Washington, DC -U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, released the following statement Monday ahead of Ghana\'s national election on December 7th:

SimbaPay, a London based digital money transfer provider -announced the launch of its money transfer service to Ghana and Uganda. Using the SimbaPay app or website, Ghanaians and Ugandans living in Europe can now send money to mobile phones in Ghana or Uganda instantly.

Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital Accra, run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, reports said on Monday, quoting the US State Department.

THE United Kingdom-based digital money transfer provider, SimbaPay, has announced the launch of its money transfer service to Ghana and Uganda. Using the SimbaPay app or website, these nationals living in Europe can now send money to mobile phones in Ghana or Uganda instantly. \"This is the perfect Christmas gift to Ghanaians and Ugandans living in Europe who have been asking when SimbaPay will expand coverage to their home countries\" says Nyasinga Onyancha, Chief Executive Officer for SimbaPay.

Ghana\'s electoral commission on Sunday will hold a second special early voting period for citizens who encountered trouble Thursday when they tried to cast ballots in the first one.

The Ghana Office of the Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) International has appealed to the Government of Ghana and the Ministry of Trade and Industry to speed up the process of developing a functional competition regime for Ghana.

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated the first phase of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital which was funded by the Exim Bank of the United States of America (USA), with support from the USA government.

Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital, Accra, run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department has said.

Ghana, the poster child for democracy in West Africa, votes to elect its future leaders on Wednesday.