Gabon coach backs Ghana Black stars to win AFCON 2013

Gabon coach Paulo Duarte says Ghana can win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The Portuguese coach is with his team on a training tour of the UAE haven failed to qualify for this month’s tournament in South
Africa. The ex Burkina Faso coach watched the Black Stars dismantle Egypt in a 3-0 friendly win and again witnessed the great comeback in the 4-2 win over Tunisia.
Duarte now says, haven watched all two of Ghana’s warm up matches towards the 2013 AFCON that the
Black Stars have what it takes to win the tournament in South Africa. “Why not (when asked about Ghana’s
chances)? Ghana every year is a favourite,” he told Angel FM. “They have a good team, good young players and with quality so why not?”
The Ghana team will arrive in South Africa on Wednesday where they will immediately move to their base in Port Elizabeth. The Black Stars will play their Group B opener against DR Congo four days later before facing Mali and Niger in the subsequent group games. The team aims at winning Ghana’s first African title in 31-years in South Africa.
Source: Mtn football

AMA declares war on street hawking.

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has declared war on street hawkers in the metropolis. This follows the end of a two-week deadline given to hawkers to
leave the streets of Accra.
Consequently, any hawker found on the streets of Accra today will be arrested by the Assembly's task force. The Public Relations Officer of the AMA, Nuumo Blafo, says the indiscipline of people have made it difficult for the assembly to deal with the situation, but this time round, the assembly will make sure the law takes its course.
He spoke on our Current Affairs Programme, ‘Behind the News’. Numo Blafo also called on the media not to take sides with the hawkers when evicted; but rather, educate them on the need to leave the streets as they infringe on other people's rights in terms of movement.
Meanwhile, some hawkers in Accra seem to have heeded the call by the AMA not to ply their trade on the streets and pavements in the city.
A visit by a team of Radio Ghana reporters revealed that while some hawkers were off the street,
recalcitrant ones were still doing brisk business on some major streets.
Source: GBC