Tag: US
US hails historic appointment of Ghana’s Ayorkor Botchwey as Commonwealth secretary-general
U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Virginia E. Palmer has lauded Ghanaian Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey for her landmark appointment as Secretary-General of the...
Ghanaian man jailed 16 years in U.S. after robbery spree in...
A Ghanaian man, Kujo Duako, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in a string of armed robberies across the...
Ghanaian passenger’s bag carrying 90 giant snails seized at Detroit Airport
Ninety giant African snails were confiscated by US Customs and Border Protection at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport late last month, the agency said in...
Asante Berko: Ex-TOR MD extradited to US over bribes allegedly paid...
A former Managing Director of Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Asante Kwaku Berko has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States...
US: Ghanaian handed six-year jail term for laundering $3.8mln in wire...
A US court handed over a six-year jail term to a Ghanaian man for conspiring to launder proceeds of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney...
US commits US$60 million to strengthen educational accountability in Ghana
The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a new five-year, US$60 million initiative to improve educational accountability in...
Ghana opens its market to U.S. pork
The Ghanaian market is now officially open to U.S. exports of pork and pork products in addition to other meat products from the U.S.
In...
U.S. completes $316 million investment in Ghana’s energy infrastructure
With the inauguration of the Kasoa Bulk Supply Point (BSP) on Wednesday, the United States has completed its nearly six-year $316 million investment in...
Ghana receives one million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine...
Ghana has received one million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines from the US government under the COVAX facility.
Since September, the United States has donated...
Leishmaniasis: US based Ghanaian Professor leads treatment research on neglected tropical...
A US based Ghanaian Professor of Chemistry Janet Antwi, Ph.D. is leading a research study with students to identify potential new treatments for Leishmaniasis,...