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Ghana seeks security guarantees from FIFA

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  • MAKA 10 years ago

    A step in the right direction, I am utterly petrified that FIFA is going to allow the game to be played in front of their fans knowing very well the political situation in Egypt and for that matter Cairo. They played most if ...
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  • BerylRichards 10 years ago

    Dont we still have an Embassy in Egypt?? What intel has our embassy reported? is our ambassador not on record as saying it is safe?? We might be elevating an unnecessary and non existent problem to our own detriment.
    Yes go ...
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  • P.OWUSU 10 years ago

    GHANAIANS DID NOT LIKE IT WHEN THE ZAMBIANS BECAME OBNOXIOUS WITH THEIR UNREASONABLE DEMANDS, PROVOCATIONS AND CHILDISH MIND GAMES.WHY IS GHANA TURNING TO THIS ROUTE.WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL PLAYERS WHO PLY THEIR TRADE IN EGYPT ...
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  • KOFI NSIAH 10 years ago

    How could you even compare this scenario to that Zambia vs Ghana.....Zambia was coming to a safe country. Get some sense.

  • Nana Asamoah 10 years ago

    I agree with P.Owusu,I believe we are talking too much and most of it is negative and is aimed at the Egyptians.If we decide to debate this with insults at FIFA or turn against each other we just end up confirming why they do ...
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  • I danso 10 years ago

    This is not a joke have anyone of you ever been in a war zone ? the fact is that the people of this nation are emotionally disturbed so any fool can start a trouble not only because of the game but for personal reason.I don ...
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  • Johnnie B 10 years ago

    Danso this people can't reason on their own.

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  • light 10 years ago

    How in the hell is Egypt considered a war zone?? You sound SO ignorant. Egypt had a coup - which Ghana had more than 7 in less than two decades. Egypt is in crisis not in war. People are still going there including all Afr ...
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  • kK 10 years ago

    Think right

  • Ato,london 10 years ago

    First sensible comment I have read about this issue.There is no sense in not showing some grace and class especially with Egypt where they are now.We don't want to be the team at Brazil people come to boo at.Kofi Nsiah missed ...
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  • kK 10 years ago

    Take your nonsense away. You and your family members who have no aim in life can accept that risk easily.

  • Kweku Nyame 10 years ago

    Buffoons like you should not be allowed to make comments on issues like this because you think through your stomach. Post something of relevance to the issue at stake and stop attacking people's comments on the subject matter ...
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  • Johnnie B 10 years ago

    P.Owusu you must be crazy, what did you drink before putting your comment down. You can't compare Zambian concerns to that of ghana's. Makes me wonder if you are a Ghanaian.

  • williamson 10 years ago

    Those of you who say we are making too much out of nothing can go and sleep on the streets of Cairo on Game Night.

    Those of us who don't trust the Egyptians, Blatter and Hayatou will continue to demand proof of detailed se ...
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  • anaconda 10 years ago

    do u watch tv,dont be shallow minded,wise up have u forgotten what happened in angola to the togolese national team.think before u comment.stom

  • MAKA 10 years ago

    They have every right to ask for an assurance, do you think this would have been the case if Egypt was playing a western country? I will not even wait for your answer.......it is a NO! If FIFA thinks it is safe, all they have ...
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  • PHOBIA-PHOBIA--Leeds 10 years ago

    Thank u MAkA,you've made a good point.

  • LAW STUDENT-UK 10 years ago

    It's really shocking to read that this respectable FIFA has no philosophical base to insist that the game be played in Cairo than to reason from the CAF office.What a shame!

  • OGA yum yum 10 years ago

    do you reside on mars?

  • Cyanide 10 years ago

    All this noise can scare the daylight out of our players and actually cause them to play the game with such fear that, they can loose this game.

  • ASTEROR.FI 10 years ago

    You are right

  • STUPID OGA 10 years ago

    You keep firing unguided missiles.
    At least mention whom you're talking to so that you don't hit a friendly target.

    In a forum of 100 people, you like to fire shots without a pre-addressed target.
    How much stupider can y ...
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  • Vuvuzela 10 years ago

    Are you serious? Have you been reading the latest info? Even yesterday, a french lady traveling from Ghana via Egypt to France has been abducted in a hotel supposed to be lodged at the airport. She was in transit of 24 hours. ...
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  • Kponyo 10 years ago

    I am not a particularly keen football fan even though I avidly support the Black Stars and I am a Pan Africanist.

    I have been following events in Egypt for the past two years and I can assure those ignorant racist official ...
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  • Sankofa 10 years ago

    What makes you think that Egypt is safe?

    The political turmoil has not abated, and it would be only to easy for the Egyptians to turn their anger on innocent foreigners. Remember that Egypt has been a hotbed for fundamenta ...
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  • WOFA WOHOO 10 years ago

    Yes we need assurance from FIFA regarding the safety of our players and officials not forgetting our supporters.This is what civilization is all about,we would be backward if we just accept any decision from FIFA and Egypt wi ...
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  • OGA yum yum 10 years ago

    great request!!!

