29/8/2024 A 23-man Black Stars squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) qualifiers against Angola and Niger has been unveiled by Otto Addo – Head Coach of the male senior national team. The squad will commence preparation for the two qualifiers by camping on Monday, September 2, 2024. The matches which are scheduled for early next month will see the Black Stars lock horns with their counterparts from Angola on Thursday, September 5 in Kumasi (home game) at 4 o’clock pm local time (16:00 GMT). Otto Addo – Head Coach of the male senior national team. Their encounter with Niger comes off on September 9 in Berkane, Morocco (away game, 15:00 GMT) due to unavailable FIFA standard playing field in Niger. Full Squad

Kwame Owusu Danso, President Forum for Accountable Governance https://youtu.be/rfIt0AJ61lY Dear Sir, PETITION FOR INVESTIGATION INTO THE $245 MILLION EXPENDITURE FOR THE 13TH AFRICAN GAMES HELD IN GHANA To: Office of the Special Prosecutor From: Forum for Accountable Governance Date: August 26, 2024 We, the members of the CSO Forum for Accountable Governance, petition your office to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the entire $245 million expenditure for the 13th African Games, held from March 4 to March 23, 2024. Background: The 13th African Games were a significant international event hosted by Ghana, requiring substantial financial investment. However, concerns have been raised about the transparency, accountability, and value for money in the use of public funds. There are also concerns about procurement related breaches, conflict of interest and other forms

By: The New Diplomat Kenya’s President William Ruto has announced the nomination of 10 notable figures as he continues to form his new cabinet. The President also nominated four senior ranking members of the opposition party for appointment into his cabinet which he regarded as a “new broad-based government”. This is coming after a countrywide protests that have disrupted economic activities in Kenya. Among the opposition nominated for appointment into cabinet members are John Mbadi, who was named to the treasury portfolio, James Opiyo Wandayi for energy, Ali Joho to the mining ministry and and Wycliffe Oparanya as head of the cooperatives ministry. The nominees are allies of opposition leader Raila Odinga, whom Ruto defeated in the 2022 election. The nominations are subject to approval by

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former vice president Atiku Abubakar have expressed their divergent views over the planned nationwide protests by some groups in the country. While Atiku flayed what he described as the ‘desperate attempt’ to stifle people’s right by the very Leaders of the 2012 protests against the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, President Tinubu on the other hand, is pleading with Nigerians shelve the planned protests against bad governance in the country. The planned nationwide protests against economic hardship, hunger and spiral inflation amongst others which is trending on the social media, are been scheduled to commence across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, from August 1 to 15, 2024. The

By Doris Isreal Ijeoma An airplane has crashed in Nepal, claiming the lives of 18 people. The airplane on the fleet of Nepal’s Saurya Airlines caught fire after skidding off the runway while taking off at Tribhuvan International Airport in the country’s capital, Kathmandu, on Wednesday. Officials said the affected plane, carrying two crew members and 17 technicians, was going for regular maintenance to Nepal’s new Pokhara airport, which opened last January. “Only the captain was rescued alive and is receiving treatment at a hospital,” the spokesman for Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport, Tej Bahadur Poudyal, explained. Visuals have shown the plane flying a little above the runway and then tilting before it crashed. Nepal has a poor air safety record; a country often referred to as

A human rights lawyer Femi Falana has cautioned the Federal Government against threatening the organizers of a planned nationwide protest over the harsh economic climate in the country. Social media has been rife with hashtags about the protest which is billed to happen next month. While the Federal Government and security agencies have cautioned against the demonstrations, Falana says threats won’t aid the shelving of the protest. “How do you identify those who are issuing statements; those who are planning the protest, and then engage with them productively?” Falana asked on Tuesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today. “But threats do not work. In fact, on some occasions, the desperation of the government also has a way of popularizing such protests.” ‘Engage Them’President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday