Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Victor Emmanuel Smith, has formally presented his credentials to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, officially beginning his diplomatic mission in Washington, DC. The ceremony took place at the Oval Office of the White House, where Ambassador Smith was among 14 newly appointed envoys accredited to the United […]
Frederick Kumi, better known on Snapchat as “Abu Trica”, has been arrested in Ghana after United States authorities indicted him for allegedly helping to run a romance scam network that stole more than $8 million from elderly American victims. But what exactly is he accused of, and how did the scheme work? Here is what […]
The Ghana Police Service says its efforts to investigate the viral kidnapping allegation made by an American woman in Accra have been seriously hampered by her lack of cooperation. In a statement issued by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Police noted that although the woman, identified as Arianna Naomi Mackey, recorded a video claiming […]
The Ghana Police Service has opened a full-scale investigation into a viral video in which an American woman, identified as Arianna Naomi Mackey, claimed she was kidnapped and robbed in Accra by men she alleged were police officers. According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the video, recorded at a hotel in […]
The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Joseph Edlow has said. On Friday, in a post on X, Edlow said the pause would be in place “until we can ensure that every alien […]
The United States has officially lifted the 15% tariffs that were imposed on cocoa and certain agricultural products from Ghana, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced. According to the Minister, the decision took effect on November 13, 2025, following a new executive order from President Trump. In a post on Facebook, Mr […]
President Donald Trump has signed a funding bill to reopen the U.S. government, ending the longest shutdown in American history after 43 days. The signing took place in the Oval Office, where the president made remarks before putting pen to paper on the measure that restores funding to federal agencies, departments, and programs. The bill […]
US President Donald Trump has filed an appeal to overturn his May 2024 criminal conviction in the hush-money payment case, arguing he is shielded by presidential immunity. Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records by a unanimous jury in New York. In December, citing Trump’s imminent return to the White House, a New […]
Nigeria’s Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year and he was told to reapply if he wished to try again to visit the U.S. The 91-year-old writer said in 2016 that he had torn up his U.S. green card and renounced his American […]
The number of Ghanaian students arriving in the United States in August fell by more than half compared with last year, marking the steepest post-pandemic decline in academic travel from Ghana. Data tracked by JoyNews Research, based on U.S. international arrival records, shows that only 1,561 Ghanaian students entered the country this August, compared with 3,185 […]
US President Donald Trump has not ruled out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, saying he would “love to do it”. But Trump rejected the possibility of running for vice-president in 2028 – an idea floated by some supporters as a way for him to circumvent the US Constitution that […]
Mali has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 (£7,500) for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar requirement that the Trump administration has imposed on its citizens. The US embassy in Mali said on Friday the fee had been […]
