South Africa and Ghana claim Africa’s two FIFA Intercontinental Playoff spots as Nigeria and Ivory Coast go out.
![Cashew apples and nuts are harvested in Ghana. Researchers are exploring ways to turn the often-discarded fruit into a new source of income for farmers. [Courtesy: CSIR Ghana]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1001552918-1786115898.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Performers re-enact the transatlantic slave trade at Christiansborg Castle, a former slave post, during a conference on follow-up to a UN resolution on trafficking of enslaved Africans, in Accra, Ghana [/Francis Kokoroko/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-19T193304Z_1305395678_RC23XLAH2G38_RTRMADP_3_GHANA-SLAVERY-1782305770.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Colombia's Jhon Arias scored an early goal that sent the South Americans to the last-16 [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-07-04T015136Z_2130813086_UP1EM74051J88_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLDCUP-COL-GHA-1783138902.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![From prayers on the pitch to cursing the opposing team, faith and religious belief have been prominent this World Cup. [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1782927710.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
While US and European players just get to play football, Global South footballers are questioned about politics.
A massive fire engulfed a rubber factory in Ghana’s capital, Accra, as severe flooding swamped parts of the city.
From apology to action: the renewed push for slavery reparations amid questions over delivery.
England and Ghana share a 0-0 draw in Group L, despite a late barrage by the English.
England vs Ghana exposes football’s tangled histories of empire, diaspora and belonging.
Harry Kane’s England and Ghana meet in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group L, with the winner advancing to the round of 32.
Ghana has been hosting a conference to advance the UN resolution declaring slavery the ‘gravest crime against humanity.’
Caleb Yirenkyi scored a winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time in a scrappy end to the match in Toronto.
Black students braved bullets to protest the discriminatory apartheid-era education policies.
![Performers present a reenactment of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the Christiansborg Castle, a former slave post, during a high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark United Nations resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans, in Accra, Ghana [Francis Kokoroko/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-19T194555Z_291660089_RC2ZWLA37JWD_RTRMADP_3_GHANA-SLAVERY-1782305783.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
