A 21-year-old Ghanaian national, Cross Abu Cole, has been arrested and charged in the United States for allegedly attempting to extort money by threatening to release nude images of a victim, including images taken when the victim was a minor. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District […]
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Ghana’s neighbour Togo named in Trump’s latest US travel ban proclamation
Ghana’s neighbour, Togo, is among several countries affected by a new travel restriction issued by U.S. President Donald Trump, citing security concerns. According to a CNN report, Trump signed a presidential proclamation on Wednesday evening that imposes either full or partial entry bans on nationals from a list of countries deemed to pose security risks. […]
These Americans are done with Trump. So they’re leaving America
Kevin and Jessica Cellura had just 48 hours in December to make an enormous family decision. The couple, who both work as teachers, had to decide if they should take a job offer to teach in Morocco and leave Asheville, North Carolina, with their two youngest children. But the Celluras say their decision was made […]
John Mahama: Trump’s unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all Africans
The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths. The US president’s claims of white genocide conflict with the actual racial persecution and massacres that took place during the two centuries of colonisation and nearly 50 years of […]
Ghana gains trade advantage from U.S. tariff policy, says Ambassador Palmer
The outgoing United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has stated that Ghana could gain a competitive edge in international trade due to the latest global tariff regime introduced by the U.S. government. Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV on Monday, 26 May, Ambassador Palmer explained that although Ghanaian exports are subject to […]
Convicted romance scammer Hajia4Reall to be released today after serving one-year jail term in US
Ghanaian socialite and musician Mona Faiz Montrage, widely known as Hajia 4Reall, is expected to be released today from the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia after serving a one-year and one-day prison sentence. According to publicly available information from the US Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator the 32-year-old Ghanaian will be released on May […]
Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants
Rwanda is in the “early stage” of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has said. His comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month that Washington was “actively searching” for countries that would take in “some […]
Minority criticises government over silence on US tariffs, warns of missed AfCFTA opportunity
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has launched a scathing critique of the government’s failure to act decisively in response to the United States’ sudden imposition of a 10% tariff on Ghanaian exports. The Caucus is warning that the country risks being blindsided in an unfolding trade war due to poor prioritization of the African Continental […]
Pope Francis says Trump’s immigration raids would be a ‘disgrace’
Pope Francis on Sunday criticised President-elect Donald Trump’s reported plan to sharply intensify immigration enforcement actions across the U.S. in the days after his inauguration. In an Italian television interview, the pontiff said it would be a “disgrace” if Trump went forward with the plan, in unusually forceful language for the leader of the global Catholic […]
US Supreme Court to hear TikTok challenge to potential ban
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear last-ditch legal arguments from TikTok as to why it should not be banned or sold in the US. The US government is taking action against the app because of what it says are its links to the Chinese state – links which TikTok and its parent company […]
US gets $100m settlement for Baltimore bridge collapse
The owners of a container ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge have been ordered to pay the US government more than $100m (£77.1m) in damages, the US Justice Department has announced. Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the companies that owned and operated the Dali have agreed to pay, […]
Illegal visa network making millions fleecing students
A global network has fleeced students out of tens of thousands of pounds for worthless visa documents they hoped would enable them to work in the UK. A BBC investigation has found middlemen working as recruitment agents preyed on international students who wanted jobs in the care industry. The students paid up to £17,000 each […]