Events in the year 2021 in Ghana.
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. 21 January – Police arrest 11 in a ″baby-harvesting″ scheme in Accra and Tema. 9 January – Parliament is forced to close for three weeks after 17 Members and 171 staff contract COVID-19. 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. Ghana reports 81,215 cases of infection, 6,614 active cases, and 584 deaths. The offices of ″LGBT+ Rights Ghana″ are closed by security forces. 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.
Sports 2020–21 Ghana Premier League 24 August to 5 September – Ghana at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Deaths
2 January – Sakib Bamba, religious leader, chief Imam of Ejura. 18 January – Joshua Kyeremeh, politician; kidney complications.Akufo-Addo’s Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh dies 23 January – Abukari Gariba, 81, Olympic footballer (1968, 1972).Abukari Gariba: Kotoko and Black Stars legend dies aged 81 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).Lieutenant General Joshua Mohammadu Hamidu (Rtd), Former Chief of Defence Staff dead at 85 9 February – Emmanuel Kojo Dadson, 68, actor (Love Brewed in the African Pot, Run Baby Run, Elmina).Actor Kojo Dadson passes on 11 February – George Benneh, 86, academic administrator and politician, Minister of Finance (1981) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (1992–1996). 20 February – Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 91, police officer, first woman recruited into the Ghanaian force.Ghana’s first woman recruited to Police Service dies 25 February – Bob Pixel, photographer; COVID-19. 4 March – DJ Adviser, disc jockey (Happy FM).DJ Adviser – Sad As Happy Fm’s Veteran DJ Is Confirmed Dead 7 April – Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, physician and university administrator. Ghana's oldest medical doctor dies at 101
See also
African Continental Free Trade Area COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
References
External links Ghana prepares to bury ex-leader Rawlings as parties vie over legacy (by Marine Jeannin, AFP, January 23, 2021)