2024 in Ghana

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Events in the year 2024 in Ghana .

Incumbents

• President – Nana Akufo-Addo
• Vice President – Mahamudu Bawumia
• Speaker of Parliament – Alban Bagbin
• Chief Justice – Kwasi Anin-Yeboah

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

February

• 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

• 8–23 March – 2023 African Games

September

• 21 September – A fuel tanker crashes into a bus in Suhum, killing seven people and injuring 31 others. ^[2]

October

• 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

• 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

• 2023–24 Ghana Premier League ^[12]
• 2023 African Games

Deaths

• 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

• African Continental Free Trade Area

References

1. "Ghana parliament passes stringent anti-LGBTQ law". Reuters. 28 February 2024.
2. "Seven die in VIP bus, fuel tanker collision on Accra-Kumasi highway". Modern Ghana. 22 September 2024.
3. "Ghana reports first mpox case but variant not yet clear". Reuters. 3 October 2024.
4. "13 die, others injured in road crash at Kwapia". Ghanaian Times . 15 October 2024.
5. "Ghana's parliament suspended after chaotic scenes". BBC News. 23 October 2024.
6. "Ghana's Supreme Court restores ruling party's parliamentary majority ahead of Dec. 7 election". Associated Press. 13 November 2024.
7. "Commonwealth announces Ghana foreign minister as new secretary general". France 24. 26 October 2024.
8. "Renewed Bawku chieftaincy conflict: …20 shot dead, many others injured". Ghanaian Times . 29 October 2024.
9. "Ghana presidential candidate Akua Donkor passes away". Africanews . 30 October 2024.
10. "Ghana's former President John Mahama wins election". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
11. "Ghana Makes History with First Female Vice President-Elect, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang". Africanews. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
12. "Saaka Dauda wins Ghana Premier League Player of the Month Award for September". KickGH.CoM. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
13. "Former Defence Minister Mark Woyongo dies". Ghana News Agency. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
14. Dzakpata, Fred (19 January 2024). "Ghanaian actor Vincent McCauley is dead". Asaase Radio. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
15. Gyamfi, Kwabena Adu (7 March 2024). "Ghana's deputy Finance Minister John Kumah dead". Africanews. Retrieved 30 October 2024.