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Ghana's Mohammed Kudus celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the World Cup group H soccer match between South Korea and Ghana, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Kudus scores 2, Ghana beats South Korea 3-2 at World Cup

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring from the penalty spot his side's opening goal against Ghana during a World Cup group H soccer match at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) **FILE**

Ronaldo eyes World Cup glory after latest personal milestone

By James Robson - Associated Press

Ghana's Mohammed Salisu fouls in the penalty box Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during a World Cup group H soccer match at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Ghana coach slams ref after Ronaldo’s record World Cup goal

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Ghana's Inaki Williams gestures at the end of the World Cup group H soccer match between Portugal and Ghana, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

2 brothers, 2 teams, 2 contrasting experiences at World Cup

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Blackstar Square, located in the heart of the capital city of the Republic of Ghana, Accra.

Building back better and stronger: Ghana invites the US to invest in critical industries

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team

FILE - In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. The Biden administration proposed Wednesday, Aug. 18, to change the way asylum claims are handled, aiming to cut a huge backlog of cases from the Southwest border that has resulted in people waiting years to find out if they will be allowed to stay in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Biden’s America headed toward Third World status

By Tim Constantine

From Jan. 22 through Feb. 4, students from the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C. will be taking part in the latest “Robin Sage” exercise, the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) ** FILE **

Soldier’s sham marriage conviction exposes immigration fraud ring in military

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This photograph released by UNICEF Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021, shows the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility arriving at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana. Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. (Francis Kokoroko/UNICEF via AP)

Massive COVID-19 vaccine-sharing push kicks off in Ghana as part of COVAX program

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo dated Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, vials of the AstraZeneca vaccine and loaded syringes wait to be administered to homeless persons at the Welcome Centre in Ilford, east London. The World Health Organization Monday Feb. 15, 2021, granted an emergency authorization to the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca, a move that should allow its partners to ship millions of doses to countries worldwide as part of a U.N.-backed program to stop the pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)

Ghana is first nation in world to receive COVAX vaccines

By Francis Kokutse and Carley Petesch - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask, looks at a banner displaying precautions against the coronavirus in Goyang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The letters read &quot;Mandatory mask wearing.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ghana suspends parliament amid a surge in COVID-19 cases

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 file photo, former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings attends the inauguration ceremony of Ghana's new President John Atta Mills in Accra, Ghana. Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy and who died aged 73 on Nov. 12, 2020, was buried in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File)

Ghana buries former president Jerry Rawlings with honors

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE - Associated Press

FILE — In this Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 file photo, a long-distance traveller undergoes a COVID-19 test at a mobile clinic at a taxi rank at Johannesburg's main railway station. As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it. The level of testing across Africa is considerably less than what health experts say is needed to effectively control the spread of the disease. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Increased testing needed as Africa sees rise in virus cases

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE - Associated Press

People hold a banner showing Col. Assimi Goita, leader of the junta which is now running Mali and calls itself the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, outside a conference in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Leaders of Mali's military junta who deposed the West African country's president last month are meeting with political parties and civil society groups to outline a transition to a civilian government and, ultimately, elections. (AP Photo)

Mali junta says working to meet regional bloc’s demands

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Urban farm is experimental site for sister garden in Ghana

By JENNA SCHIFER and The Post and Courier - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 26, 2020 photo, Tori Wentz, left, gives her son Ricky, 11, who is blind, deaf and intellectually disabled, a kiss outside their West Knoxville, Tenn. home. A former nurse, Wentz adopted Ricky, a native of Ghana, six years ago. (Caitie McMekin/The Tennessean via AP)

Social isolation during pandemic strains social work

By ANITA WADHWANI and The Tennessean - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 6, 2020 file photo, Kenyan nurse Lucy Kanyi, with her name written on her protective clothing so she can be recognized when wearing it, demonstrates to media the facilities and protective equipment to be used to isolate and treat coronavirus cases, at the infectious disease unit of Kenyatta National Hospital in the capital Nairobi, Kenya. Authorities in Kenya said Friday, March 13, 2020, that a Kenyan woman who recently traveled from the United States via London has tested positive for the new COVID-19 coronavirus, the first case in the East African country. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi, File)

Virus cases ramping up in Africa, which is racing to prepare

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Bus collision in Ghana kills at least 29 people

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE - Associated Press

Feds: Florida doctor stole $26M to fund political ambition

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press