The US imposed the visa restrictions in February 2019 after the Ghana government refused to accept the return of 7,000 deportees questioning their nationality and treatment.
The US accused the 7,000 deportees of being guilty of immigration offences, including abusing the terms of their visas.
Its embassy in Accra limited the awarding of visas to certain applicants.
The US embassy in Accra limited the awarding of visas to certain applicants, such as the domestic staff of diplomats posted to America.
Last year Ghana’s ambassador to the US Adjei-Bawuah dropped a hint that an agreement had been reached to return the deportees.
In a statement the US government said it had lifted the restrictions following “the establishment of a mutually agreed process for the identification, validating and issuance of travel documentation to Ghanaian citizens under final orders of removal in a manner consistent with international standards issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization, of which Ghana is a Member State.”
The statement further noted that all normal visa processing resume on January 17, 2020.
The United States is one of Ghana’s principal trading partners, with trade volume exceeding $1.2 billion.
Help build AIWA
Thanks for liking and following aiwa.press/!
Sullivan, a deputy secretary of state, said under questioning from Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, that he knew Giuliani was involved before he was asked to remove her because Trump had lost confidence in her.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
via U.S. State Dept official knew Trump attorney involved in campaign against ambassador — National Post
Two associates of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, were arrested Wednesday and indicted for campaign finance violations, being detained just before they were about to leave the country with one-way tickets. Giuliani reportedly met with the associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, for lunch the day of their arrest.
We’re now learning more about Giuliani’s relationship with the two men, with whom he reportedly worked to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and attempt to undermine former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into 2016 election interference. The New York Times reports a company Parnas co-founded retained Giuliani’s services last year, paying him, Parnas has told associates, “hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
The name of that company? Fraud Guarantee.
Fraud Guarantee is, the Times reports, a fraud prevention and mitigation company, although giving it that name when you’re allegedly going around committing campaign finance violations is perhaps not the world’s absolute best idea. In a classic Giuliani move, the Times writes Giuliani “at first seemed to acknowledge having advised Fraud Guarantee in 2018, then backtracked.”
“I can’t acknowledge it’s Fraud Guarantee, I don’t think,” Giuliani said. “I can acknowledge I gave them substantial business advice.” Giuliani also wouldn’t say to the Times he regrets working with Parnas and Fruman despite their indictment, asking, “Who else would I have turned to?” Brendan Morrow
By David Nather, Margaret Talev
It’s looking more likely by the day that President Trump will be impeached by the House for his dealings with Ukraine. But if he is acquitted by the Senate — and then goes on to win a second term — Democrats will face a predicament neither party has confronted in U.S. history.
