Ghana End 2016 Ranked 53rd
Ghana ended 2016 in one of its worst positions on the FIFA Ranking at year-end. Ghana dropped out of the Top 50 for the first time in 10 years last month from 45th to 53rd. The 2010 World Cup...
Tag: Algeria
Nana Akufo Addo And John Mahama To Receive Nobel Peace Prize?
In 1994, when South Africa became independent from Apartheid and reverted to black majoritarian rule, F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela were hailed for their statesmanship. They had earlier on in...
Bechem United To Tie Up Former GPL Goalking Emmanuel Baffour
Bechem United are close to signing former Ghana Premier League top scorer Emmanuel Baffour on a free transfer,GHANASoccernet.com can confirm. The former Ashanti Gold SC striker is expected to put pen...
Snow Falls On Sahara Desert For First Time In 37 Years
This might not be the first place you’d expect to find a festive snowy scene, but incredible images show the Sahara desert looking particularly chilly. It is just the second time in living memory...
Bilic Braced For Afcon Departures
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic is bracing himself up for a tough early 2017 which will see him lose about four players, including Ghana's Andre Ayew, to the Africa Cup of Nations holding...
Deadly Attack Targets Army Base In Burkina Faso
A dozen soldiers were killed in northern Burkina Faso when unidentified gunmen attacked a military post near the border with Mali, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said while calling the...
Burkina Faso Militant Attack
Twelve soldiers have been killed and two are missing after an attack by Islamist militants near Burkina Faso’s border with Mali, the army has said. Insurgents who carried out the attack did so on...
AFCON 2017 Tickets Go On Sale
The sale of tickets for the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2017) in Gabon started on Thursday according to the Organizing Committee (COCAN). The tickets for the continent’s biggest football...
Riyad Mahrez Wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 Award
Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Fans from across the world voted for the Algeria and Leicester midfielder ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew,...
Algerian Journalist Dies During Hunger Strike Against Prison Sentence
A lawyer says an Algerian journalist on a hunger strike to protest a two-year sentence for offending President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died in a hospital in the capital. Journalist Mohamed Tamalt...
CAF Unveils Top 5 In Other Categories
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Sunday in Cairo released the Top 5 nominees in other categories for the 2016 Glo-CAF Awards with Ghana taking three spots in two categories. Sandra...
Behind Morocco’s New Tango with the African Union
Why is King Mohammed VI of Morocco suddenly keen to join the African Union (AU) after his late father King Hassan II condescendingly ditched the continental Organization of African Unity the (OAU) in...
A Necessary Tribute To Fidel Castro
GNA Feature by Samuel Osei-Frempong Tema, Dec. 4, GNA - Fidel Castro's death has sent a sharp pain and emptiness to the hearts of most humanists, pan africanists and lovers of progressive politics....
Trump’s Election And Its Impact On Europe
It is particularly difficult to foretell what the foreign policy of a US president-elect will be. We have plenty of examples of US presidents who – after coming into office – did not follow...
Oil Price Soars As Opec Agrees Output Cut
Saudi Arabia agreed to cut output by about 500,000 barrels per day - a total reduction of 4.5%. The oil cartel Opec has agreed its first supply cut in eight years in order to boost the price of oil....
Oil Extends Slide Below $46 On Skepticism Over Opec Output Deal
Oil extended declines to slip below US$46 a barrel amid skepticism over OPEC’s ability to reach an agreement to cut output as representatives meet on Monday amid last-minute negotiations to reach a...
Orphan Europe
After Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections (which was, by the way, a surprise only to those indoctrinated, seduced or simply bought), Europe, or to be more precise: the European...
Renew NDC’s Mandate
The Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli-Kaleo, Mr Alban Bagbin, has appealed to Ghanaians to renew the mandate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in appreciation of its...
Egypt Overtake Ghana On FIFA Ranking After Qualifying Victory
North African giants Egypt are still reaping the dividends of their memorable 2-0 victory over Ghana in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier a fortnight ago. The Pharaohs have moved 10 places on the...
Sudan Can Expand Impact In Africa
...Summary: “While Khartoum’s geopolitical impacts are felt across Africa; it must review and make the same of its social and economic role in the continent.” ...Summary: “While...