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Former Ghanaian President and National Democratic Congress candidate John Mahama wins the presidential election as incumbent vice president and New Patriotic Party candidate Mahamudu Bawumia concedes defeat.
2024-12-8

The Parliament of Ghana passes a bill making the promotion or advocacy of LGBT rights punishable by five years in prison.
2024-02-28

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

The Parliament of Ghana votes to formally abolish the death penalty, becoming the latest African nation to end the punishment. The 176 prisoners currently on death row in Ghanian prisons will now have their sentences changed to life imprisonment.
2023-07-25

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

Parliament suspends their sittings for the next three weeks after 17 MPs and 151 staff tested positive for COVID-19.
2021-02-9

Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in as President of Ghana for a second term.
2021-01-7

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

Ghana's main opposition party alleges fraud in the recent general election as incumbent President John Mahama is declared the winner.
2012-12-9