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
- MARCH 4, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
on behalf of Hands Off Cain, MP and Speaker of the OSCE
on behalf of Hands Off Cain, MP and Speaker of the OSCE
- JANUARY 1, 2011GhanaDEATH 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 10, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY CONCLUDES
the Hands Off Cain mission for the abolition of the death penalty in Ghana concluded. The mission was also to convince the country to vote favourably for the pro moratorium resolution in discussion at the United Nations.
- DECEMBER 9, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
After the missions in Zambia, Mali and Congo-Brazaville, the Hands Off Cain campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in Africa continues in Ghana.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: 104 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW PACKED INTO A HOLE FOR 24
The Acting Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Kofi Bansah, says there are 104 condemned
- OCTOBER 15, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Kwadwo Ansah, alias "Akonta", a 31-year-old stone contractor, was sentenced to
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LYBIA: EIGHT GHANAIANS FACE EXECUTION
eight Ghanaian nationals may be executed by firing squad in Libya any time, newspaper
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Ho High Court, in Ghana, sentenced Benjamin Deble, an Electrician, and Raymond Agbeve
- AUGUST 19, 2010Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
Justice Koomson of the Wa High Court in Ghana sentenced farmer Dramani Yewana, from Burkina Faso, to death by hanging for murdering housewife Desinava Tianto on April 15, 2009, in Sissala West District.
- JUNE 11, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, GHANA, CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Lawrence Amesu, Director of Amnesty International, Ghana...
JUNE 9, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
Justice Essel Mensah of the Ho High Court in Ghana sentenced Emmanuel Adzanku
- JUNE 6, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
35-year-old farmer, Kutenuor Nangku, was sentenced to death by High Court Justice George Koomson, sitting at Wa, the Upper West regional capital, in Ghana.