Custody Battle, 6 Shots and More: New details emerge on murder of Ghanaian academic in the US

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  • Kwame Prah 1 day ago

    This girl was 25 years before applying to do an asociate degree 10 years today.
    Its a story of a man mentoring a woman and she turns out to disrespect him and think she can use her knowledge of custody proceedings to keep hi ...
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  • KETA SCHOOL BOY 1 day ago

    We have all these beautiful and sweet ghanaian girls avaliable and you go and marry one of those disrespectful african american ladies who are worse than the white ladies and now see where you are. Now the children are going ...
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  • Black Syndrome 1 day ago

    E be the woman give am nkrataa. If you know, you know. Ghana woman at Yawgyan no fii come give am papers ehr

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    You mean nkrata and 6 pew pew?

    No, thank you. I like my Ghanaian Queen saa.

  • p.r.o.p.h.e.t... M.o.h.a.m.m.e.d..was a s.i.c.k..d.o.g 1 day ago

    Burn the q u.r.a.n.......... k.i.l.l. m.u.s.l.i.m.s

  • Karikakchar 1 day ago

    A Ghanaian travel and marry a Black American? Hmmm!

  • Accra is dirty.com 1 day ago

    She is not a black American

  • Dr....Mumbi..Seraki 1 day ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own .life with medicine. For instance 15 tramadol at once... ... ...or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Nana Malik 1 day ago

    Aboa ba

  • Hafuz 1 day ago

    You will be killed by a dog and dogs will feast on your body Insha Allah

  • Kojo 7 hours ago

    This cannot be true. This is someone who had studied and lived in Norway from 2004 to 2006 and moved to study for a PhD in the US from 2006 to 2011 and then started lecturing in 2011 to the day he was killed. He needed no one ...
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  • Kweku Tsin 1 day ago

    Stop being cosed-minded. What you call disrespectful is simply clash of cultures. You were raised in a culture that subjugates women. They were raised in a culture that promotes equality. Therefore, if you, the immigrant, li ...
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  • p.r.o.p.h.e.t... M.o.h.a.m.m.e.d..was a s.i.c.k..d.o.g 1 day ago

    Burn the q u.r.a.n....... k.i.l.l. m.u.s.l.i.m.s

  • PAA RASTA 1 day ago

    Kwaku Tsin , you're Right.

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    You call culture that educates a lady to keep her house keys from her partner, equality?

    No wonder so many of you guys end up in the grave too early.

    Even most white men avoid them.

    We need to tell them the truth, th ...
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  • Kweku Tsin 1 day ago

    Nonsense, You must be naive to think that a western 'i know my rights" woman will bend to your will during divorce procedings. You got life fvcked up. Real men will leave their wives and children in a safe place (their home) ...
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  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    Go and read the article.

    Is lying to the police the man did child trafficking also a culture.

    Found out to be a lie.

    Who the hell told you Ghanaian women a weak.

    A lot of Ghanaian women a clever and great achieve ...
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  • PAA RASTA 23 hours ago

    IT SEEMS LIKE KWAKU TSIN IS THE ONLY INTELEGENT PERSON UNDER THIS COMMENT SECTION.

  • Nana Malik 1 day ago

    You sound very ignorant, come & see what some African women are taking their African husbands through

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    Because some of you assume bad habits are cultural equality that needs emulating.

    Everyone needs to learn good habits not bad ones.

    Our calm ladies also think this is good and adopting to this fast.

    Continue to live ...
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  • Abdul MUMUNI ABDULAI 6 hours ago

    Thank you

  • ray 16 hours ago

    Exactly

  • Peter 1 day ago

    Nonsense. Don't Ghanaians who come from the village divorce?

  • Kweku Tsin 1 day ago

    These people pretend as though Ghanaian women are saints. RNQ, Odartey, Gyan, John Paintsil, John Mensah and others had to give up something during divorce.

  • Akwasi 1 day ago

    You're damned right! It's hard to marry these African Americans. They pose great demands, aggressive, have high taste, and look down on Africans. They f you instead of you fing them and ask you to sk them which is unethical ...
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  • trutu 1 day ago

    well because u like everything who dont ook like u and hate your wn women because of their features which u have

  • Bonney 1 day ago

    Eeeei Akwasi...who said s....king is unethical...Kwame Nkrumah sef do give Samia...imagine ..the osagyefo on Samia's samia!!!!

  • Anane 1 day ago

    Beautiful and sweet Ghanaian girls? You're very naive!

  • Owuo 1 day ago

    Don,t try to be stupid do you know what tomorrow brings? Can you tell me that there is no banta in the ghana married?
    Wise up and stop blaming. It could be you tomorrow. Foolish guy. You are not free It is never late..

  • Yaa Dua 1 day ago

    Beautiful ghanaian girls? Don't be naive.

  • Nana Malik 1 day ago

    If you haven't lived abroad, stop using your local knowledge of Ghana to spew ignorant comments. Our late brother probably needed nkrataa to continue life in America. Not all of these ends up this way

  • TRUTH 1 day ago

    How many Ghanaians have you met abroad?

