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Ghana coach, Otto Addo has blamed the referee for his side’s defeat to Portugal in their 2022 World Cup opener on Thursday at the 974 Stadium. The Black Stars suffered a 3-2 defeat against the European side, but the result relied on a controversial penalty handed to Cristiano Ronaldo after he was fouled …

The President of Ghana, H.E  Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for Qatar ahead of Ghana’s opening game against Portugal at the ongoing FIFA World cup. The President is expected to meet, and motivate the technical team and the playing body before Thursday’s opener. Nana Addo is off to Qatar to support …

Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo has asked rich countries to allow heavily indebted poor African countries to swap their debts with climate interventions. The President has been addressing the world at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27 in Egypt. Ghana is currently facing crippling economic crisis fueled by huge debt. …

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly banned nationals of Ghana and 19 other African countries from entering its capital city, Dubai. Even though the reason for the ban was not stated, it was expected to start on Monday, October 24, 2022, according to DW Africa. “The United Arab Emirates …

Liz Truss has announced her resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. At a press conference at No 10 Downing Street on Thursday afternoon in front of dozens of reporters, she said she came into office at a time of “great economic and …

Ghanaian-born Britain’s finance minister Kwasi Addo Alfred Kwarteng  has been sacked after less than six weeks in the job, the BBC reported on Friday, as the government’s massive tax cuts sparked financial market turmoil. Kwasi Kwarteng is no longer chancellor of the exchequer after meeting Prime Minister Liz Truss at …

At least 25 people have died after a bus plunged into a gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.   Officials said at least 40 were on board when the bus veered off the road and fell into a ravine in Pauri Garhwal district on Tuesday night. So far, …

A video of the riots and subsequent fire in the French embassy complex in the capital of Burkina Faso has been published, Protesters accuse the European nation of hosting and protecting the recently ousted interim president, Lieutenant Colonel Damiba, who also seized. According the report gathered  the crowds of protesters …

At least 130 people have died in a stampede at an Indonesian football match, officials say, in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. The stampede happened after police tear-gassed rioting supporters. About 180 were injured in the crush after Arema FC lost to bitter rivals Persebaya Surabaya in East …

The President of the United States Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (Joe Biden) has warned Russia that the United States will not be intimidated by reckless threats after Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin annexed four occupied regions of Ukraine. Mr Putin appeared to make a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons to defend the …