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
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH BY HANGING
In Ghana, a Kumasi High Court, presided over by Justice Jacob Bawine Boon, has sentenced
- AUGUST 3, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTY
the Koforidua High Court, Ghana, has sentenced four persons
the Koforidua High Court, Ghana, has sentenced four persons
JULY 19, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Two brothers, Ayitey Tetteh and Ayitey Angmor, have been sentenced to death in Koforidua
JULY 10, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS THE RECOMMENDATION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
the Government of Ghana, among many others, has also accepted the recommendation of the Constitution Review Commission that the death penalty in article 13 of the Constitution be completely abolished and that the penalty be replaced with imprisonment for
- APRIL 25, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTY
a Koforidua High Court, in Ghana...
a Koforidua High Court, in Ghana...
- JANUARY 1, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books...
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception of English common law in the country in 1874.
- DECEMBER 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
GHANAIAN, AFRICANS EXECUTED IN IRANIAN PRISONS - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
human rights advocacy group Amnesty International said at least one Ghanaian, Akwasi Aquwabe, was confirmed killed in Iran in 2010 in a mass execution at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.
- DECEMBER 20, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
the Constitution Review Commission, constituted by President John Evans
the Constitution Review Commission, constituted by President John Evans
- JULY 27, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BUTCHERING RIVAL
the Bolgatanga High Court in Ghana, presided over by Justice Kumah, sentenced two people to death for murder. Lamisi Zong, a 32-year-old housewife of Datuko in the Talensi Nabdam District allegedly butchered her rival Teni Zong, 36, with a cutlass on May
- JUNE 20, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Justice George Kingsley Koomson of the Kumasi High Court in Ghana sentenced 53-year-old farmer Kwasi Bonsu, a native of Bomen, near Oyoko in the Ashanti Region, to death by hanging for murder.
- MAY 23, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, URGES AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Frank K. Doyi, from the Ghana Branch of Amnesty International urged Ghana to abolish capital punishment from the statute books.
MAY 16, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: 123 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
the 2011 State of the World's Human Rights Report, which was launched by Amnesty