    Not everyone is an idiot to quickly learn those bad habits.

    You sound like a young person who knows nothing above Ghanaian women and what they were before this 'enlightenment'.

  • Tutui Tsuru 1 day ago

    Maybe he had a bad experience with Ghana girls who can turn up worse, both at home and abroad. Most Ghana wives don't shoot but can drive you suicidal.

  • Talk Is Cheap 1 day ago

    Thank you God l run from my white wife when l found out things aren't going to work be, be fast and be smart

  • Kwaku Tee 1 day ago

    I'm in pain hearing of the background of this Professor..May he RIP. The mistake this man made is common to many Ghanaian victims. These Afro-Americans are traumatised ppl very hostile to Africans, be very careful going into ...
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  • trutu 1 day ago

    didnt u sell them to the white man

  • ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1 day ago

    ignorant idiot. not al slaves were sold. some were captured, stolen and taken away just like the europeans stole african resources, artifacts etc. those who engaged in slave selling were mostly the chiefs. how many ordinary g ...
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  • We are NPP 1 day ago

    Not long ago, in a country called Omofia a husband and the wife had a misunderstanding. Because in that country short guns are not easy to come by, the woman pushed this famous musician and hit his head on the floor. The woma ...
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  • trutu 1 day ago

    this is how rnaq wife is supposed to the her husband

  • Amecole 1 day ago

    Nonsense, was it the late Prof husband who was studying for her to progress.
    10 yrs from associate degree to PH D, is an achievement, kudos to the wife.

    As for the bad outcome from the couples divorce matters, hmm, this ...
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  • Shame to Akan haters 1 day ago

    I knew she was Akata girl when I saw her picture..So for you all Akan haters on this platform shame on you for insulting Akans about the murder...RIP Bro...

  • water yam 1 day ago

    If I were the man I wouldn't be bothered keeping these kids. They will grow up and will be the first to look for their father. I will just get a proper Ghanaian woman and move on.

  • Lazy woman 1 day ago

    Am sure the man had already found another woman. All he wanted was his kids. If you pay child support you have no control over how the money is spent. Very painful

  • Pelicles 1 day ago

    Yeah, the man should have known the system and let the lady have the children. I have some friends who ended up the same way as this man due to custody issues. It is quite unfortunate.

    Now, the children have lost both pare ...
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  • Hospital Blanketr 1 day ago

    What did he need Akata children for? No matter what he would do, they will never grow to feel Africans. He needed to move on to find a Ghanaian woman to start life with. It's a lesson for all african men abroad.

  • trutu 1 day ago

    do u yourself want to be black and african,you go around forcing your ilage on ethiopians,fulani ,somali ,black americans who dont look like u because of your low self estemm whiles u hate yourselves

  • Sa Gari Bi Wiè 1 day ago

    Do not fall in love with a woman. She will rob you of your happiness

  • Nii Joromi 1 day ago

    100% right bro.

  • Abugre 1 day ago

    Now look at her life! You can no longer have custody of the children the man for.

  • ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1 day ago

    emotion is the enemy

  • Maame Abenah 1 day ago

    It is all about money. In a custody battle, the one with the children receives child support from the one without. The couple should have settled their problem amicably. Children love both parrents, unless they are very small ...
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  • Benbella 1 day ago

    Hmmmmmmm.......
    Anger? If not controlled........hmmmmmmmm.

  • Gola 1 day ago

    Perfectly true

  • Hamdulilah 1 day ago

    @benbella

    It wasn’t anger. Rather mental illness. The prosecutor pointed out that Betty Akamani had made many false allegations of child-trafficking against her husband - all of which were investigated and found to be fa ...
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  • Kk 1 day ago

    Tragic. In today's world marriage is a useless institution that should be shunned. What is thr purpose of this western idea of marriage?
    Tweaa...both women and men will be far happier without it

  • Pelicles 1 day ago

    What triggered this unfortunate incident, the custody of the children. Now, at times, we forget ourselves and get enticed to something that if care is not taken may lead us into temptation.

    Marriage in the US always attrac ...
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  • Oklemekuku¹ 1 day ago

    There was marriage in Ghana before Don Diego landed. Marriage is not a western idea.

  • Abuela 1 day ago

    Marriage is not a human concept bestowed on us from a western culture. It's a creation ordinance from God. Good marriages build good societies. Broken marriages lead to a broken country like you are aware of some.

  • Bunsu Junction 1 day ago

    Aware yɛ nkwaseasɛm. You go in alive come out dead .

  • pin 1 day ago

    Death sentence

  • 2hat! 1 day ago

    I am only trying to locate Adam in the Bible. He should better go to God and reclaim his rib. These females ain't helping us men down here on earth. Problems sorrrrr...

