Hearts of Oak militant centre back Inusah Musah has earned a deserved Black Stars call-up for next week’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda in Tamale. He will also be considered for the friendly international against South Africa on 11 October in Durban. But Musah will be joining training on a non-residential basis and … Read more
Ghana coach Avram Grant has called-up 23 players including Sogndal’s Gilbert Koomson for Friday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Uganda in Tamale. The Norway-based midfielder has been handed his first Black Stars call-up while midfielder Enoch Adu Kofi, who plays in Sweden, returns to the national team for the first time since December 2014. Captain … Read more
South Africa coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba has announced a squad of 25 players to face Ghana in an international friendly in Durban on October 11. The Bafana Bafana will engage Burkina Faso in a 2018 World Cup qualifier prior to the tie against the Black Stars. The friendly will afford the two nations the opportunity … Read more
Ghana’s Black Stars have lined up a friendly match against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on October 11. The match will form part of preparations for the two sides ahead of their second qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. Ghana plays Uganda in Tamale on October 7 in their first qualifier for Russia 2018 but before … Read more
“A former Director of the Institute of African Studies, Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, has started a campaign asking for the removal of the statue of Indian independence icon, Mahatma Ghandi, from the University of Ghana campus. Prof Adomako Ampofo is urging members of the University of Ghana Council to heed her petition arguing among other … Read more
The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed that they will play Ghana in a friendly next month. This comes after Ghanasoccernet.com exclusively revealed on Friday that the Black Stars will face Bafana Bafana as the West Africans eye the preparatory match ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Egypt. The senior national team, the … Read more
By Kwarteng Francis “It will be most unnecessary, most uncalled for and not in the supreme interest of Ghanaians and we must know what serves our interest best” Prof. Mike Oquaye, Former High Commissioner to India (2001-2004). Introduction In this four-part series we shall add our voice to the petition demanding the removal of the … Read more
“It will be most unnecessary, most uncalled for and not in the supreme interest of Ghanaians and we must know what serves our interest best” (Prof. Mike Oquaye, Former High Commissioner to India, 2001-2004). INTRODUCTION In this four-part series we shall add our voice to the petition demanding the removal of the statue of Gandhi … Read more
Information available to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Fact-checking team reveals that claims by Transport Minister on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) housing record are not true. Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey claims the NPP did not build “even a chamber and hall” and that “not even a single room was completed in eight years … Read more
Ghana-born actress and film producer Maame Adjei is off to South Africa to film the next season of her travel web series ‘Girl Going Places’. Adjei is better known for co-producing ‘An African City’ and starring as Zainab in the production dubbed the African version of ‘Sex and the City’. But the Ghanaian-American is also … Read more
After a fine season that saw many of our athletes achieve important career milestones, the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) announces that Martin Owusu-Antwi, Safia Bright and Agnes Abrokwah have taken up college scholarships in the USA as of the first semester of the 2016-17 academic year. The trio have already left Ghana for their new … Read more
From Rio to Rio with Kyoto, Copenhagen and Durban in between Paris right after and the recent China’s G-20, the conclusion remains the same: There is fundamental disagreement on the realities of this planet and the ways we can address them. A decisive breakthrough would necessitate both wider contexts and a larger participatory base to … Read more
Centurion (South Africa) (AFP) – South African captain Faf du Plessis kept his team on course for a big total on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at SuperSport Park on Sunday. South Africa were 437 for six at tea, with Du Plessis on 95 not out. Apart from a burst … Read more
Centurion (South Africa) (AFP) – South African captain Faf du Plessis ground out a century and was rewarded for his patience when New Zealand lost three quick wickets before the close of play on the second day of the second Test at SuperSport Park on Sunday. New Zealand finished the day on 38 for three, … Read more
Centurion (South Africa) (AFP) – Patience paid off for South African captain Faf du Plessis as he was rewarded with three quick wickets after grinding out a century on day two of the second Test against New Zealand on Sunday. New Zealand finished the day at SuperSport Park on 38 for three, 443 runs behind … Read more
Today Ghana joins other African states to commemorate African Union (AU) Day Today, with the theme “We are Africa”. On 15 April 1958, in Accra, African leaders and political activists gathered at the first Conference of Independent African States. In attendance were representatives of the governments of Egypt (then a constituent part of the United … Read more