Tag Archives: AFRICAN

Death, they say, is inevitable, but in the African tradition, how you make the transition from this life to the afterlife is critical to considering it a mysterious death or not. Though every death is painful no matter the age of the person, we, as lovers of football, will never …

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Ghana and other African countries to help dispel the lies being told by Russia as reasons for attacking his country. According to President Zelenskyy, the accusations being made by Russia that Ukraine is habouring nuclear weapons and that its citizens are naxists are false, …

Aurelio Di Laurentiis, the owner of Italian side Napoli has vowed never to sign an African player unless the said player agrees not to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations. Aurelio Di Laurentiis in a live-streamed event disclosed his frustrations with the timing of the AFCON, fuming that he …

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has added to his backroom team with the appointment of Benni McCarthy as a first-team coach. The former South Africa striker was a boyhood Reds fan and scored twice against us for Porto in the 2003/04 Champions League knockout stages. “I support Man United …

Death is an inevitable part of life. The pain of loss differs depending on who dies. So when a sitting president dies, a nation is ordinarily united in grief, more often, the grief extends to the subregion and the continent at large. Ghana on July 24, 2022 marked 10th anniversary …

The Confederation of Africa Football have announced the final shortlist for the 2022 African Footballer of the Year award. In a publication on their website, CAF announced that Senegal duo Sadio Mane and Edouard Mendy will contest the award with Egyptian winger Mohammed Salah. Mendy and Mane won the 2021 …

Ghana has been ranked second most peaceful country in the sub-Saharan Africa region only behind the island nation of Mauritius. This is according to the 2022 edition of the Global Peace Index, GPI, report released this week. The country’s overall score was 1.759 as compared to 1.715 in 2021, the …

Authorities in South Africa said a man collapsed and died after he partook in a drinking competition. According to Sowetan Live, police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the incident happened at a bar in the village of Mashamba. Mojapelo said the deceased man was part of a group of people …

Actor Busisiwe Lurayi, who starred in the Netflix series How to Ruin Christmas, died suddenly this weekend, according to a statement from her agency, the Johannesburg-based Eye Media Artists. No cause was given. Lurayi “passed away suddenly and was pronounced dead at her residence on Sunday 10.7.2022 by medical personnel,” …

Racial discrimination has always been a huge subject of discussion among countries on a global front. Although the situation is relatively better globally as a result of evolution and development, racism still persists very much among some individuals and groups around the world. In Africa especially, racism has persisted in …