  • STUPID OGA 10 years ago

    You see what I mean?
    Clearly you and MAKA are on the same side, but because you fired without aim, you appeared to have hit him when he actually had placed himself in position 5 minutes earlier to protect you in advance.

  • Michael Akonnor 10 years ago

    Ok this is simple, US vice President just made an unannounced visit to Cairo, that Country is not safe for any one, i smell disaster, pls GFA be very wise about this, if this was England, there is no way FIFA will ask them t ...
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  • P.OWUSU 10 years ago

    AKONNOR,DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAN WASTE YOUR RAGE ON FIFA? YES, THE RESPONSE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT HAD IT BEEN OTHER COUNTRIES BUT IT IS US AND THERE'S NO GOING AROUND THAT.OUR BEST RESPONSE IS TO SHOW CLA ...
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  • HAAAAAABA!!! 10 years ago

    If that is what your mindset goes Mr. P. Owusu then we better lose to set our supporters and lovely players Ghana Black Stars survive. Mr. P. Owusu you rather needs to have something better to say.

  • Kponyo 10 years ago

    Owusu, Akonnor is a passionate and concerned Africa who wants to get the right thing done. You, on the other hand, are a laid-back typical business as usual nigger who is not even prepared to break out from the slave-like con ...
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  • TOTO AFRICA 10 years ago

    THIS EXACTLY IS WHY THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL CONTINUE TO THINK THE BLACK AFRICAN IS A DESPERATE FOOL.

    THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS EGYPT IS NOT SAFE NOW TO DO ANYTHING, LET ALONE PLAY A WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST SUCH A HOSTIL ...
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  • TOTO AFRICA 10 years ago

    THIS EXACTLY IS WHY THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL CONTINUE TO THINK THE BLACK AFRICAN IS A DESPERATE FOOL.

    THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS EGYPT IS NOT SAFE NOW TO DO ANYTHING, LET ALONE PLAY A WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST SUCH A HOSTI ...
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  • Kponyo 10 years ago

    It is good and heart-warming to know that some of us can think for the good of Africa. Good job Toto Africa. Please read mine above.

  • Kweku,USA 10 years ago

    P. Owusu, Nana Asamoah, i dont know about you guys but when I was in primary school I learnt a proverb, "Had I known is always at last". If you want to know whats going on in Egypt go watch CNN its not just political, its rel ...
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  • kwaku ITALY 10 years ago

    Please point of correction on FIFA reply was 30th October not November on the website so kindly do correction. Thank you.

  • Victor A. Young 10 years ago

    I'm glad the kind of awareness and the spirit of consciousness that's been ignited in the country.

    It all started when the Moroccan referee was selected to handle our first match with Egypt in Kumasi. Some of us wrote pro ...
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  • USA, providence RHODE ISLAND 10 years ago

    Hey.Im a GH based in RI. USA. I never put any comments. But I just want to say this very simple and clearly.. GH needs all hands on board for this game. I mean anything can happen. Coach Appiah needs to invite all good prs a ...
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  • USA, providence RHODE ISLAND 10 years ago

    I live in USA and know that sometimes talent don't mean shit if u get fuked up by been black.

  • USA, providence RHODE ISLAND 10 years ago

    GOD bless u all. IM out.

  • CITIZEN CANE 10 years ago

    THE BLOOD OF GHANAINS ARE GOING TO FLOW SAID BY THE EGYPIIANS ON THE STREETS. IF IT IS AN EUROPEAN TEAM THEY WOULD CHANGE IT. RACISM AT WORK.

  • RastafaraI 10 years ago

    FIFA SHOULD GUARANTEE SECURITY BECAUSE THEY ARE GIVING THE ORDER...EGYPT CANNOT PROTECT ITS OWN IN A WAR ZONE.....YOU CANNOT RELY OF EGYPT GUARANTEE

  • Wenchi Moke 10 years ago

    THIS IS A CORE BABYLONIAN SWISS MAN,WITH PREJUDICE RUNNING THROUGH HIS BLUE VEINS.GUESS WHY WE HAVE NOT GONE FAR WITH ALL THE RACIAL CHANTS IN FOOTBALL?.FAIR SKINS ARE ALWAYS BETTER THAN DARK SKINS,IRRESPECTIVE OF WE ALL FROM ...
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  • HAWA YAKUBU 10 years ago

    I disagree with you in this my brother. Dark skin is always the champion in everything. God make these light skin and pink color out of the dark skin. Read your history. Dark skins have too much talent and power. We are not r ...
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  • S. K. Djan 10 years ago

    Since Egypt is still not a stable country, the GFA should prevail upon FIFA to move the match another country, and not to accept the flimsy excuses given by FIFA that Champion League has been played there and for that matter ...
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  • jahlove 10 years ago

    SEPP BLATTER SHALL BE A PEACE MAKER OR TROUBLE MAKER, AFTER THE REFEREE'S FINAL WHISTLE HAS GONE IN CAIRO ON 19TH NOVEMBER 2019 PHAROAHS AND BLACK STARS ENCOUNTER UNDER HIS PERSONAL SUPERVISION.
    HE WILL BE PRESENT AT THE STA ...
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  • HALIDU 10 years ago

    FOR ME GHANA SHULD NOT PLAY IN EGYPT BCUS IF SOMETING BAD HAPPEN TO OUR PLAYERS FIFA WILL ONLY SAY WE ARE SORRY SO GHANA PLASE DO SOMETING ABOUT IT

  • RastafaraI 10 years ago

    the ghana attorney should write to the FIFA lawyers.

