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2004 December - John Kufuor re-elected as president of Ghana. 2006 - Ghana National football team, the black stars play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. 2007 March - Ghana @ 50 celebrations mark 50 years of independence from Britain. 2007 June - Ghana discovers oil in commercial quantities. The oil reserves total 3 billion barrels.
The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
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1955 – Ghana International School founded. 1956 Accra Central Library established (approximate date). Ghanaian Arts Council headquartered in Accra. [24] 1957 6 March: Accra becomes capital of independent Republic of Ghana. [2] State House, National Museum of Ghana, and Independence Arch built. [25] [26] Catholic Holy Spirit Cathedral opened.
The earliest known physical remains of the earliest man in Ghana were first discovered by archaeologists in a rock shelter at Kintampo during the 1960s. The remains were dated to be 5000 years old [1] [2] and it marked the period of transition to sedentism in Ghana. [3]
In 2005 saw the start of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, in which a free hot meal per day was provided in public schools and kindergartens in the poorest areas. [44] Although some projects were criticised as unfinished or unfunded, the progress of Ghana was noted internationally. [45] President Kufuor soon gave up power in 2008.
Timeline of Ghanaian history; 2002 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2002. Incumbents ...