  • be wise 1 day ago

    hahahahahaha....as sad as the situation is at least someone has given a nice humor...lol

  • 2hat! 1 day ago

    True talk oo menua. Amanehunu nkoaa

  • Onipaba 1 day ago

    Kofi made a bad mistake. In a tense divorce case, just give the woman whatever will please her and go ahead with your life. I would continue paying child support, move on with my life and try to get children elsewhere. Aftera ...
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  • Marriage is foolishness 1 day ago

    When I told you MARRIAGE is STUPIDITY AND ABSURDITY BLEND , that is the naked truth. Women are very very foolish and ass.hole creatures, something God himself had serious issues with. The creatures are very very stupid and s ...
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  • kk 1 day ago

    Your fear of marriage will kill you oo. There is nothing wrong with marriage.

  • Sa Gari Bi Wiè 1 day ago

    Marriage is a man's loss. This has been historically proven. In this modern age, whoever marries is on a lonely path to self-destruction.

  • Kofi 1 day ago

    Yes. Marriage is pure foolishness. It never benefits men. It's true that it will ONLY take a stupid man to marry. Women are vulture cum vampires. God save men!

  • Sa Gari Bi Wiè 1 day ago

    Do not fall in love with a woman. She will rob you of your happiness. That gender is prerty good at destruction. Whoever falls in love with a woman is on a lonely path to destruction

  • Peter 1 day ago

    I thought that the storied experience of Africans who went to the United States and married Afro Americans, as was the term some time ago, is just there for the younger ones to know. They have the same colour like us and some ...
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  • Truth 1 day ago

    These akata people! Hmm! All cos of child support! Demons and greedy bastards! She will fabricate lies

  • Yoo 1 day ago

    This woman is very heartless and cruel. Condolences to the family of the bereaved. Let the law take its full course.

  • Capt Adabuga 1 day ago

    Me, I don't understand some men koraa oo. What do you need children for in this tik tok world? I'd rather live my life lonely and longer than to lose it in such a terrible way

  • Kojos 1 day ago

    Sad note.

  • Concerned Citizen 1 day ago

    Unfortunately, ignorance is so rampant in the comments relating to this tragic event. Don’t Ghanaians divorce in Ghana and abroad. Marriage is generally difficult and relationships between two people from different cultur ...
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  • Jubilee House Rat. 1 day ago

    Saa p3p3 ooo @Concerned Citizen! Since I became officially bu&&y chopper…I have learned when them (women) says to me..No, Stop, and it’s Over. I know damn well what they’re saying to me. My answers to their no stop and ...
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  • Tornado 1 day ago

    Americans are gun crazy. They don't know how to talk things through or sit back and see what God would do. They take matters into their own hands with a gun.
    Now, she would be roten in jail, no freedom !

  • GaBaa 1 day ago

    Travel and see. We have lived through this without being killed. Leave the woman, pay the child support and get your love wife. We marry for love and paper, the kids come, if the love fails you let go, no fights and stay frie ...
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  • Kwam 1 day ago

    Hmmm!! Living in the America or Europe as couples not being easy ohhh!! You ask yourself why will successful couples end this way? God should open the eyes for couples to learn the early warning signs

  • Ghana ba 1 day ago

    Almost All the African American women are single mothers because of their behavior towards men.

  • Bosco 1 day ago

    This idiot woman must be put to death. Death panelty is the only justice for cases of this nature.

  • Gabriel 1 day ago

    Regarding whether the husband or wife "takes custody" of the children, it is termed "tug of love". Indeed, we have "tug of war" and "tug of love". There is nothing like "tug of peace", as some people put it.

  • Hamdulilah 1 day ago

    Betty Akamani, the accused, did not have a doctorate degree! She was an undergraduate student still working towards her Bachelor’s Degree.

    Dr Kofi Akamani was also a naturalized US citizen. It would be more appropriate ...
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  • Kwame Prah 1 day ago

    Bro you are lying. Check her professional profile. She has an associate degree, bachelors, MS and PHD which was awarded around 2024.
    Her husband has been instrumental and supportive while she was schooling. She finishes sch ...
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  • Mike 1 day ago

    She is supposed to be jailed for life .I rest my case

  • Mike 1 day ago

    My men out there, when you marry,give birth and your wife misbehave devoce her and take care of your child. SIMPLE.

  • Mike 1 day ago

    Keta school boy You are wiser too much.You are blessed

  • Nii Nar 1 day ago

    What a sad story.

  • KOK 1 day ago

    WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! GHANA/AFRICA AND ALL BLACK NATIONS AND NON WESTERN NATIONS MUST BAN HALLOWEEN AND EVERY HALLOWEEN CANDIES FROM THE MARKETS/SHOPS/MALLS BECAUSE THE CANDIES HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH POISON AND MENTAL HE ...
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  • Jubilee House Rat. 1 day ago

    What’s this you just plastered on your headline! “ murder of Ghanaian academic in the US?”

    Look here, I’m not the Oxford, Cambridge or Harvard Professor of English Literature..

    but come on now. Even with my co ...
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  • Jubilee House Rat. 1 day ago

    @ghanaweb! I beg you’re right about the description of the late Kofi Akamani. My former teacher said your headline is right.