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The Black Satellites of Ghana will take on the Gambia in the semi-finals in the ongoing 2021 U-20 Youth Championship on Monday. This will be the second meeting for both sides at the tournament. The Gambia defeated Central African Republic while Ghana stunned Cameroon in the quarter-finals to book semi-finals …

  A GREENDALE woman was on Tuesday arrested after she was caught having sex with a 13-year-old boy at the latter’s parents’ home in Houghton Park. ­ The unidentified woman was quick to defend herself to arresting police officers by showing them condoms, saying they had had protected sex. Police …

The Catholic Bishop of Sunyani Diocese, Most Reverend Mathew Kwasi Gyamfi has said Pope Francis Mario Bergoglio’s comments about the rights of homosexuals and same-sex civil union does not suggest an endorsement or promotion of lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQ+) activities. Speaking to Suncity News in Sunyani …

The Black Satellites of Ghana are through to the semifinals of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations following a penalty shoutout victory over Cameroon. After 120 minutes of football, the game ended 1-1 with extra time goals from Kevin Prince Milla and Frank Boateng respectively. The three times champions were …

On this day 23 February 1964 (Exactly 57 years ago today) The Black Stars of Ghana beat the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 3-0 in a friendly match in Accra. In majesty came the famous maestros of Central Europe, the national team of German Democratic Republic. They had conquered Czechoslovakia, …

Ghana have qualified to the quarter-finals of the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations despite losing their final group game 2-1 against Gambia on Monday night. The Black Satellites qualify as one of the two best third-placed teams and will face Cameroon in the knockout stage. Karim Zito’s side started …

The Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says he is withdrawing his court case challenging the results of last month’s presidential election. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, alleges that the judges at the Supreme Court are biased. He asked the court to overturn the results on multiple grounds, …

Seven people were killed when a Nigerian military plane crashed on approach to Abuja airport on Sunday, a spokesman for Nigeria’s Air Force said.”All 7 personnel on board died in the crash,” Air Vice-Marshal Ibikunle Daramola said on Twitter. He added that the Chief of the Air Staff has ordered …

Dear Amanda Ghana, I am worried as a son of the Sissalaland, a citizen of Ghana and an African. I’m highly concerned about the way, over the years, our education seems to have not prepared us quite adequately to contribute massively to our nation building. We always seem to depend …

The United Nations in its 2020 Development Index report has ranked Ghana 15th in Africa and 138th globally with an index of 0.611. The ranking was based on three thematic areas-life expectancy, education and per capita income. Norway was ranked first globally while Mauritius was ranked first in Africa with …