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Team Ghana at Dakar 2026: 13 young athletes, eight sports and no public budget

Ghana sends six girls and seven boys to Africa's first Olympic event. The Ghana Olympic Committee has not published what the trip costs or who pays.

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Thirteen young Ghanaian athletes, six girls and seven boys, posing together in Ghana's red, yellow, green and black sportswear on a beach in Dakar, holding equipment for athletics, badminton, boxing, judo, swimming, table tennis, beach volleyball and taekwondo

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Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: what Africa's first Olympic event means, and what it costs

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Aerial view of Dakar's Abdoulaye Wade Stadium lit in Senegal's green, yellow and red at sunset, with silhouettes of young African athletes on a track below and graphic overlays of scales, charts and coins symbolizing cost vs benefit

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Displaced but Not Defeated: The young refugees finding their place at Dakar 2026

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Six young athletes of the first Refugee Olympic Team for the Youth Olympic Games jumping joyfully in yellow tracksuits, holding signs that read "See You in Dakar" at their training camp in Kaptagat, Kenya.

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Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s ‘Agency for the Dead’ opens in cinemas on October 30

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Vice President receives Yokama title, calls for stronger support for women and girls

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Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang delivering a speech at the event

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Ghana celebrates the Black Maidens. What happens to these girls after the World Cup?

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Black Maidens beat Canada to reach U-17 Women’s World Cup last 16

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When girls are put on trial: Obuasi, male entitlement and Africa’s fight over girls’ bodies

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Musings of a Feminist banner by Gender Lens Africa with portrait of author in blue top.

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How much does Ghana pay the Black Queens? No one outside the ministry can say

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Ghanaian woman footballer in Black Queens kit and Ghanaian man footballer in Black Stars kit stand back-to-back in a stadium holding football boots

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What 21 hiplife tracks say about women's bodies

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Two Ghanaian women in a recording studio, one singing at a microphone, one writing lyrics in a notebook

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Dr. Abena Asomaning launches three books and auctions paintings to support incarcerated women and young people

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This World Cup in 3 parts: borders, debts, and referees

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A letter to Roxane, jama in Toronto and the price of a hydration break

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Five Ghanaian women in yellow Black Stars jerseys celebrate joyfully in Toronto's Sankofa Square at night in the rain. One mother carries a sleeping baby in a carrier, another plays a drum, another waves a small Ghanaian flag. They are clapping and singing jama after Ghana's win.

Culture & SportOpinionHer Space

The Woman Who Held the Microphone First

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Rosalind Koramah Amoh, Ghana women's football, female sports journalists Ghana, Black Queens, Graphic Sports

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From the press box to the courtroom: Eva Okyere’s life in two male-dominated worlds

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Ayishatu Ali-Zakaria presenting items to a female team

Ayishatu Zakaria Ali: The journalist who won't let us forget our female athletes

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She takes midnight calls from unpaid female athletes. She wears her hijab proudly in the press box. Meet Ayishatu Zakaria Ali, the goddess who dares.

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Team Ghana at Dakar 2026: 13 young athletes, eight sports and no public budget

Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: what Africa's first Olympic event means, and what it costs

Displaced but Not Defeated: The young refugees finding their place at Dakar 2026

Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s ‘Agency for the Dead’ opens in cinemas on October 30

Vice President receives Yokama title, calls for stronger support for women and girls

Ghana celebrates the Black Maidens. What happens to these girls after the World Cup?

Black Maidens beat Canada to reach U-17 Women’s World Cup last 16

When girls are put on trial: Obuasi, male entitlement and Africa’s fight over girls’ bodies

How much does Ghana pay the Black Queens? No one outside the ministry can say

What 21 hiplife tracks say about women's bodies

Dr. Abena Asomaning launches three books and auctions paintings to support incarcerated women and young people

This World Cup in 3 parts: borders, debts, and referees

A letter to Roxane, jama in Toronto and the price of a hydration break

The Woman Who Held the Microphone First

From the press box to the courtroom: Eva Okyere’s life in two male-dominated worlds

Ayishatu Zakaria Ali: The journalist who won't let us forget our female athletes

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Team Ghana at Dakar 2026: 13 young athletes, eight sports and no public budget

Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: what Africa's first Olympic event means, and what it costs

Displaced but Not Defeated: The young refugees finding their place at Dakar 2026

Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s ‘Agency for the Dead’ opens in cinemas on October 30

Vice President receives Yokama title, calls for stronger support for women and girls

Ghana celebrates the Black Maidens. What happens to these girls after the World Cup?

Black Maidens beat Canada to reach U-17 Women’s World Cup last 16

When girls are put on trial: Obuasi, male entitlement and Africa’s fight over girls’ bodies

How much does Ghana pay the Black Queens? No one outside the ministry can say

What 21 hiplife tracks say about women's bodies

Dr. Abena Asomaning launches three books and auctions paintings to support incarcerated women and young people

This World Cup in 3 parts: borders, debts, and referees

A letter to Roxane, jama in Toronto and the price of a hydration break

The Woman Who Held the Microphone First

From the press box to the courtroom: Eva Okyere’s life in two male-dominated worlds

Her Space

Ayishatu Zakaria Ali: The journalist who won't let us forget our female athletes

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