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Les Éléphants have qualified for the @FIFAWorldCup knockout stage for the first time, following their 2-0 win over Curaçao ✅
Goalkeeper Benjamin Asare plays for Hearts of Oak in the Ghana Premier League.
He’s spent his entire club career in Ghana.
Now he’s kept a clean sheet against England at the World Cup, a nation whose players all feature in Europe’s top leagues 😮👏
I love how we can collectively as a nation see that we won’t progress anywhere in this World Cup 😂😂. Those times you’d see some streaks of brilliance that gave us false hope. Let’s channel this energy to fix our streetlights and drainages pls.
Ghanaians are not used to rules being enforced against highly placed individuals, which is why they're shocked that Partey was denied entry into Canada.
Then people ask, "Why did the United States allow him entry but not Canada?" Do Canada and the United States have the same immigration policies?
It is profoundly heartbreaking to witness another surge of xenophobic violence in #SouthAfrica this week. Hundreds have marched on Parliament, thousands of families have been displaced, and lives have been tragically cut short.
These include at least five Ethiopians killed earlier in the attacks, and five Mozambicans who died in Mossel Bay. Thousands more are now fleeing for their lives.
To see South Africa turn to xenophobia is a tragic betrayal of the country's struggle for independence and freedom. African nations stood united to dismantle apartheid. Ethiopia proudly supported "Madiba," Nelson Mandela, in 1962 and issued him a passport so he could travel the continent. Other countries helped in many ways, including with political and financial support.
Disagreements and grievances must be addressed by the justice system and the rule of law, never through vigilante violence and collective punishment.
South Africa deserves better. Africa deserves better.
Stop the hate. Protect the vulnerable. Uphold our shared humanity.
Re: Partey - I'm surprised no one is giving a side eye to Ghana's FA. It's not like his case sprang out of nowhere. Don't they have a legal department? Didn't they foresee that there could visa restrictions from Canada because of his case? No one sent inquiries?
Everyone is mad at Canada, but I'm looking at the GFA
📺 Telemundo TV commentator: "We are one of the only networks in the world to NOT show ads during the World Cup cooling breaks."
"We prefer the old school way. We should be able to see what the players do. We show fans, people enjoying, not the corporate direction of football."
Oh hands down! I even tell my students that anthem is arguably world best and use it to teach a lot about settler colonialism. But ALSO, say no to xenophobia!