Ghana battered Burkina Faso 5-1 in the first leg of the final round qualifier of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations on Sunday at the new Cape Coast stadium. Eric Ayiah scored a superb brace for the Black Starlets as they made light work of their Burkinabe counterparts to head into the second leg assured … Read more
Soldiers fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of protesters outside Burkina Faso’s presidential palace on Wednesday after the presidential guard burst into a cabinet meeting and arrested the interim president, stirring fears of a military coup. The presidential guard gave no explanation for its move, which came less than a month before an election due … Read more
Ghana’s Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh has assured that Ghanaians in Burkina Faso are safe. There is increasing tension in Burkina Faso after an army general and a colonel both announced they will lead a transition to democracy after Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore resigned following massive protests against his continues stay in power. Burkina Faso army … Read more
Burkina Faso has closed its border to Ghana due to the seeming political insecurity in that country, the Minister of The Interior, Mark Woyogo has disclosed to Citi News. After a visit to the Paga border on Saturday, Mr. Woyogo told Citi News Upper East Regional correspondent Fred Awuni that Ghanaians who transact business in … Read more