2021 in Ghana

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See also:	Other events of 2021 Timeline of Ghanaian history

Events in the year 2021 in Ghana.

See also: 2021 in West Africa

Incumbents

• 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. 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]
• 9 January – Parliament is forced to close for three weeks after 17 Members and 171 staff contract COVID-19.[3]
• 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.[4] Ghana reports 81,215 cases of infection, 6,614 active cases, and 584 deaths.[5]
  • The offices of ″LGBT+ Rights Ghana″ are closed by security forces.[6]
• 26 February – 2021 Asafo-Akyem bus crash
• 20 May - 2021 Ghana gay arrests
• 11 June – During the 2021 United Nations Security Council Elections, Ghana was elected to serve a two-year term on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member. Its term, starting in 2022, will mark the fourth time Ghana has sat on the Security Council.[7]

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.[8]
• 18 January – Joshua Kyeremeh, politician; kidney complications.[9]
• 23 January – Abukari Gariba, 81, Olympic footballer (1968, 1972).[10]
• 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).[11]
• 9 February – Emmanuel Kojo Dadson, 68, actor (Love Brewed in the African Pot, Run Baby Run, Elmina).[12]
• 11 February – George Benneh, 86, academic administrator and politician, Minister of Finance (1981) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (1992–1996).[13]
• 20 February – Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 91, police officer, first woman recruited into the Ghanaian force.[14]
• 25 February – Bob Pixel, photographer; COVID-19.[15]
• 4 March – DJ Adviser, disc jockey (Happy FM).[16]
• 7 April – Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, physician and university administrator. [17]

See also

• African Continental Free Trade Area
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

References

1. "'Complete mess': Ghana army steps in to quell parliament clash". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
2. "Ghana 'baby-harvesting syndicate' arrested". news.yahoo.com. BBC World News. January 21, 2021. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
3. "Ghana Parliament shuts down over COVID outbreak among MPs, staff". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
4. Akorlie, Christian (February 24, 2021). "COVAX delivers its first vaccine shots with shipment to Ghana". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
5. "COVID-19 Updates | Ghana". ghanahealthservice.org. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
6. "Ghana security forces shut down LGBTQ office: Rights group". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
7. "UN elects five new members to serve on the Security Council". UN News. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
8. Nurudeen, Ibrahim (3 January 2021). "Chief Imam of Ejura, Sheikh Sakib Bamba is dead". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
9. Akufo-Addo’s Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh dies
10. Abukari Gariba: Kotoko and Black Stars legend dies aged 81
11. Lieutenant General Joshua Mohammadu Hamidu (Rtd), Former Chief of Defence Staff dead at 85
12. Actor Kojo Dadson passes on
13. "Prof. George Benneh Dies at 87". Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
14. Ghana’s first woman recruited to Police Service dies
15. Popular Ghanaian photographer Bob Pixel passes away
16. DJ Adviser – Sad As Happy Fm’s Veteran DJ Is Confirmed Dead
17. Ghana's oldest medical doctor dies at 101

External links

• Ghana prepares to bury ex-leader Rawlings as parties vie over legacy (by Marine Jeannin, AFP, January 23, 2021)