2021 in Ghana
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
- 7 January – 2020 Ghanaian general election: The Ghana Army steps in to put down a fight in Parliament. President Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in for another term.[1]
- 21 January – Police arrest 11 in a ″baby-harvesting″ scheme in Accra and Tema.[2]
Sports
- 2020–21 Ghana Premier League
- 24 August to 5 September – Ghana at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Deaths
Sakib Bamba
- 2 January – Sakib Bamba, religious leader, chief Imam of Ejura.[3]
- 18 January – Joshua Kyeremeh, politician; kidney complications.[4]
- 23 January – Abukari Gariba, 81, Olympic footballer (1968, 1972).[5]
- 1 February – Joshua Hamidu, 85, military officer and diplomat, Chief of the Defence Staff (1978–1979), High Commissioner to Zambia (1978) and Nigeria (2003–2005).[6]
References
- "'Complete mess': Ghana army steps in to quell parliament clash". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- "Ghana 'baby-harvesting syndicate' arrested". news.yahoo.com. BBC World News. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- Nurudeen, Ibrahim (3 January 2021). "Chief Imam of Ejura, Sheikh Sakib Bamba is dead". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- Akufo-Addo’s Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh dies
- Abukari Gariba: Kotoko and Black Stars legend dies aged 81
- Lieutenant General Joshua Mohammadu Hamidu (Rtd), Former Chief of Defence Staff dead at 85
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