  • DON. AMSTERDAM 10 years ago

    EVEN THE GHANAINS LIVING IN EGYPT ARE AFFRAID TO CELEBRATE THE 6 - 1 DEFEAT,ALSO WITH THEIR ARMY WITH GUNS
    CILIANS WERE ABLE TO KILL 6,THEN HOW MUCH MORE THIS GAME,THAT BLACK STARS
    EASILLY WIN OR DRAW.IF IT WERE TO BE
    EURO ...
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  • light 10 years ago

    This issue is making GHANA and the BLACK STARS look terrible. All the countries that played in Egypt this year NEVER made an issue. Even South Africa's Orlando Pirates will play in Egypt. We look stupid to the world.

  • NOKORE NA EYE OOH 10 years ago

    The effort being displayed by the Ghana Black Stars to eliminate Egypt at 6-0 has add pains to the already problems they are going through. Hooooligans are prepared to do bad things if they fail to beat Ghana which is rather ...
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  • Kponyo 10 years ago

    You are just a damned fool. Which world are you talking about? What does any self-respecting care about what the world thinks when his/her life is at stake?

  • Ayoma shilla 10 years ago

    there should forget about the war and win for Ghana

  • Di Carlo 10 years ago

    Sepp blattter is such an idiot and corrupt ,long time that fool should resign from FIFA.will blattter send Spain,Germany,England etc to play in Egypt for a critical game like this when the place is in turmoil?totally differe ...
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  • Kponyo 10 years ago

    The problem does not necessarily have to be in the stadium. The truth of the matter is that the entire country of Egypt is, as we speak today, in serious turmoil.

    Many thousands of innocent Egyptians have been killed and ...
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  • Blessed 10 years ago

    I think Ghanaians should petition FIFA. If 5 million petitions arrive at FIFA asking fsor a change of venue, FIFA, or is it FEVER? will have a rethink. I don't mind if they play in Cairo without a crowd. these egyptian fans c ...
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  • T dot 10 years ago

    P Owusu is talking about class when it has to do with human life... What the fuck is wrong with you?

  • PHOBIA-PHOBIA--Leeds 10 years ago

    What Ghana is requesting from FIFA is just simple because we have a good point to defend.It would be acceptable if FIFA either allows 10million Egyptians and only twenty Ghanaians to watch the match on a neutral field or to ...
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  • mugu 10 years ago

    Let us not play the match.FIFA should then award egypt three goals and the aggregate 6 and 4 would qualify ghana.

  • HAWA YAKUBU 10 years ago

    This will put more fire into the Black Stars to really kill these sun niggers at their own backyard. I know the stars will not allow any goal by the Egyptians. The worse part will be Ghana will draw 1-1 and The stars go to Br ...
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  • I LOVE GHANA 10 years ago

    ALTHOUGH I AM DISAPPOINTED AT FIFA'S DECISION, I STRONGLY FEEL THAT IT IS NOT IN THE PLACE OF THE SPORTS MINISTER TO WRITE TO FIFA FOR SECURITY GUARANTEES. RATHER, IT IS NYANTEKYI WHO SHOULD WRITE SUCH A LETTER TO THE FIFA. W ...
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  • Kponyo 10 years ago

    My friend, if Nyantekyi has written and they have ignored his concerns, dont you think that a higher authority should also write?

    This is not the time to be worried about administrative and institutional principles. It is ...
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  • ETSE PADI 10 years ago

    Well done Mr Minister. I only pray that this time around, FIFA doesn't say that the Ghana Gov't is interfering in its affairs.

  • Kponyo 10 years ago

    FIFA cannot say anything about govt interference. If they FIFA, have gone and had discussions with the Egyptian dictators, why should our govt not also step in and voice our concerns?

    If FIFA had any respect at all for Gha ...
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  • a t germany 10 years ago

    even arab leaders lift egypt today becos security reason

  • ASHANTIS ARE GAY's 10 years ago

    again and again

  • BRO DAN- TRC 10 years ago

    BLESSED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, DIGNIFIED ONES OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA- 'BE YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER O' HUMANITY'; THE BEST GUARANTEE. PULSE. NOW, LET MY PEOPLE THINK. FOR "IT IS FINISHED". -"OCCUPY TILL ...
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