Pregnant Ghanaian woman and son deported after week-long detention at US airport
A pregnant Ghanaian woman and her young son who spent more than a week in detention at Washington Dulles International Airport were being deported to...
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Only 10 out of 300 Ghanaians cleared in South Africa evacuation check, officials say
South African immigration authorities have said only 10 out of about 300 Ghanaians who presented themselves for evacuation were found to be residing legally in...
Ghana launches e-visa system, waives fees for African travelers
Ghana on Monday (25 May) launched a new electronic visa application system with a 48-hour processing period for business and tourist travellers, while waiving visa...
Gabby Otchere-Darko writes: Ubuntu, Afrophobia and Africa’s unfinished struggle for unity
This month the news about Africa continues to centre around the disturbing images from South Africa circulating worldwide on social media. Not even the Africa...
44 Ghanaians rescued from fraudulent recruitment network in Nigeria
Forty-four Ghanaian nationals have been rescued from a fraudulent recruitment network in Nigeria, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday, following earlier warnings about...
INTERPOL permanently removes OSP’s “political” Red Notice alert on Ken Ofori-Atta
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) has completely and permanently removed from its website a Red Notice alert it issued against the former Finance Minister,...
ICE treatment concerns raised as Ghana envoy engages U.S. senator on trade
Ghana’s ambassador to the United States, Victor Emmanuel Smith, said he has raised concerns about the treatment of Ghanaians by U.S. immigration enforcement agencies, as...
Sedina Tamakloe not listed at Nevada Detention Centre as stated by Ghana’s embassy in US
A review of the Nevada Southern Detention Centre website indicates that Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, the convicted former chief executive officer of the Microfinance and Small...
A Country Pastor writes: We were already at war. We just didn’t know it
For years, many of us thought we knew who the frog in the pot was. We thought it was the MAGA faithful. We thought they...
Ghana Embassy engages U.S. authorities over Ofori-Atta detention
The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C., confirmed that former Finance Minister Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has been taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and...