Ghana needs to push on with preparations for this year's African Games in Accra or risk wasting the money it has spent already, despite the severe economic crisis gripping the country, it has been claimed.

Elizabeth Anyanacho, who two years ago became only the second Nigerian women's taekwondo athlete to compete at the Olympics, is hoping this year's African Games in Ghana will springboard her Paris 2024 challenge.

A major new hotel is set to open in Accra before Ghana's capital is due to stage the 2023 African Games.

Ghana's economic crisis is continuing to deepen and faces delays in the restructuring of its public debt as the cash-strapped country prepares to stage this year’s African Games.

South Sudan is hoping to field a strong volleyball team at the Accra 2023 African Games with national team coach Marna Paul Puk saying preparations are in full swing.

Ghana's Youth and Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif has insisted that a cadet fencing tournament scheduled for Accra next month will help select the Ghanaian team for the African Games in August.

A decision to allow other events, including music concerts, at the Accra Sports Stadium while it undergoes preparations for this year’s African Games has been defended by Ghana’s National Sports Authority (NSA).

Aid and campaign groups, including Oxfam and Christian Aid, have called on the international community to cancel a large portion of Gahan's debts as it struggles to deal with the worst economic crisis in the country's history only a few months before it is due to host the African Games in Accra.

Ghana is set to have a new national airline run by former England footballer Emile Heskey operating in time for the African Games in Accra later this year.

Two-time national beach volleyball champion Francisca Ikhiede says Nigeria can make the podium at the 2023 African Games in Ghana.

Construction works on all the roads leading to the African Games Village at Borteyman in the Greater Accra Region is proceeding well, Ghana’s Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has been told.

Accra 2023 Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairman Ofosu Asare has expressed concerns over the readiness of venues for the African Games.

The Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) has held technical training for its new officials, with an aim to improve the standard of officiating prior to the nation's hosting of the 2023 African Games later this year.

The 2023 African Road Cycling and Paracycling Championships will act as a preparatory event for the 2023 African Games, according to an official at the Ghana Cycling Federation (GCF).

Nigerian taekwondo athlete Bright Kolade has set his sights on gold at next year's African Games in Accra following his triumph at the National Sports Festival in Asaba.