2020 in Ghana
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Incumbents
Events
- March 4 – Creation of OmniBSIC Bank Ghana Limited.[1]
- December 7 – 2020 Ghanaian general election: won by Nana Akufo-Addo with 51.59% of the vote.[2]
- December 29 – The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will contest the December 7 election result.[2][3]
Deaths
- April 10 – Jacob Plange-Rhule, 62, Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (since 2015); COVID-19[4]
- October 1 – Ray Styles, 31, pencil artist; liver cancer.[5]
- October 1 – Yakubu Moro, football executive, founder of Berekum Arsenal; stroke.[6]
- October 24 – Stephen Owusu, 37, footballer (Heart of Lions, Aduana Stars, national team).[7]
- November 12 – Jerry Rawlings, 73, politician, President of Ghana (1979, 1981–2001); COVID-19.[8]
- November 23 – Imoro Andani, royal, Northern Regional minister.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Peace FM Online (4 March 2020). "OmniBank And Sahel Sahara Bank Merge To Form OMNIBSIC Bank Ghana Limited". Accra: Peace FM Online. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Ghana opposition to challenge presidential election loss". msn.com. Reuters. December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ KOKUTSE, FRANCIS (10 December 2020). "Ghana's main opposition party will contest election results". AP NEWS. AP. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies". Africanews. 13 July 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Penciled Celebrities artist Ray Styles is dead
- ^ Berekum Arsenals owner and bankroller Alhaji Yakubu Moro passes on
- ^ Stephen Owusu: Former Ghana, Tusker FC striker dies at age 37
- ^ Jerry Rawlings, ex-Ghanaian president, dies from COVID-19
- ^ Fmr Northern Reg Minister Prince Imoro Andani to be buried today in Tamale
