11 migrants deported by US to Ghana were sent home despite safety concerns, their lawyer says
Read full article: 11 migrants deported by US to Ghana were sent home despite safety concerns, their lawyer saysEleven West African nationals deported by the U.S. to Ghana have been sent to their home countries despite safety concerns.
US deportees sue the Ghanaian authorities as competing claims swirl about their location
Read full article: US deportees sue the Ghanaian authorities as competing claims swirl about their locationAt least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers.
Ghana insists immigrants deported by the US have been sent home, contradicting lawyers
Read full article: Ghana insists immigrants deported by the US have been sent home, contradicting lawyersGhanaian authorities insist on their claim that the group of 14 African immigrants deported to Ghana by the U.S. have been returned to their home countries.
Lawyers say 4 of 14 West Africans deported by US still in Ghana, contradicting official
Read full article: Lawyers say 4 of 14 West Africans deported by US still in Ghana, contradicting officialLawyers for four of 14 West African men deported by the U.S. to Ghana say the men remain in Ghana and have not been sent to their home countries.
Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana
Read full article: Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to GhanaA lawsuit says some West Africans who were deported to Ghana were held in āstraitjacketsā for 16 hours on a U.S. military plane on which all passengers were shackled and given only bread and water.
Helicopter crash in Ghana kills ministers of defense and environment and 6 others
Read full article: Helicopter crash in Ghana kills ministers of defense and environment and 6 othersThe government of Ghana says that a military helicopter has crashed and killed all eight people on board, including the country's ministers of defense and environment.
Ghana's ex-leader is declared the presidential election winner and pledges 'reset' in a bad economy
Read full article: Ghana's ex-leader is declared the presidential election winner and pledges 'reset' in a bad economyGhanaās former leader John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of the presidential election.
With banku and jollof rice, Ghanian chef tries to break world cook-a-thon record
Read full article: With banku and jollof rice, Ghanian chef tries to break world cook-a-thon recordA chef in Ghana has been preparing banku and other regional dishes on live TV since New Yearās Day as she tries to break a world record for marathon cooking.
Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana
Read full article: Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in GhanaGhana became the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine for young children that may offer better protection against the disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year.
Harris out to reframe US views on Africa, foster partnership
Read full article: Harris out to reframe US views on Africa, foster partnershipDuring her visit to Ghana, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced more than $1 billion in public and private money for womenās economic empowerment in Africa.
Harris, in Africa, confronts painful past, envisions future
Read full article: Harris, in Africa, confronts painful past, envisions futureVice President Kamala Harris has visited a site in Ghana where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas.
Harris pledges aid to Ghana amid security, economic concerns
Read full article: Harris pledges aid to Ghana amid security, economic concernsU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has opened her weeklong trip to Africa by pledging support for Ghana, a democratic pillar in the region thatās being squeezed by an economic crisis and security concerns.
2 brothers, 2 teams, 2 contrasting experiences at World Cup
Read full article: 2 brothers, 2 teams, 2 contrasting experiences at World CupThe Williams brothers have managed to mark both sides of their heritage in the most incredible way at this World Cup in Qatar by playing for two different countries.
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Ghana votes for president in test of country's stability
Read full article: Ghana votes for president in test of country's stabilityPeople line up to vote at a polling station in Accra, Ghana, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. Ghana has held peaceful, free, fair, and transparent elections for nearly two decades ā this will be the eighth consecutive election since the country's return to multi-party democracy in 1992. President Akufo-Addo voted in his constituency at Kyebi in the Eastern Region. Both Akufo-Addo and former president Mahama have campaigned on anti-corruption platforms, while trading accusations against each other. In his Sunday address, Akufo-Addo added: āThe entire world is looking up to us to maintain our status as a beacon of democracy, peace, and stability.
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Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73
Read full article: Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73FILE - In this Wednesday, July 20, 2011 file photo, the African Union envoy to Somalia, Jerry Rawlings, inspects a guard of honour of African Union peacekeepers, during a visit to displaced persons camps in southern Mogadishu, Somalia. Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy, has died aged 73, according to the state's Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)ACCRA ā Ghanaās former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy, has died, according to the stateās Radio Ghana and the president. President Nana Akufo-Addo said that Rawlings died Thursday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in the capital, Accra, where he had been receiving treatment after a short illness. They have three daughters: Zanetor Rawlings, Yaa Asantewaa Rawlings, Amina Rawlings; and one son, Kimathi Rawlings.

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