{"id":118163,"date":"2026-08-04T18:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/mahama-arrives-in-kingston-for-state-visit-to-jamaica"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:45:40","slug":"mahama-arrives-in-kingston-for-state-visit-to-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/mahama-arrives-in-kingston-for-state-visit-to-jamaica","title":{"rendered":"Mahama Arrives in Kingston for State Visit to Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong> <\/span><b>President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday evening arrived in the Jamaican capital city, Kingston, for a four-day state visit to the Caribbean Island nation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The state visit is aimed at strengthening the historic bonds between Ghana and Jamaica, deepening cooperation between Africa and the Caribbean, and advancing the global reparations agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian leader was received at the Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston with official honours by a high-level Jamaican delegation led by Madam Sandra Grant Griffiths, Chief of State Protocol at the Office of the Prime Minister, and Mr Kofi Attor, Ghana\u2019s High Commissioner in Kingston<\/p>\n<p>President Mahama is being accompanied by a high-powered Ghanaian delegation comprising Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr Ernest Brogya, the Deputy Minister of Defence; Madam Khadija Iddrisu, the Chief of Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Ghana<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. 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