Resource December 6, 2017

Meet the Journalist: Yepoka Yeebo

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The back garden of the house that allegedly contained a fake US embassy in Accra. Image by Yepoka Yeebo. Ghana, 2017.
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The embassy was in a run down colonial building. President Obama's portrait was on the wall. The...

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Tailor Pierre Kwetey inside his workshop, as a man walks by the house that allegedly contained a fake US Embassy in Accra. Image by Yepoka Yeebo. Ghana, 2017.
Tailor Pierre Kwetey inside his workshop, as a man walks by the house that allegedly contained a fake US Embassy in Accra. Image by Yepoka Yeebo. Ghana, 2017.

For over a decade, there existed a fake U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana. They issued real visas, as well as counterfeits for $6000. The State Department released a statement about it in December 2016 and the wires carried the story, but Ghanaian officials are still convinced it didn't happen.

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