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By the end of 2022, government finances had been depleted with little left to support the country’s budget, forcing Ghana to go to the International Monetary Fund for help. How Ghana's central ...
In October 2023, he announced his intention to contest the seat of the Asante Akyem North Constituency as an independent candidate in the 2024 general elections. [12] He was elected on December 7, 2024 in Ghana's general elections defeating Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi, the incumbent MP. He and the other three independent candidates joined the NDC ...
3 October: Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year. [2]14 October: A bus falls into a ditch in Kwapia, Ashanti Region, killing 13 people. [3]18 October: Parliament speaker Alban Bagbin declares four seats held by MPs who switched parties vacant, effectively giving the opposition National Democratic Congress a majority in the legislature. [4]
Ghana embarked on a currency re-denomination exercise from the Cedi (₵) to the new currency, Ghana Cedi (GH₵) in July 2007. The transfer rate is 1 Ghana Cedi for every 10,000 Cedis. Ghana became the largest gold-producing country in Africa after overtaking South Africa in 2019. [29] The country is also the second-largest cocoa producer ...
On 21 July 2021, Dampare was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the acting Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service effective 1 August 2021, taking over from James Oppong-Boanuh who had been serving since October 2019.
The NDC also won 9 out of the 16 regions in Ghana including the major battleground, Greater Accra. [41] [42] [43] The NDC National Executive Committee, on 7 March 2024, officially endorsed Opoku-Agyemang again as the running mate for the party's flagbearer, ahead of the 2024 general elections. [44]
Kissi Agyebeng (born 2 July 1978) is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic, and the Special Prosecutor of Ghana since 2021. Prior to his appointment, he was a lecturer at the University of Ghana, Managing Partner at Cromwellgray LLP, and the Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal of Ghana.
In February 2021, Ankomah stepped down from her role as team manager of the Ghana Skolars Rugby League Club, followed by her resignation as women's coordinator in March 2021. Subsequently, on July 10, 2021, she established the Accra Majestics Rugby League Club, becoming the first woman to own a rugby league club in Ghana.