flagstaff House is a protest or pressure movement in

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

which started online as #occupyflagstaffhouse or #occupyflagstaff, and generated into an offline protest. On July 1, 2014 protesters demonstrated at the Efua Sutherland Children's Park in Ghana's capital

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

, and subsequently moved to

The Flagstaff House Golden Jubilee House, or Jubilee House, is the presidential palace in Accra that serves as a residence and office to the President of Ghana. Jubilee House is built on the site of a building that was constructed and used for administrative pu ...

, Ghana's presidential palace, to present their petition to the president

John Dramani Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. He previously served as Vice President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and took office as presi ...

. A non partisan group known as ''The Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance'' is said to have organised the protest to ask government to solve corruption, infrastructure decay, worsening economy, the deteriorating economic conditions in the country, among other things. The protest was described as peaceful but with initial issues with police permits and the detention of one protester.

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