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2021 In Ghana
Events in the year 2021 in Ghana. Incumbents *President of Ghana, President: Nana Akufo-Addo *Vice President: Mahamudu Bawumia 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 of Ghana, Parliament. President Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in for another term. *21 January – Police arrest 11 in a ″baby-harvesting″ scheme in Accra and Tema. *9 January – Parliament of Ghana, Parliament is forced to close for three weeks after 17 Members and 171 staff contract COVID-19. *24 February **600,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Accra. This is the first vaccine shipment under the UN-sponsored COVAX plan. Ghana reports 81,215 cases of infection, 6,614 active cases, and 584 deaths. **The offices of ″LGBT+ LGBT rights in Ghana, Rights Ghana″ are closed by security forces. *26 February – 2021 Asafo-Akyem bus crash *20 May - 2021 Ghana gay arrests *11 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
