Mexico beat Ghana as World Cup cohosts excel despite FIFA sanctions
Parts of the Puebla stadium for high-profile warm-up for 2026 edition were closed to spectators due to FIFA sanctions.
![Dominic Frimpong was a winger for Berekum Chelsea, a club in the Ghana Premier League [X/@AmoakoKwam]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/HFxNvnhXUAAb3OX-1776067981.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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UN passes resolution naming slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’
Resolution on transatlantic slavery supported by 123 countries, while three opposed it – including the US and Israel.
From: NewsFeed
Ghana pushes for slave trade to be declared a crime against Humanity
Ghana’s foreign minister proposed a resolution recognizing the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity.
Published On 22 Mar 2026
Former Arsenal player Partey to plead not guilty to 2 new rape charges
Ghana international Thomas Partey faced initial charges of rape just days after leaving Arsenal last summer.
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West African regional army: Why thousands of soldiers are deploying
How will strained ties between ECOWAS and neighbours Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso affect the fight against armed groups?
Ukraine alleges Russia enlists more than 1,700 Africans to fight
Ghana’s foreign minister says many of the Africans are victims of deception, lured by the promise of jobs.
Ghana’s Semenyo signs $87m deal to join Manchester City from Bournemouth
The sought-after striker becomes the Premier League club’s first signing of the January transfer window.
Nigeria says it deployed jets, troops to Benin to ‘dislodge coup plotters’
Nigeria’s president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
Accused, shunned, exiled: The women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’
Women accused of witchcraft are cast out of their communities in north Ghana. Now some are trying to break this cycle.
![“I’ve lived in this camp for 45 years,” says Bachalibanoya. After her husband’s death, the children of his other wife accused her of witchcraft—an allegation that would alter the course of her life. Now the oldest resident of the Gambaga camp, she has lived in exile for more than four decades. [Claire Thomas/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CT_GHANA_9MAY25_0186-1763638267-1-1763884262.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
‘A soul mission’: The African Americans moving to Ghana
As ‘returnees’ build a home in the country where their ancestors may have come from, questions arise about integration.
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Ghana’s waste pickers brave mountains of plastic – and big industry
Accra has been picked by a World Bank bond to end the waste crisis. But for informal recyclers, it is a false solution.
