{"id":37494,"date":"2023-09-08T02:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T02:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=37494"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:32:12","slug":"youve-made-ghana-proud-again-mahama-congratulates-black-stars-on-afcon-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/09\/08\/youve-made-ghana-proud-again-mahama-congratulates-black-stars-on-afcon-qualification\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ve made Ghana proud again\u2019 \u2013 Mahama congratulates Black Stars on AFCON qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecstatic about Ghana\u2019s qualification for next year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/citinewsroom.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AFCON<\/a> after victory over the Central African Republic on Thursday, former President John Dramani Mahama has posted a congratulatory message to the national team on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Black Stars sealed a place at the AFCON in Cote D\u2019Ivoire with a nervy come-from-behind win over CAR at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cCongratulations to our Black Stars. Great comeback from a goal down and a spectacular victory against CAR to book a well-deserved spot in the 2024 AFCON. You\u2019ve made Ghana proud again!,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;the post said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former President also urged the team to aim for success in the tournament, which Ghana has failed to win in over four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cKeep shining! Let\u2019s go for gold in the AFCON!,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goals from Mohammed Kudus and Ernest Nuamah helped the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Black Stars<\/a> to a hard-fought win after Louis Mafouta had put CAR ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result seals Ghana\u2019s spot at the AFCON where they will be aiming for their fifth continental crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations to our Black Stars.<br>\u2070Great come back from a goal down and a spectacular victory against CAR to book a well-deserved spot in the 2024 AFCON. You\u2019ve made Ghana proud again!<br>Keep shining! \u2070Let&#8217;s go for gold in the AFCON!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackStars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackStars<\/a>&nbsp;\u2070<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TotalEnergiesAFCON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TotalEnergiesAFCON<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BslWxJpd8\">pic.twitter.com\/8BslWxJpd8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama\/status\/1699875788332404813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mahama congratulated the team on their victory on X (formerly Twitter) praising them for recovering from their deficit to claim victory in Kumasi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecstatic about Ghana\u2019s qualification for next year\u2019s AFCON after victory over the Central African Republic on Thursday, former President John Dramani Mahama has posted a congratulatory message to the national team on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":37495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6409],"tags":[4899,1546,3680,6573,13175,1065,13295,192,5918,1031,12143,4331,130,8707,3805,5349,9030,5350,10885,10353],"class_list":["post-37494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-african","tag-baba","tag-baba-yara","tag-black","tag-car","tag-central-african-republic","tag-cote-divoire","tag-ghana","tag-gold","tag-john-dramani-mahama","tag-kudus","tag-kumasi","tag-mahama","tag-mohammed-kudus","tag-president","tag-social-media","tag-success","tag-twitter","tag-victory","tag-x"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37496,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37494\/revisions\/37496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}