About 200 Ghanaian students on government scholarships in Russia say they are starving, stranded and broke after going 14 months without stipends, while repeated appeals to authorities have fallen on deaf ears. In a bid to force action, the leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Russia, engaged the Ghana Embassy in Moscow […]
The Norvisi Association North America, Inc. (NANA), an organization of citizens of Shia in Ghana’s Volta Region living in North America, reaffirmed its commitment to the community’s development during its 2026 Biennial Congress, held August 7-8 in Cheshire, Connecticut. Under the theme “Development in Unity” and the motto “Together We Grow • Together We Succeed,” […]
By West Africa Times Staff The forensic audit of Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, D.C., which identified approximately $19.38 million in financial irregularities between 2019 and 2025, has triggered serious questions about governance, procurement and the handling of visa and passport services. But a former Embassy staff member familiar with the operations is challenging key aspects […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening families, empowering young people and supporting community development in Africa as it hosted the 8th annual Strengthening Families Conference in Monrovia, Liberia. This represented the first time the pan-African gathering had been held in the country. Thousands of Liberians, including government […]
The Central Rappahannock Regional Library hosted a landmark cultural exchange on Wednesday, June 18, 2026, at 6:30 PM, as part of the “A Cultural Quilt” lecture series commemorating America’s 250th anniversary (VA250). The Ghanaian Lecture, titled “A Cultural Quilt: The Sister City Relationship between Fredericksburg and Princess Town, Ghana,” was presented by Oral Ofori, award-winning […]
A Ghanaian national extradited to the United States has admitted his involvement in a romance and inheritance fraud conspiracy and agreed to pay approximately $4.4 million in restitution, representing the financial losses suffered by victims, as part of his plea agreement. Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng, who also goes by the name “Dada Joe Remix,” pleaded […]
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump‘s administration in a case involving the legality of subjecting certain convicted immigrants with pending deportation proceedings to lengthy detention without bond hearings allowing them to seek a release on bail. The administration appealed a lower court’s ruling that said the U.S. Constitution’s right […]
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has warned travellers that bushmeat is strictly prohibited from entering the country, as part of a wide range of items banned by federal law to protect public health, safety and American plant and animal life. In an advisory to international travellers, CBP reminded passengers that before returning […]
Maison Yusif Fragrance celebrated another landmark achievement as its highly anticipated launch of The Beast in Columbus, Ohio concluded with overwhelming success, attracting fragrance enthusiasts from diverse cultural backgrounds and nationalities across the United States. The event marked the second successful Maison Yusif activation in Columbus and further solidified the Ghanaian luxury fragrance house’s growing […]
The State Department plans to drastically slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States. The almost 50 U.S. embassies and consulates that are processing visa applications will be reduced to 20 in the coming weeks, according to three U.S. officials and […]
A federal judge ordered on Friday that a pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son from Ghana cannot spend another night at a Washington, D.C.-area airport where they have been detained for more than a week. Anabella Gyasi arrived at Dulles International Airport on May 19 with a valid tourist visa to bring her son to the […]
A Google employee has been arrested for allegedly using his access to company information to successfully place lucrative bets on the prediction platform Polymarket. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York said it had charged Michele Spagnuolo, a Google engineer, with violating insider trading laws for several bets he placed on the […]
