Africa: All of Africa Today – May 27, 2025

Ghana’s U.S. Embassy Temporarily Closed Over Alleged Visa Fraud

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced that the country has temporarily closed its embassy in the US capital amid an investigation into an alleged visa scam. The closure was prompted by damning audit findings which revealed that a locally recruited staff member and collaborators had been running a fraudulent scheme for five years. In the scheme, unauthorized links were created on the embassy’s website…