Sources: BBC
The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution proposed by Ghana recognizing the Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity and calling for dialogue on reparations, despite opposition and abstentions from Western countries. 2026-03-25
Six people are killed in a stampede during a military recruitment event in Accra, Ghana. 2025-11-12
Twenty-five miners are trapped about 80 m underground after a gold mine collapses in Segovia, Antioquia, Colombia, with authorities confirming contact, stable health conditions, and ongoing rescue operations. 2025-09-22
Unknown gunmen attack a Chinese artisanal gold mine in Narena, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing one Malian and two others from Ghana, and abducting two Chinese nationals. 2025-05-12
A fuel tanker and a bus collided head-on in Ghana, killing 11. 2025-04-22
The Ghanaian Ministry of Defence warns that the possibility of a terrorist attack occurring in the country is "very real" and that the country's defence system has been placed on high alert. 2022-05-16
The World Health Organization endorses the mass rollout of the malaria vaccine RTS,S across Sub-Saharan Africa and other countries affected by the disease after pilot programs with the vaccine in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi reduced malaria-related hospitalization and death rates among children by 70%. 2021-10-6
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo announces his country will adopt the eco as its new currency, but insists to fellow members of the currency union that it should not be pegged to the euro. 2019-12-29
At least 71 people are killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Ghana. 2016-02-18
An Allied Air cargo plane crashes into a minibus after overshooting the runway at Accra's Kotoka International Airport in Ghana killing at least twelve people. 2012-06-2