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"It was English that was spoken in the house when I was growing up - that and the Ghanaian language called Twi," he said.

Ghanaian President John Mahama has suspended the country's Supreme Court chief justice - a move that marks a first in the country's history.

He was the first Ghanaian to be made a cardinal, back in 2003 under Pope John Paul II.

Chinese nationals have been active in Ghana's informal mining and along with Ghanaian nationals, they have been repeatedly accused of ignoring environmental concerns.

Bass was more than 7,500 miles away from Los Angeles and had attended the inauguration of the Ghanaian president earlier that day as part of a Biden administration delegation.