By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ghanaian Times
The Black Stars are holding their final training session in Accra before travelling to Sekondi for the two 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Somalia, on 12 and 16 November 2026. According to the Ghanaian Times, the team must win after losing its first two matches, to Ivory Coast and Gambia.
Ghanaian Sports Minister Kofi Adams calls on the interim technical staff of the Black Stars to take their share of responsibility before the two matches against Somalia, on 12 and 16 November at Essipong. Bottom of Group C after two defeats to Ivory Coast and Gambia, Ghana is fighting for qualification, and the minister says he has done his part, according to MyJoyOnline.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: MyJoyOnline ·
The Lions of the Atlas held their first training session on Monday at Maâmora ahead of two matches against Niger on 13 and 17 November. Youssef En-Nesyri and Souffian El Karouani return, and Ayoub Oufkir joins the squad for the first time, according to Africa Top Sports citing Le 360 Sport.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Africa Top Sports ·
After their first historic match against Malta, Eswatini’s national football team is to play a friendly against the Netherlands on 15 November, according to the Eswatini Football Association. Its secretary general, Frederick Mngomezulu, said the trips would cost more than one million emalangeni, and the association’s president links these matches to the goal of qualifying for the AFCON and the World Cup.
🇸🇿 Eswatini · Source: Times of Eswatini ·
Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has recalled striker Lyle Foster for the two AFCON 2027 qualifiers against Kenya, the first in Orlando on Friday and the second in Nairobi four days later. He tells the striker, who scored twice in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, that the national team is now in his hands.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Sowetan ·
Ghana’s 2027 budget to be presented on Thursday eveningGhana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has allowed Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson to present the 2027 budget in the evening, at 6pm on Thursday 12 November. The document, titled “The New Economy”, is to set revenue targets and spending priorities, with no new loans, according to 3News.
Women’s U17 football: Busari reveals tactics behind champion FlamingosCoach Hakeem Busari credits the Flamingos’ world title to tactical discipline, the management of the players and their ability to bounce back after the opening defeat to Poland. According to Leadership Sports, he also detailed the analysis prepared before the semi-final against Brazil.The week in Africa
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