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England great Stuart Broad has urged cricket chiefs to “do away now” with the soft signal after feeling he had been denied a wicket by the current Decision Review System in the ongoing second Test against New Zealand. Broad thought he had Devon Conway caught low in the slips by Zak Crawley for 22 on Friday’s second day at Edgbaston. There was enough doubt, however, for third umpire Michael Gough to be called in by his colleagues. And when standing umpire Richard Kettleborough gave a ‘soft signal’ of not out, England’s hopes of seeing off Conway right then faded. Gough…

Polls opened in Algeria on Saturday for a tense election. It’s the first legislative polls since former long time President Bouteflika was forced from office in 2019. His replacement President Tebboune says the vote is to tackle corruption and build a “new Algeria”. Some 24 million Algerians are called upon to elect the 407 deputies of the National People’s Assembly for a five-year term. Voters will have more than 13,000 candidates to choose from- more than half of them listed as an independent. This is the first time that such a large number of independents have come forward to face…

Hundreds protested at Place de la Nation in Senegal’s capital on Friday, making their demands heard for the release of several detainees, who were arrested in March. Mass protests and riots erupted over rape allegations in March against opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, at least 13 were killed in the demonstrations. The Movement for the Defence of Democracy – M2D- organized Friday’s protest. Sonko, leader of the Pastef party. told the crowd, “The state of grace is over!” “May Macky Sall be ready,” he warned the president. Sonko is seen as a potential challenger to Sall in the 2024 election. He…

Africa accounts for less than 1% of the 2.1 billion doses administered globally; so far, 2% of the continent’s 1.3 billion people have received one dose and only 9.4 million are fully vaccinated. As COVID-19 cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, 47 of Africa’s 54 countries—nearly 90%—are set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10% of their people unless Africa receives 225 million more doses. The new global targets were announced recently at the World Health Assembly, the world’s highest health policy-setting body, and at today’s pace only seven African countries…

The latest IPC report states that 350,000 people are already facing catastrophic conditions in Tigray. This is the highest number of people classified in IPC 5 in a single country in the past decade. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the dramatic acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia. The three agencies are particularly concerned about the situation in Tigray region where the risk of famine is imminent, unless food, livelihood assistance and other life-saving interventions continue to be scaled-up, unimpeded access…

In the first week of June, clashes in the neighborhood of Martissant and other districts of Port-au-Prince caused many injuries and displaced more than 1,000 people, including MSF patients and staff. A spike in violence in Haiti’s capital is putting medical activities in jeopardy, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, warning that medical care cannot be sustained while armed clashes and robberies affect patients, staff, health facilities, and vehicles. In the first week of June, clashes in the neighborhood of Martissant and other districts of Port-au-Prince caused many injuries and displaced more than…

Senegalese referee Douada Gueye has been appointed to officiate Saturday’s International friendly between Ghana and Ivory Coast. The 37 year old will be assisted by compatriots Serigne Cheick Toure (Assistant I) and Ngom Amadou (Assistant II). Ghana’s Latif Adaari will serve as the fourth official. The Black Stars will play the Elephants of Ivory Coast on Saturday, June 12, at the Cape Coast stadium as the two teams continue their preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in September. Ghana lost 1-0 to Morocco in their first game on Tuesday while Ivory Coast defeated Burkina Faso 2-1 in a…

MTN sponsored FA cup 2020/21 Round 16 stage draw had been made on thursday June 10, 2021. The winner of the Ghana’s oldest competition is the nation’s representative for CAF CONFEDERATION CUP. Kumasi Asante Kotoko are the defending champions since 2017 after beating bitter rivals Accra Herats of Oak, 3-1 at the Tamale stadium. In the draw held at the Headquarters of the headline sponsors, MTN GHANA in Accra saw premier league giants Asante Kotoko and Accra Herats of Oak been drawn to play against lower division sides, Thunderbolt and Windy Professionals respectively. Meanwhile, western region would witness yet another…

Ghana premier league 2020/21 season is considered the most competitive for the past decade after the rise of the two gians, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. As at week 28 of the ongoing league, both teams has 50 points each with goals separating them. Going into the week 29, both clubs are preparing adequately to avoid dropping points, which would see one opening up points-gap on the log. On course of preparation, the Purcupine Warriors would play Kwadaso Sampdoria in a friendly at Adarko Jarchie on thursday morning, 8:30 am whilest the Phobians would continue to do…

Back Stars Headcoach Charles Kwablan Akunnor has named his starting line up as Ghana play the “Atlas Lions” of Morocco at the FAR Sportive stadium. The two teams will use the game to prepare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers that is set to take off in September. The match is scheduled for 7pm kick off in Rabat, Morocco. Ghana line up: Razak Abalora Andy Yiadom Gideon Mensah Nicholas Opoku Daniel Amartey Baba Idrissu Emmanuel Lomotey Joel Fameyeh Samuel Owusu Mohammed Kudus Jordan Ayew Substitutes Ibrahim Danlad Lawrence Ati-Zigi Andre Ayew Alexander Djiku Joseph Adjei Ismail Ganiyu Baba Abdul…