January: Inauguration
The year 2001 began on a high note as 20 years of Rawlings rule ended democratically. President Kufuor signalled a bright new era for Ghana

February: UN Honors JJ
Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings on his appointment by the United Nations as an Eminent Person on Volunteerism

Prominet Ministers named

March: Mallam Isah saga Begins
Youth and Sports minister, Mallam Yussif Isah & the missing $45,000

April: Ghana is HIPC
HIPC is a hot topic in Ghana

May: Tragedy@Stadium
Africa's worst sporting tragedy happened in our backyard, when 126 football fans died

June: JAK in USA
President Kufuor in USA. He meets Bush & holds a Townhall Meeting in Wash DC.

Heavy floods in Accra

July: World Youth Cup
Ghana lost 0-3 to Argentina in the finals of the World Youth Cup.

Homecoming summit is held

August: Stable Cedi
Stability of cedi against $ is no illusion

NPP holds congress

September: Attack on America
Several Ghanians feared dead in the WTC terrorist attack.

October: Nobel Peace Prize
The United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofi Annan won the Nobel Peace Prize for ``their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.'' He recieves award in December

December: Bawku Conflict
Over 50 people were killed and 150 others injured in three days of fighting between members of the Mamprusi and Kusasi ethnic groups in Bawku