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Human Trafficking Is Deadly, the Marginalized Are Mostly the Victims

Worldwide, human trafficking is a canker that eats into the fabrics of every nation and impedes its development. The...

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US Plans Deep Cuts To Diplomacy and Aid

The US State Department laid out plans on Tuesday to put "America first" and to slash Washington's budget for diplomacy...

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1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015

It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery....

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1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015

It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery....

International

Africa Trade Meeting Has No Africans After US Visa Denials

Each year, the University of Southern California brings delegations from Africa to meet with business leaders,...

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Africa Trade Meeting Left With No Africans After US Visa Denials

Each year, the University of Southern California brings delegations from Africa to meet with business leaders,...

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Trump Budget: Rex Tillerson Defends Foreign Aid Budget Squeeze

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has defended swingeing budget cuts to his own department proposed by President...

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Ghana’s Airport Expensive – US Ambassador

The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, says it is very expensive to travel through the Kotoka International...

Headlines

State Department Hold First News Briefing of Trump Era

After 45 days of silence the US State Department held its first news briefing of Donald Trump's presidency on Tuesday,...

International

Tillerson Presides Over Abrupt Shakeup At State Department

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reassigned a majority of the staff meant to work most closely with the top US...

International

Trump Immigration Order Revokes Tens of Thousands of Visas

President Donald Trump's immigration executive order has led to the cancellation of tens of thousands of US visas,...

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Trump Executive Order: White House Stands Firm Over Travel Ban

The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and...

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Trump Administration Asks Top State Department Officials To Leave

Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department...

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Trump Gov’t Did Not Ask Top Officials of State Department To Leave

Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department...

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Trump Administration Asks Top State Department Officials To Leave

Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department...

International

Kerry Apologizes For Past Firings of Gay U.S. State Department Staff

U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after...

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Philippine President Accuses US Ambassadors of Being ‘spies’

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte derided U. S. ambassadors as “spies” on Thursday, responding to a media report...

International

Obama’s Disappointing Legacy In Africa

The last we saw of President George W. Bush in Africa, he was literally dancing into the sunset of his presidency, on...

Business

Ghana Tops 2016 YALI Awards In Nigeria

Ghana's contingent to the 2016 edition of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), hosted at the Administrative...