2024 in Ghana
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Events in the year 2024 in Ghana.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Nana Akufo-Addo
- Vice President – Mahamudu Bawumia
- Speaker of Parliament – Alban Bagbin
- Chief Justice – Kwasi Anin-Yeboah
Events
[edit]Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
February
[edit]- 28 February – The Parliament of Ghana passes the Ghanaian anti-LGBT bill making the promotion or advocacy of LGBT rights punishable by five years in prison.[1]
March
[edit]- 8–23 March – 2023 African Games
September
[edit]- 21 September – A fuel tanker crashes into a bus in Suhum, killing seven people and injuring 31 others.[2]
October
[edit]- 3 October – Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year.[3]
- 14 October – A bus falls into a ditch in Kwapia, Ashanti Region, killing 13 people.[4]
- 18 October: Parliament speaker Alban Bagbin declares four seats held by MPs who switched parties vacant, effectively giving the opposition National Democratic Congress a majority in the legislature.[5] The decision is overturned by the Supreme Court on 12 November.[6]
- 26 October – Foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is named as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.[7]
- 27 October – At least 20 people are killed in clashes over a chieftaincy dispute in Bawku.[8]
- 28 October – Ghana Freedom Party leader and presidential candidate Akua Donkor dies in a hospital in Accra following an illness.[9]
December
[edit]- 7 December – 2024 Ghanaian general election: Former president John Mahama is elected to a second non-consecutive term as president.[10] His running-mate, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, also becomes the first woman to be elected as Vice-President of Ghana.[11]
Sports
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 3 January – Imoro Muniratu, 72, food vendor.
- 4 January – Felicia Abban, 87, photographer.
- 9 January – Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia, 67, politician, MP (2005–2009).
- 17 January – Mark Woyongo, 77, politician, MP (2013–2017), minister for defence (2013–2014) and the interior (2014–2017).[13]
- 18 January – Vincent McCauley, actor (Things We Do for Love).[14]
- 7 March – John Kumah, deputy minister of finance.[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ghana parliament passes stringent anti-LGBTQ law". Reuters. 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Seven die in VIP bus, fuel tanker collision on Accra-Kumasi highway". Modern Ghana. 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Ghana reports first mpox case but variant not yet clear". Reuters. 3 October 2024.
- ^ "13 die, others injured in road crash at Kwapia". Ghanaian Times. 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Ghana's parliament suspended after chaotic scenes". BBC News. 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Ghana's Supreme Court restores ruling party's parliamentary majority ahead of Dec. 7 election". Associated Press. 13 November 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth announces Ghana foreign minister as new secretary general". France 24. 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Renewed Bawku chieftaincy conflict: …20 shot dead, many others injured". Ghanaian Times. 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Ghana presidential candidate Akua Donkor passes away". Africanews. 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Ghana's former President John Mahama wins election". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Ghana Makes History with First Female Vice President-Elect, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang". Africanews. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Saaka Dauda wins Ghana Premier League Player of the Month Award for September". KickGH.CoM. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Former Defence Minister Mark Woyongo dies". Ghana News Agency. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Dzakpata, Fred (19 January 2024). "Ghanaian actor Vincent McCauley is dead". Asaase Radio. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Gyamfi, Kwabena Adu (7 March 2024). "Ghana's deputy Finance Minister John Kumah dead". Africanews. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
