Ghana arrests suspected mutineers
SEVEN serving and retired military personnel suspected of plotting to overthrow President John Kufuor have been arrested in Ghana.
The military men were accused of planning acts of "destabilisation and sabotage" in the run-up to December's presidential poll.
Ghana's security agencies were said to have been monitoring the threat.
Ghana has suffered a number of coups d'etat since independence in 1957, but in recent times has been stable.
Officials gave no names or other details of those arrested.
Ghana's capital Accra was reported to be calm, with no military presence.
A presidential election is billed to hold on December 7.
The ballot will be the fourth multi-party polls to be held in the country since it embarked on its present democratic path.
Kufuor took office four years ago, after former President Jerry Rawlings stood down after a second term in office.
Rawlings had seized power in a coup in 1979 when he was a 32-year-old air force pilot.
