Asamoah Gyan’s hairstyle has always been a curled high top fade or a Mohawk with no. 3 engraved by the shaven sides. But the top scorer have to let go of his hair trademark or… Ghanaian and Al Ahli Dubai FC striker, Asamoah Gyan is set to change his haircut before returning to his club to … Read more
Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is among a group of more than 40 players deemed to have “unethical hair” under United Arab Emirates Football Association guidelines. The 31-year-old Ghanaian is on loan at Dubai-based Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli from Shanghai SIPG. In 2012, Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah was told to cut his … Read more
Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is among a group of more than 40 players deemed to have “unethical hair” under United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) guidelines. The 31-year-old Ghanaian is on loan at Dubai-based Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli from Shanghai SIPG. In 2012, Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah was told to cut … Read more
Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is among a group of more than 40 players deemed to have “unethical hair” under United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) guidelines. The 31-year-old Ghanaian is on loan at Dubai-based Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli from Shanghai SIPG. In 2012, Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah was told to cut … Read more
Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is among a group of more than 40 players deemed to have “unethical hair” under United Arab Emirates Football Association guidelines. The 31-year-old Ghanaian is on loan at Dubai-based Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli from Shanghai SIPG. In 2012, Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah was told to cut his … Read more
Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is among a group of more than 40 players deemed to have “unethical hair” under United Arab Emirates Football Association guidelines. The 31-year-old Ghanaian is on loan at Dubai-based Arabian Gulf League side Al Ahli from Shanghai SIPG. In 2012, Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah was told to cut his … Read more
Set up in 1991, Dadaab refugee camp is the size of a city The main refugee camp in Kenya has become a “haven for terrorism” and a “launch pad” for attacks by militant Islamist group al-Shabab, government spokesman Eric Kiraithe has said. He made the comments in a statement announcing the government’s decision to appeal … Read more
Kenya’s high court has blocked the government’s bid to close one of the largest refugee camp’s in the world at Dadaab near the border with Somalia and to repatriate Somali refugees. The judge ruled that the decision to forcibly repatriate the refugees was tantamount to an act of “group persecution” and was, therefore, unconstitutional. The government issued the directive to … Read more
Al-Shabab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region killing four guards, while two of the attackers also died, a senior Somali official said. The attack occurred in the port city of Bosasso early on Wednesday, Yusuf Mohamed, the governor of Bari region, told Reuters news agency. “Three al-Shabab fighters stormed … Read more
A traffic ban has been imposed and major roads sealed off in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, ahead of a presidential vote. MPs will gather at the airport to elect a new head of state. On Tuesday evening, suspected Al-Shabab militants launched a series of attacks, with two mortar rounds fired close to the venue where … Read more
By Patrick Fynn Man is a religious animal. He is the only animal who has the true religion – several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbour as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn’t straight. Religion is a spice of life. Like a force, it drives us into … Read more
It is not the first time that al-Shabab fighters have launched a fierce attack on Kenyan soldiers Islamist militant al-Shabab fighters have launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. The al-Qaeda-linked group says it has killed more than 50 soldiers and seized military vehicles and weapons. But a Kenyan military spokesman … Read more
At least 28 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack carried out by al-Shabab at a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to officials. The assault on Wednesday morning began when attackers rammed an explosives-packed car into the gate of Dayah Hotel, which is near Somalia’s parliament in central … Read more
Striker Nana Poku and Turkey-based defender-cum-midfielder Joseph Attamah are expected to join the Black Stars pre-2017 Africa Cup of Nations training in Accra this week, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. Poku has recently moved to UAE side Al Shabab on loan from Egyptian side Misr El Maqasha where he scored nine goals in the Egyptian top-flight. … Read more
Ghanaian forward Nana Poku has signed a bumper short term deal with Emirates giants Al Shabab, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusive announce. The 24-year-old agreed personal terms and signed a five-month loan deal worth $500,000. Poku had been on the cards of the Greens but his Egyptian club Makasa SC held on to the former Ghana Premier … Read more
I just watched a horrific video of hundreds of young men in the traditional orange prison garb. They were in shining new handcuffs and their eyes were filled with the darkness of hopelessness, helplessness and sheer terror. They reminded me of sallah rams and christmas turkeys just before the slaughter. Their bodies were hung upside … Read more
A suspected car bomb has killed at least 11 people and injured another 16 when it exploded at a police checkpoint next to a busy market in the Somali capital, police and witnesses said. Witnesses saw several bodies at the scene of the blast near the vegetable market in Mogadishu’s Waberi district on Saturday, where … Read more
A man born in a refugee camp in Kenya has defeated a Somali minister to become a member of parliament. Abdullahi Sheikh Abas, 31, was picked by an electoral college to be a federal MP. He was up for election against Information Minister Mohammed Abdi Hassan. Somalia has been holding indirect elections since October to … Read more
An airstrike in Somalia that the US said had targeted al-Shabab actually killed 10 members of an allied local militia, US media report, quoting an unpublished Pentagon investigation. The US says it carried out the September strike to protect Puntland forces who came under fire during an operation against al-Shabab militants. The strike sparked anti-American … Read more
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election means an uncertain future for Africa. His rival Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a landslide – at least among those in Barack Obama’s ancestral village in western Kenya. The mock poll in Kogelo gave Mr Trump just a quarter of the votes in a place … Read more