The World - News from May 27, 1985
Ghana executed five men for plotting to topple the military regime of Jerry J. Rawlings. An appeals tribunal is considering the fate of a sixth defendant. The six were found guilty in a closed-door trial begun in late February, an unusually long time for such proceedings in Africa. Details of the alleged plot are sketchy, with evidence reported by the West African nation’s military council showing that two of the accused had been contacted by dissidents based in Togo.
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