Tag Archives: Ghana

The featherweight boxer Samuel Takyi has won his Olympic quarter-final to guarantee himself a medal at Tokyo 2020, a first Olympic medal for a Ghanaian athlete in 29 years. Takyi beat Colombia’s 32-year-old southpaw David Ceiber Avila, a far more experienced fighter, in the quarter-final in the men’s 52-57 kilogram category, taking two …

President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice, Mr Edward Amoako Asante, has asked the government of Ghana and all Ghanaians to contribute to building the local economy in order to minimize the reliance on aids for survival. This, he said, will ensure that the …

A conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and development professional, Emmanuel Bombande, has noted that there will be more protests in Ghana to ensure that duty bearers work in the interest of the general public. To that end, he said there needs to be changes in how the Military and other security officers …

Negotiators of the Republics of Ghana and Togo, have agreed to set up a joint sub committee to undertake the  delimitation of the common maritime boundary between their respective countries and report back to the Plenary session at the next meeting at the end of July. The team of negotiators …

Ghana coach, Charles Kwabla Akonnor, has charged the Black Stars team to make amends against Ivory Coast. The Black Stars will host the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday in an international friendly at the Cape Coast Stadium. Partey, Wakaso and Tariqe Fosu, who missed the trip to Rabat, have all …

Wanlov the Kubolor has described the recent clampdown on LGBT activities in the country as an aftermath of Ghana being a homophobic waste dump for American churches. According to the Musician, churches in America cannot propagate their anti-gay doctrines. So they have resorted to financing groups in Ghana and Africa. …

“The time is ripe for Ghana and Switzerland to transition their diplomatic ties to a level that will guarantee the exchange of expertise in statecraft and governance”, the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has said. As a budding democracy, he noted that there was a lot for …

Former Ghana goalkeeper, Richard Kingston, has insisted he remains the best goalkeeper ever to serve the country. Olele, as he is affectionately called in football circles, was the best in his prime and very instrumental for the senior national team, the Black Stars. Kingston, who spent close to two decades with …

Black Stars coach, C.K. Akonnor, has announced a 30-man squad to face Morocco and Ivory Coast in the June International window. The former Ghana captain is expected to lead his charges into the two high profile games against North African giants Morocco and Ivory Coast next month in place of …

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball has announced that Ghana, will stage the 2021 African Championships from 6-10 December. It would be the first time Ghana would be hosting the championship, since it was staged once in Algeria and twice in Egypt. The Championship would be held in Cape …