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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]
Ghana Coup plotters NLC Victory. Coup failure; June 4th coup d'état (1979) Ghana (Supreme Military Council) Armed Forces Revolutionary Council: AFRC Victory. Colonel I.K. Acheampong deposed and executed; Nobistor affair [16] [17] [18] (1985) Ghana (Provisional National Defence Council) Supporters of Godfrey Osei United States mercenaries PNDC ...
1944, March 24- Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the republic of Ghana. [27] 1947, June 22 - John Jerry Rawlings, former president of the republic of Ghana. [28] 1958, November 29 - John Dramani Mahama, president of Ghana, [29] as successor to President John Atta Mills after his demise. 1963, October 7 - Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president of ...
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. 4 November: 2024 Ghanaian general election: Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is nominated by the country's ruling New Patriotic Party as their presidential candidate. [1]
The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
This war is widely known in Ghana and even other African countries. Of all the ethnic groups, the Ashanti were known for the numerous wars they fought when Ghana was called the Gold Coast (British Colony). "From 1806 until 1896, the Ashanti Kingdom was in a perpetual state of war involving expansion or defense of its domain".
The Gold Coast (red) 1784 Sagbadre War; 1824–1901 Anglo–Ashanti wars. 1806–1816 Earlier wars. 1806–1807 Ashanti–Fante War; 1811 Ga–Fante War; 1814–1816 Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War
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.