Tag Archives: US

‘My body, my choice’: Anger over US Supreme Court anti-abortion ruling

Hundreds of protesters descended on the United States Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v Wade precedent that recognised women’s constitutional right to abortion. The sweeping ruling by the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, was set to vastly change American life with …

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Liberian ex-fighter charged in US over civil war

A man from Liberia who had sought asylum in the US has been charged with, among other crimes, fraudulently attempting to obtain US citizenship. Moses Wright was a former commanding general of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) during the country’s civil war, and according to the indictment he was …

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Medikal’s US visa application bounced over 2021 gun incident

Ghanaian rapper, Samuel Adu Frimpong, popularly known as Medikal has reportedly been denied a United States visa. According to GhanaWeb sources, the rapper was bounced on Tuesday, June 21, 2022; after he had attended an interview at the US Embassy in Accra. Our source confirmed that the decision to bounce …

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Ghana Airport probes death of male passenger from the US at KIA

Authorities have confirmed the death of a middle-aged male passenger travelling from the US to Ghana’s capital Accra. The deceased arrived onboard United Airlines at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) from Dulles International Airport Washington at approximately 10:20 am in the company of a relative, according to a statement from …

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Middle-aged man who arrived at KIA from US confirmed dead

A middle-aged man was onboard a United Airlines flight from the Dulles International Airport Washington, US, has been reported dead after arriving at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The man is reported to have died on Friday, 17 June 2022. A statement issued by the management of the Ghana Airport …

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You’re not an Akyem and have no right to speak for us – Osafo-Maafo told

A group identified as Concerned Citizens of Akyem State has condemned the ethnocentric statements of Presidential Advisor, Nana Yaw Osafo-Maafo which was captured on a secret recording. In the said tape which has recently gone viral, the presidential advisor during a meeting with delegates of the New Patriotic Party in the Eastern Region questioned …

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US rapper, Lil Wayne denied entry into UK

Rapper Lil Wayne will no longer perform at a British music festival this weekend after he was declined entry into the United Kingdom, organizers have said. The five-time Grammy Award winner, who was sentenced to one year in jail in 2010 relating to a gun possession charge, was scheduled to take to the stage …

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‘Let us fear God’ – Ablakwa tells Ofori-Atta after GTV interview

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, North Tongu MP, has stated that Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister’s interview on GTV’s Talking Point on Sunday, June 12, was “an unmitigated disaster”. According to him, the Minister, who was speaking about the recent controversies surrounding the 5000-seater National Cathedral, failed to justify why the government is …

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March For Our Lives: Tens of thousands rally for stricter US gun laws

Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across the US to call for stricter gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings. Those taking part at the hundreds of marches carried slogans like “I want freedom from getting shot”. US President Joe Biden backed the protests, calling on Congress …

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