30 notable events in Ghana — wars, bombings and natural disasters.
- Accra Sports Stadium disaster
May 9, 2001 · Stampede & crowd crush
- War of the Golden Stool
Mar 1900–Sep 1900 · War & armed conflict
- 1948 Accra riots
Feb 28, 1948 · Riot & unrest
- 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état
Feb 24, 1966 · War & armed conflict
- Western Togoland Rebellion
Sep 1, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- 2025 Ghanaian Air Force Harbin Z-9 crash
Aug 6, 2025 · Aviation accident
- Allied Air Flight 111
Jun 2, 2012 · Aviation accident
- 2015 Accra explosion
Jun 4, 2015 · Bombing & explosion
- 1981 Ghanaian coup d'état
Dec 31, 1981 · War & armed conflict
- Kulungugu bomb attack
date unknown · Bombing & explosion
- Retention of the frigate Libertad in Ghana
Oct 2, 2012–Dec 19, 2012 · Maritime disaster
- 2015 Accra floods
2015 · Natural disaster
- Ghana banking crisis
Aug 2017–Jan 2020 · Crisis
- Operation Guitar Boy
Apr 17, 1967 · War & armed conflict
- 2022 Bogoso explosion
Jan 20, 2022 · Bombing & explosion
- 2017 Atomic Junction gas explosion
Oct 7, 2017 · Bombing & explosion
- 2022 Ghana Marburg virus disease outbreak
from Jul 2022 · Epidemic & disease
- 2002 Dagbon chieftaincy crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- Dodi Princess
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2015 Ghana Judiciary scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- 2014–2015 African cholera outbreak
Jun 1, 2014–Jan 2015 · Epidemic & disease
- Ejura shooting
Jun 28, 2021 · Shooting
- Dompoase mine collapse
Nov 12, 2009 · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2016 Accra floods
from Jun 9, 2016 · Natural disaster
- Ghana SSNIT software scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Guantanamo Bay detainees Ghana transfer controversy
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Lamashegu shooting
Feb 13, 2022 · Shooting
- Nkoranza shooting
May 17, 2022 · Shooting
- 2022 Accra floods
Jun 5, 2022 · Natural disaster
- 1906 Ghana and Togo earthquake
Nov 20, 1906 · Earthquake