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Former Ghana International Yaw Preko has called for support for under-fire Black Stars coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor. According to the former Medeama coach, Akonnor has the quality to succeed as head of the national team with support from Ghanaians. Charles Kwabla Akonnor was appointed as the coach for the Black Stars in 2020, replacing Kwesi Appiah on a two-year deal. He was deputy to Coach Appiah before being handed the mandate to coach the team. The 47-year-old has come under pressure in recent times due to his call ups and style of play. The Black Stars failed to impress against…

Astute soccer manager Joseph Emmanuel Sarpong says the current Black Stars ‘don’t have quality’ after the team’s defeat against South Africa on Monday. Charles Akonnor’s side were beaten 1-0 by Bafana Bafana at the FNB Stadium in their second match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Black Stars are no longer on top of Group G because of the defeat. South Africa are now in control of the group with four matches remaining. “Black Stars don’t have quality at this stage,” Sarpong reacted to the defeat. “It is sad this is happening because this is not our Black Stars…

Ghana international Thomas Partey has returned to full training after sustaining an injury which forced him to be withdrawn from the Black Stars squad during the international break for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.  The midfielder’s name was removed by head coach Charles Akonnor because of an ankle ligament injury when Ghana took on The Walyas of Ethiopia and The Bafana Bafana of South Africa where the Black Stars picked up three points from a possible six in two games, beating Ethiopia in Cape Coast before loosing 1-0 to South Africa in Johannesburg. The returning of the midfielder is good…

Work is yet to start on the Kaase to Adum and Obuasi railway line project almost a year after President Nana Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the project to commence on October 1, 2020, prior to election 2020. The Kumasi-Obuasi rail project formed part of other standard gauge rail lines being constructed across the country by the New Patriotic Party’s administration as part of the election 2016 promise. Media checks on the site where the sod was cut by President Akufo-Addo and former Minister of Railways Development Joe Ghartey revealed that not a single block has been laid on site.…

Soldiers who seized power in a military coup Sunday in Guinea announced on state TV that President Alpha Conde has not been harmed. A representative of the National Committee for Rally and Development (CNRD) said that Conde has access to health care and is in touch with his doctors. The official made the announcement from the headquarters of the state TV, surrounded by uniformed men. The soldiers in the West African nation detained Conde after hours of heavy gunfire rang out near the presidential palace in the capital, then announced on state television that the government had been dissolved in…

Tunisia overshadowed Ivory Coast 78-75 at Kigali Arena in the Rwandan capital on Sunday to retain the AfroBasket continental title they won on home soil four years ago. Dirk Bauermann’s side started slowly in the final, but soon found their stride, and a 12-point run allowed ‘The Eagles’ to build up a 47-34 lead by halftime. The Ivorians fought back in the third quarter and closed to within four points – Tunisia pulled away again to lead by 11 in the fourth, but their opponents never gave up and in a nervy conclusion, the gap was cut to just three…

There were scenes of celebration on the streets of Conakry Sunday after some Guineans took to the streets to congratulate soldiers who detained President Alpha Conde following hours of heavy gunfire. Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation then announced on state television that the government had been dissolved in an apparent coup d’etat. “We are here to show our joy because we suffered a lot over time. With time God showed us someone who is more powerful than him (Alpha Condé). Above all, it is patience, we have been patient,” a Conakry resident said. “I am very, very happy,…

Viking warriors in full battle dress charge into battle. These reenactors are putting on a performance of the battle of the Holme from 902 AD when Anglo-Saxons fought against the Vikings of Danelaw. The actors play dead, but there are no casualties at this Viking Invasion event at Flag Fen, one of the UK’s most important bronze age sites. The swords, axes and spears are real steel weapons but their blades are blunted to make demonstrations like this safer. The Vikings certainly don’t always get the best PR and their association with murder and pillage is deeply ingrained in the…

The political party of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced on Sunday an alliance with the ruling party three months before the presidential election, casting doubt on the willingness to prosecute the former leader for alleged human rights violations. The secretary general of Yahya Jammeh’s APRC party, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, told a news conference in Banjul that his party had reached an agreement with President Adama Barrow’s National Peoples Party (NPP) to support him in the December 4 presidential election. He did not give more details on the terms of the agreement with the NPP. “Our goal is that former…

Moroccans head to the polls Wednesday for parliamentary and local elections that will determine the fate of the Islamist party that has ruled since the Arab Spring uprisings. First elected in 2011, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) hopes to win a third term this year, having clung on to power at the head of coalitions for the whole intervening decade. But there are few clear battle lines between the PJD’s coalition partners and the opposition, and big decisions on key policy areas like agriculture, energy and industry remain in the hands of King Mohammed VI. Opinion polls…