The Ghana Embassy in the United States of America as part of efforts to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, will organize a fundraising event soon, according to Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Baffour Adjei Bawuah. According to him, the move is aimed at supporting government’s fight against the […]
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Confirmed: Russia using Ghanaians, Nigerians to meddle in US elections
The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year’s elections. But this time they are better disguised and more targeted, harder to identify and track. And they have found an unlikely home, far from Russia itself. In 2016, much of the trolling […]
US signs peace deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban after 18 years of war
The United States has today signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing US troops to return home from America’s longest war. Under the agreement, the US will begin withdrawing thousands of troops in exchange for Taliban commitments to prevent Afghanistan from […]
Man sets wife ablaze, burns her to ashes; forces children to watch
A man in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States of America is in the grips of the law for murdering his wife. BestNewsGH.com is informed the estranged husband set the wife ablaze after an argument, and forced their children to watch the barbaric act in temperatures that have been described as freezing. Reports have it […]
Ghanaian doctor based in USA, Dr Moses deGragt-Johnson arrested for $26M healthcare fraud
A US-based Ghanaian surgeon, Dr Moses deGragt-Johnson has been indicted after allegedly falsifying $26m in claims from private health insurers and the US government. The Ghanaian born surgeon who is facing 58 counts of indictment has been accused of performing unnecessary procedures on patients, billing health care companies millions for surgeries he never performed and […]
Meet Maame Akua Manukure, the Ghanaian pupil in America who topped her class one month after joining
Just a month after joining her mates in school in the United States of America, Ghanaian pupil Maame Akua Manukure has shown her superior brain power by topping her class. She is based in New Rochelle, and attends the Trinity Elementary school in New Rochelle, where she joined in October 2019 and was able to […]
‘Iran hacks US government website’ warns that ‘this is just the beginning’
A US government website has been targeted by hackers claiming to be from Iran. The website for the Federal Depository Library Program, fdlp.gov, showed a picture of Donald Trump being punched in the face, along with a message from ‘the Islamic Republic of Iran’. Below the President’s bleeding face were the words ‘Hacked by Iran […]
Women outnumber Men as Medical Students in the US for the first time-Study Reveals
The future of medical care is increasingly female. For the first time ever, women now make up the majority of medical students enrolled in U.S. schools, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced this week. Women comprised 50.5% of all medical school students in 2019. Across applicants and new enrollees, the number of women increased, while […]
PDS fiasco: Ghana-US relations will remain intact-Information Minister
Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said the termination of the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) won’t affect Ghana’s relations with the United States of America (USA). His comment follows an alert raised by Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, Dr Steve Manteaw. “Already the relationship between the two countries […]
President Akufo-Addo pushes for a more progressive agenda between Ghana, US
President Nana Akufo-Addo wants Ghana’s relationship with the United States of America to focus on trade and investments. According To The President, “We Are Looking For A New, More Progressive Agenda Between Us, Which Is An Agenda Where Ghanaian And American Enterprises Will Get Together To Promote The Economic Relations Between Our Two Countries Whereby […]
Deportation hits 7000 Ghanaians as US immigration begins mass raid on illegal immigrants
Some 7000 Ghanaians marked for deportation are part of people the US immigration authorities will be dealing with as it begins raiding some cities to arrest and deport individuals illegally residing in the country. The US government has not hidden its feelings about the presence of illegal immigrants since Donald Trump took office as president. […]
President Trump postpones planned deportation raids in 10 big cities
President Donald Trump has postponed the ICE’s planned operation that would have targeted 2,000 families who have received deportation orders. As the Washington Post reported, the raids were to be conducted as part of a “family op” across 10 cities. The raids were set to begin Sunday, nearly a week after Trump tweeted that “ICE will begin […]