Ghana
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- April 28, 1992
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; High Court, Court of Appeal, regional courts
RELIGIONS
68.8% Christians, 15.9% Muslims, 8.5% traditional, others
From the country
- JUNE 6, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
The Director General of Prisons, Mr
- JANUARY 1, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are...
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was in '93 when some armed robbers...
The last execution was in '93 when some armed robbers were executed
- JANUARY 1, 2002GhanaDEATH PENALTY
At least 155 people are listed as having been executed...
At least 155 people are listed as having been executed between 1984 and 1993, when democracy returned to the former British colony after Jerry Rawlings was elected as president, and was said to have headed an iron fisted military government
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death...
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death by hanging at the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok, Thailand
- JULY 25, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Malaysian High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian...
The Malaysian High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian businessman, to death for trafficking in 515
- APRIL 25, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Andaila Mohamad, 40; Wahab Medina, 40; Chab Abdullanaf...
Andaila Mohamad, 40; Wahab Medina, 40; Chab Abdullanaf Umah, 27, all Ghanaian nationals were sentenced to death in Thailand on drug related charges
- JANUARY 6, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, pardoned Kwame Pianim,...
Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, pardoned Kwame Pianim, an old political foe convicted of treason against his then military government in 1982, who served 10 years in prison after a death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are...
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are capital crimes
- APRIL 8, 2000GhanaDEATH PENALTY
President Jerry John Rawlings granted amnesty to 1,000...
President Jerry John Rawlings granted amnesty to 1,000 prisoners, including two soldiers who were convicted in 1983 and 1985 respectively and sentenced to death for subversion
- JANUARY 12, 2000GhanaDEATH PENALTY
President Jerry John Rawlings, in a gesture of reconciliation...
President Jerry John Rawlings, in a gesture of reconciliation as he neared the end of his final term, offered an apology to those who suffered as a result of the decisions he took during almost two decades of power
- JANUARY 1, 2000GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are...
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are capital crimes