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 to 23 March: 2023 African Games
October
[edit]- 3 October: Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year.[2]
- 14 October: A bus falls into a ditch in Kwapia, Ashanti Region, killing 13 people.[3]
- 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.[4] The decision is overturned by the Supreme Court on 12 November.[5]
- 26 October: Foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is named as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.[6]
- 27 October: At least 20 people are killed in clashes over a chieftaincy dispute in Bawku.[7]
- 28 October: Ghana Freedom Party leader and presidential candidate Akua Donkor dies in a hospital in Accra following an illness.[8]
December
[edit]- 7 December: 2024 Ghanaian general election: Former president John Mahama is elected to a second non-consecutive term as president.[9] His running-mate, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, also becomes the first woman to be elected as Vice-President of Ghana.[10]
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).[12]
- 18 January: Vincent McCauley, actor (Things We Do for Love).[13]
- 7 March: John Kumah, deputy minister of finance.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ghana parliament passes stringent anti-LGBTQ law". Reuters. 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Ghana reports first mpox case but variant not yet clear". Reuters. October 3, 2024.
- ^ "13 die, others injured in road crash at Kwapia". Ghanaian Times. October 15, 2024.
- ^ "Ghana's parliament suspended after chaotic scenes". BBC. October 23, 2024.
- ^ "Ghana's Supreme Court restores ruling party's parliamentary majority ahead of Dec. 7 election". Associated Press. November 13, 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth announces Ghana foreign minister as new secretary general". France 24. October 26, 2024.
- ^ "Renewed Bawku chieftaincy conflict: …20 shot dead, many others injured". Ghanaian Times. October 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ghana presidential candidate Akua Donkor passes away". Africanews. October 30, 2024.
- ^ "Ghana's former President John Mahama wins election". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ "Ghana Makes History with First Female Vice President-Elect, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang". Africanews. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "Saaka Dauda wins Ghana Premier League Player of the Month Award for September". KickGH.CoM. 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ GNA (2024-01-18). "Former Defence Minister Mark Woyongo dies". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Dzakpata, Fred (2024-01-19). "Ghanaian actor Vincent McCauley is dead". Asaase Radio. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Gyamfi, Kwabena Adu (7 March 2024). "Ghana's deputy Finance Minister John Kumah dead". Africanews. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
