Ghana's Embassy in Washington, D.C., will reopen on Thursday, May 29, 2025, days after it was shut down in the wake of a corruption scandal that rocked the diplomatic mission.
The reopening follows a directive from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who ordered the temporary closure on May 26 after uncovering widespread financial malpractice and abuse of office at the Embassy.
Central to the scandal is Fred Kwarteng, a locally recruited IT staff member employed in August 2017.
Kwarteng admitted to manipulating the Embassy's website by creating an unauthorised link that rerouted visa and passport applicants to his private business, Ghana Travel Consultants (GTC).
