Events in the year 2024 in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

Incumbents

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Nana Akufo-Addo William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General of Ghana, Attorney General from 2001 to 20 ...

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Mahamudu Bawumia Mahamudu Bawumia (born 7 October 1963) is a Ghanaian politician and former central banker who served as the seventh vice president of Ghana from 7 January 2017 to 7 January 2025 under President Nana Akufo-Addo. He was the New Patriotic Party (NPP ...

Speaker of Parliament The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hun ...

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Alban Bagbin Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin (born 24 September 1957) is a Ghanaian politician who is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He was the List of Mills government ministers, Minister for Health in the Ghana government from January 2012 ...

* Chief Justice – Kwasi Anin-Yeboah

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two infec ...

February

* 28 February – The

Parliament of Ghana The Parliament of Ghana is the unicameral legislature of Ghana. It consists of 276 members, who are elected for four-year terms in single-seat Electoral district, constituencies using a first-past-the-post voting system. History Legislature, L ...

passes the Ghanaian anti-LGBT bill making the promotion or advocacy of LGBT rights punishable by five years in prison.

March

* 8–23 March –

2023 African Games The 13th African Games, also known as Accra 2023, were hosted by Ghana from 8–23 March 2024. Despite having Accra as the main host city, the games were held in two sub-host cities: Kumasi and Cape Coast. The games were initially planned to be ...

September

* 21 September – A fuel tanker crashes into a bus in

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, killing seven people and injuring 31 others.

October

* 3 October – Ghana reports its first case of

mpox Mpox (, ; formerly known as monkeypox) is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and other animals. Symptoms include a rash that forms blisters and then crusts over, fever, and swollen lymph nodes. The illness is usually mild, ...

this year. * 14 October – A bus falls into a ditch in Kwapia,

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of Regions of Ghana, 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the List of ...

, killing 13 people. * 18 October: Parliament speaker

declares four seats held by MPs who switched parties vacant, effectively giving the opposition National Democratic Congress a majority in the legislature. The decision is overturned by the

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on 12 November. * 26 October – Foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is named as

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of the

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. * 27 October – At least 20 people are killed in clashes over a chieftaincy dispute in Bawku. * 28 October – Ghana Freedom Party leader and presidential candidate Akua Donkor dies in a hospital in

Accra Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of ...

following an illness.

December

* 7 December –

2024 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2024 to elect the president and all 276 members of Parliament. The incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo, having completed his constitutional term limits, was ineligible for re-election. Former P ...

: Former president

John Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC), he served as the 12th p ...

is elected to a second non-consecutive term as president. His running-mate,

Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang (Birth name, née Sam; born 22 November 1951) is a Ghanaian academic and politician who currently serves as the eighth Vice President of Ghana, vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama since 7 January 2025. ...

, also becomes the first woman to be elected as

Vice-President of Ghana The vice president of Ghana is the second-highest officer in the Government of Ghana. The vice president, together with the President of Ghana, is directly elected by the people through popular vote to serve a four-year term in office. The vice- ...

Sports

* 2023–24 Ghana Premier League *

Deaths

* 3 January – Imoro Muniratu, 72, food vendor. * 4 January –

Felicia Abban Felicia Ewuraesi Abban (; 1936/1937 – 4 January 2024) was Ghana's first female professional photographer. She worked as a photographer for the country's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, for a number of years during the 1960s. Early life Feli ...

, 87, photographer. * 9 January – Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia, 67, politician, MP (2005–2009). * 17 January – Mark Woyongo, 77, politician, MP (2013–2017), minister for

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(2013–2014) and the interior (2014–2017). * 18 January – Vincent McCauley, actor ('' Things We Do for Love''). * 7 March – John Kumah, deputy minister of finance.

References

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