The United States Embassy in Ghana has revealed that it issued approximately 25,000 visas to Ghanaians in 2024 out of a total of 61,000 applications received. This was disclosed during the Embassy’s Consular Media Day held on Friday, May 9, 2025. The event was organised to demystify the visa applicationContinue Reading
An 18-year-old randy boy has impregnated no fewer than 10 girls in Anambra State. The Anambra State Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, disclosed this in a social media video, saying the matter was brought before her on Tuesday. Two of the pregnant girls are his master’sContinue Reading
Former US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle have congratulated the new Pope, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, on his election to lead the Catholic Church. In a post on his X page, Mr Obama stated that the election of Pope Leo XIV is a historic day for theContinue Reading
The United States Government has donated 14 mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored personnel carriers (APCs) valued at over $6 million to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The official hand over, which took place on Wednesday at Burma Camp in Accra, symbolized the deepening of the U.S. and Ghana security partnership and aContinue Reading
Roey Gilad, the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, has expressed strong belief in the possibility of peace between Israelis and Palestinians despite the current bleak state of affairs. Mr. Gilad stressed that although the long-standing conflict had reached one of its lowest points, there remained hope forContinue Reading
The US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British cars and allow some steel and aluminium into the country tariff-free, as part of a new agreement between the US and UK. The announcement offers relief for key UK industries from some of the new tariffsContinue Reading
The United States is working to bring the first group of white South Africans it has classified as refugees to the country early next week, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the plans and documents obtained by the newspaper. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration plansContinue Reading
Morocco plans to spend 7 billion dirhams ($760 million) on storage platforms across the country to stockpile necessities in immediate response to potential disasters, state media said. The stockpiles were ordered by King Mohammed VI in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit the High Atlas Mountains in SeptemberContinue Reading
Barrick Mining is spending $15 million a month to keep its Mali mine running and doesn’t know where Mali’s government is keeping the gold it took from the Canadian company, CEO Mark Bristow said on Wednesday. In an interview about the long-running conflict with authorities in the West African nation,Continue Reading
President Donald Trump has congratulated the first American Pope elect, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost in a tweet shortly after the Pope was named. Trump says the election of Cardinal Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV is a “great honour” to America. He noted that the election of the first AmericanContinue Reading