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South Sudan abandons US dollar for local currency

South Sudan’s government has suspended the use of the US dollar and instead directed all transactions be executed in the local currency, the South Sudanese pound (SSP), in a move feared to stifle economic activity in the war-ravaged economy. Most transactions in the country are carried out using the US …

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US Embassy reacts to ‘USA Visa in 24 hours’ poster

The Embassy of the United State of America in Ghana has reacted to a viral poster advertising American Visa services within 24 hours. Responding to a tweet on the poster which reads ‘USA Visa in 24 hours’, the embassy said that Ghanaians who patronize the services of the ’24 hours’ …

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Ghanaian female genius who entered KNUST at 13 becomes youngest PhD student at US university

In December 2021, Ghana celebrated Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa after she graduated after studying Mathematics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Prior to her graduation, Ruth was adjudged the youngest person to gain admission into a university in the country at the age of 13 in 2017. …

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How US media reported ‘murder’ of 30-year-old Ghanaian-American politician

The murder of Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfuor, a Ghanaian-American in New Jersey has been widely reported by media outlets across the United States of America. The 30-year-old, from Sayreville, New Jersey, was found inside her car with multiple gunshot wounds just before 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. The police …

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South African student turns down offer to study in U.S., chooses local university

South African student Aphiwe Hlatshwayo has rejected an offer to study in the U.S. on a scholarship. Aphiwe, who achieved six distinctions in her final matric exams at Redford House The Hills in Pretoria, has been accepted to study anatomy at Seattle University in the U.S. But she declined that …

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We are coming after you – Ablakwa warns US-based group for receiving GH¢28.2 million cathedral money

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu has hinted that his next target after retrieving what he contends to be wrongful payment made to Reverend Kusi Boateng’s JNS Talent Centre is the Nehemiah Group owned by Cary Summers, a man reputed for the development of many religious projects …

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VIDEO: I facilitate the death of suffering old patients in the US – Ayisha Modi

Music investor cum socialite, Ayisha Modi, has shed more light on her profession as a live-in caregiver and certified nursing assistant in the United States. Ayisha said she holds the license to administer shots to patients to aid them in dying slowly, with a family’s consent and a doctor’s instruction. …

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US Supreme Court fails to find abortion news leaker

The US Supreme Court has been unable to determine how a controversial draft decision regarding abortion was leaked before it was formally announced. On Thursday, investigators said that they still do not know whether the leak was deliberate or unintentional after eight months of opening the probe. In May, a …

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Ghanaian-American soldier in US army killed by fellow soldier during altercation

A soldier assigned to Fort Rucker, Alabama, was arrested Tuesday after brutally attacking a fellow soldier, officials told Army Times in a Wednesday afternoon statement. Pvt. Abdul N. Latifu, 21, of Bronx, New York City, died from injuries sustained in the attack, according to a statement from the post’s top …

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