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Black Stars Head Coach, Otto Addo, has handed late callups to forwards Osman Bukari, Ransford Yeboah Koningsdorffer, and four others, ahead of Ghana’s final AFCON qualifiers against Angola and Niger. This was necessitated by eight late withdrawals from members of the initial squad named last Thursday. The four other players …

Ghana coach Otto Addo’s plans for the AFCON 2025 Qualifiers have been thrown in disarray after nearly half of the invited players withdrew from the squad. Antoine Semenyo, Inaki Williams, Jonas Adjetey, Tariq Lamptey, Jerome Opoku, Alexander Djiku, Ibrahim Osman, and Joseph Painstil have all withdrawn from this month’s qualifiers …

Madina’s Member of Parliament, Honorable Francis-Xavier Sosu, has once again made Ghana proud, receiving the esteemed U.S. Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of his extraordinary advocacy and service to humanity.       The award, backed by the White House and bestowed upon Sosu by the …

Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has sacked Baltasar Engonga, Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), amid a shocking sex scandal involving high-profile figures. Engonga’s dismissal was formalized under Decree 118/2024, citing “irregularities committed in the exercise of his functions” and “inappropriate family and social conduct”. …

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson says a total of 67,000 visas were granted to Ghanaians to enter the United Kingdom in 2023. She explained that the Commission receives thousands of visa applications each year and does its best to approve those who adhere to the rules and …

The director general of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga is trending on social media following the leak of his alleged sextapes. Engoga has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives of notable people in the country. The scandal emerged in the …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced a new visa policy from the United Kingdom (UK), set to take effect on January 1, 2025, that will impact all travellers to the UK for extended stays. The UK government has announced that it will be replacing all physical …

Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the diamond-rich southern African nation. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – in power since independence in 1966 – has won only four parliamentary seats as of Friday afternoon. It will be …

A leading member of Malawi’s opposition has been charged with plotting to kill the country’s President, Lazarus Chakwera. Patricia Kaliati, Secretary-General of the UTM party, was arrested last week on suspicion of “conspiring with others to commit a serious offence”. Appearing on Monday at a court in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, …

After making history at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2024) in Apia, Samoa, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the newly elected Commonwealth Secretary-General, has returned to a warm welcome in Ghana. Her election on October 26 marked a groundbreaking achievement as the first African woman to hold the prestigious …