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In April 2011, the Ghana Police Service set up a special Marine Police Unit (MPU). [6] The unit has amongst its duties policing operations related to the country's oil and gas industry, [ 3 ] and the handling of offenses contained in the Fisheries Act 2002 and Fisheries Regulations 2011.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana 20 January – A truck carrying explosives to a gold mine explodes after crashing into a motorcycle in Apiate , Western Region ; the explosion destroyed nearby buildings and vehicles, killing 17 people and injuring 59 others.
On 21 July 2021, Dampare was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the acting Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service effective 1 August 2021, taking over from James Oppong-Boanuh who had been serving since October 2019.
Between 2015–2018, 211 complaints of fake encounters were filed in India out of which 39 were on UP police. [54] In 2012, 17 UP police personnel were given life term for killing an incontinent 24-year-old man in a 1992 fake encounter and later they branded the victim as a terrorist. [55]
The offices of ″LGBT+ Rights Ghana″ are closed by security forces. [6] 26 February – 2021 Asafo-Akyem bus crash; 20 May - 2021 Ghana gay arrests; 11 June – During the 2021 United Nations Security Council Elections, Ghana was elected to serve a two-year term on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member. Its term, starting in 2022 ...
The northern Ghana-Burkina Faso is bordered on the east by the Upper East region and Northern regions, on the south by the Northern region, on the west by western Ghana-Burkina Faso, and the Upper West region on the north. It is the seventh largest region in Ghana in total area, and it is made up of 11 districts.
The IGP is the head of the Police service and is responsible for the operational control and the administration of the Police Service. [2] The IGP is a member of the Police Council. [3] The first Ghanaian Police Commissioner, E. R. T. Madjitey was appointed to head the service on October 9, 1958. [4]
Oppong-Boanuh since joining the Ghana Police Service has held several positions; He started as the Aide-de-camp and personal assistant to the Inspector-General of Police from 1990 to 1996. [3] Between from 1996 to 2000, he was the senior Legal Officer at the Ghana National Police Headquarters, advising the administrative body on issues relating ...