{"id":4385,"date":"2026-03-02T10:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:06:28","slug":"statement-on-black-queens-amidst-tension-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/statement-on-black-queens-amidst-tension-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on Black Queens amidst tension in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Following the events in the Middle East, President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has met with the Black Queens to appeal for calm. He assured the team that the GFA has, over the last 24 to 48 hours, engaged with all stakeholders, including Ghana\u2019s mission in the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and our Security Advisors, in its quest to find the right solution to the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">Meanwhile, Ghana&#8217;s Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (Hon.), and Sports and Recreation Minister, Kofi Adams (Hon.), have both called to offer the nation&#8217;s support to the team during this period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">The GFA respectfully asks everyone to be calm as we monitor the situation. We will keep our stakeholders updated should there be further developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">The Black Queens have been in the United Arab Emirates for the past week to prepare for the forthcoming Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GFA COMMUNICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the events in the Middle East, President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has met with the Black Queens to appeal for calm. He assured the team that the GFA has, over the last 24 to 48 hours, engaged with all stakeholders, including Ghana\u2019s mission in the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and our<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><a class=\"btn-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/statement-on-black-queens-amidst-tension-in-the-middle-east\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghana-womens-football","category-pfag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6960.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4387,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4385\/revisions\/4387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfag.com.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}