Mark Hedin The fight over the Trump administration’s effort to change the “public charge” rule continues, advocates gathered on a teleconference call for ethnic media on Jan. 31 agreed, despite a Supreme Court ruling earlier in the week that lifted an injunction blocking its implementation. The changes instruct the Department of Homeland Security to begin applying […]
Feb 18 2020 | Posted in
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Applicants will be denied tourist visas if they are determined by consular officers to be coming to the US primarily to give birth. The Trump administration has published new visa rules aimed at restricting pregnant women travelling to the United States to give birth so their children can have US citizenship, a practice known as […]
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(Guest editorial) Article 42 of Ghana’s current Constitution of 1992 states that every Ghanaian aged 18 years old and older, and of sound mind, has the right to be registered and to vote in national elections and referenda. Note that the right to vote is for ALL Ghanaians, with no reference or restriction on place […]
Feb 9 2020 | Posted in
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KOFI AYIM The immediate past African Union Ambassador to North America, H.E. Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, has thrown an open invitation to Africans in the diaspora to invest in Africa. The former diplomat is convinced that sustainable change will come to Africa through the coordinated and concerted efforts of its diaspora. She made this assessment as […]
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Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, has admitted paying huge bribes in order to secure contracts in Ghana, under the erstwhile Mills-Mahama administration. Airbus was found guilty by a High Court in London and is to pay a fine of 3 billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties. Anti-corruption investigators, according to The Guardian Report, have described the […]
Feb 6 2020 | Posted in
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Cameroonian girls are enduring a painful daily procedure with long lasting physical and psychological consequences. Philip Obaji Jr. For most children, their birthday is a time of celebration. But that was not the case for Mirabel when she turned 10. For Mirabel, a Cameroonian refugee living in Nigeria, turning 10 marked the start of gruelling […]
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The visa rules will affect nearly a quarter of the people on the African continent, including many hoping to join loved ones already in the U.S. Ruth Maclean and Abdi Latif Dahir The newlyweds had already been apart for half their yearlong marriage. Miriam Nwegbe was in Nigeria. Her husband was in Baltimore, and until […]
Feb 6 2020 | Posted in
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