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Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is nominated by the country's ruling New Patriotic Party as their presidential candidate.
2023-11-4

Burkina Faso summons Ghanaian ambassador Naa Bolinaa Saaka over Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo's remarks alleging that the Burkinabè government had amalgamated with Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group in their civil war against Islamist rebels.
2022-12-16

More than 1,000 protesters march in Accra to demand the resignation of president Nana Akufo-Addo, amid a worsening economic crisis in the country.
2022-11-5

President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, and their spouses receive their first doses of the vaccine from the COVAX initiative as Ghana begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19.
2021-03-1

Voters in Ghana head to the polls to elect their president as well as the members of parliament. Current president Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party is expected to have a tight race with his most promising challenger, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress.
2020-12-7

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo announces a two-week partial lockdown on 27th March 2020 for Greater Accra and Kumasi, beginning on 30th March 2020. He also announced the establishment of a special fund to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-03-28

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

Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in as the fifth President of Ghana.
2017-01-7

Voters go to the polls in Ghana for the country's presidential elections. It is expected to be a close race between incumbent president John Dramani Mahama of the ruling National Democratic Congress party and his rival Nana Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party.
2016-12-7