Posts Tagged ‘African’

Satellites in for African derby

Oct 5th, 2009 | Sport

Ghana coach Sellas Tetteh accepts that the stakes are high as the African Champions attempt to reach the quarter-finals.
The Black Satellites are set to play in an all-African clash on Tuesday in the round of 16 against South Africa, a side Ghana knows too well.
Ghana, earlier in the year beat the Bafana Banafa 4-3 in [...]



France Investigating African Money Laundering

May 7th, 2009 | Headlines

A French magistrate has decided to investigate claims that three African leaders invested millions of dollars in embezzled funds in property and other goods in France. The three leaders in question are Omar Bongo of Gabon, Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Republic of Congo and Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea.The complaint against the leaders of Gabon, Republic [...]



Travails of an African king

Apr 23rd, 2009 | Africa & World

By Amb. Oladapo Firowa
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Jaja Saga: The West Indian End (1888-1891), by professor Gabriel Olusanya, Gilsper Publishers Ltd, Lagos, [...]



Chinese tourists explore Ghana, other African countries

Apr 10th, 2009 | Headlines

A group of Chinese tourists on Thursday announced a travelling expedition from Ghana across the Sahara desert to help them learn more about Africa and also promote Ghana and the continent as a good tourist destination for other Chinese.
The tourists will also serve as goodwill ambassadors for China by creating awareness among Chinese people about [...]



CHAN 2009: Statistics

Mar 6th, 2009 | Sport

Goals scorers
4 goals: Given Singuluma (Zambie)
2 goals: Yaw Antwi , Ibrahim Ayew, Edmund Owusu Ansah (Ghana), Alain Kaluyitukadioko, Bongeli Lofo RD Congo),Philip Marufu (Zimbabwe)
1 goal: Charles Asampong Taylor (Ghana), Ahmed Osman (Libye), Trésor Mabi Mputu (RD Congo), Alpha Oumar Sow, Mamadou Baila Traoré (Sénégal), Mrisho Alfani Ngasa, Nsajigwa Shadrack (Tanzanie), Dennis Banda (Zambie), Ovidy Karuru (Zimbabwe)
Goals for
7 – Ghana
5 – [...]



African Champions welcomed home

Feb 4th, 2009 | Sport

Two days after sweeping the hearts of all Africans by triumphing at the Africa Youth Championship finals, the Black Satellites were given a rapturous welcome back home.
A large crowd of people applauded the new Under-20 Champions at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Tuesday afternoon.
Black Satellites captain, Andre Ayew was the first to emerge, [...]



Ghana are African U-20 Champions

Feb 1st, 2009 | Sport

Ghana became African champions for the third time after Ransford Osei’s double in both halves in Kigali proved enough to defeat Cameroon in the final of 16th Africa Youth Championship.
The Black Satellites beat Cameroon 2-0.
The last time the Black Satellites won the silverware in this competition was a decade ago and narrowly missed out in [...]