The Maidens beat Djibouti 10-0 in the return leg on Sunday at the Cape Coast stadium to complete the rout.

The Maidens opened the scoring in the 6^th minute through Jacqueline Owusu and doubled their tally 4 minutes later through Fuseina Mumuni.

Captain Mukarama Abdulai made it 3-0 on 13 minutes and she was on hand once again in the 22^nd minute to make it 4-0.

The Maidens continued their dominant display in the second half with Abdulai completing her hat trick four minutes after restart.

Nina Norshie made sure she was in on the scoring and grabbing the Maidens’ sixth and seventh in the 65^thand 78^th minutes respectively.

Substitute Barikisu Rahman continued the scoring spree as she was on hand in the 84^th minute to make it 8-0 to the Maidens.

Victoria Teye made sure Ghana equalled the score from the first leg when she tapped in to make it 9-0 in the 86^th minute.

Azumah Bugri completed the scoring in added time to complete an emphatic victory for the Maidens.

Ghana are joined by South Africa and Cameroon as Africa’s representatives at the World Cup with Nigeria missing out for the first time since the competition’s inception in 2008.

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Ghana defeated Gambia 7-1 on aggregate in the last round to book a place in the last round of qualifiers.

Head Coach Evans Adotey has selected 18 players for the game including Captain Mukarama Adbulai and Abigail Tutuwaa.

Here is the team flying out for the game:

1. Grace Banwaa
2. Cynthia Findib
3. Tedinah Sekyere
4. Adams Alhassan
5. Yaa Agyeiwaa
6. Nina Norshie
7. Susan Ama Duah
8. Justice Tweneboah
9. Azumah Bugre
10. Jacqueline Yeboah
11. Doris Boaduwaa
12. Fuseina Mumuni
13. Ama B. Appiah
14. Suzzy Dede Teye
15. Abigail Tutuwaa
16. Milot Pokuaa
17. Barikisu A. Rahman
18. Mukarama’s Abdulai

The Maidens have qualified for every edition of World Cup since its inception in 2008.

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The warships departed from Zhanjiang in southern China to set up a “support base” in the Horn of Africa nation, state media reported late on Tuesday.

China’s agreement with Djibouti ensures its military presence in the country up until 2026, with a contingent of up to 10,000 soldiers, according to international current affairs magazine The Diplomat.

Djibouti’s position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean has fuelled worry in India that it would become another of China’s “string of pearls” of military alliances and assets ringing India, including Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

China began construction of a base in Djibouti last year. It will be used to resupply navy ships taking part in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions off the coasts of Yemen and Somalia, in particular.

It will be China’s first overseas naval base, though Beijing officially describes it as a logistics facility.

State news agency Xinhua did not say when the base would begin operations.

Xinhua said the establishment of the base was a decision made by the two countries after “friendly negotiations, and accords with the common interest of the people from both sides”.

“The base will ensure China’s performance of missions, such as escorting, peace-keeping and humanitarian aid in Africa and west Asia,” it said.

‘Landmark’ achievement

Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing the base would enable China to make “new and greater contributions” to peace in Africa and the world and would benefit Djibouti’s economic development.

Djibouti, which is about the size of Wales, is at the southern entrance to the Red Sea on the route to the Suez Canal.

The tiny, barren nation sandwiched between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia also hosts US, Japanese and French bases.

The People’s Liberation Army Daily said in a front-page commentary that the facility was a landmark that would increase China’s ability to ensure global peace, especially because it had so many UN peacekeepers in Africa and was so involved in anti-piracy patrols.

The state-run Global Times said in an editorial that there could be no mistake that this was in fact a military base.

“Certainly this is the People’s Liberation Army’s first overseas base and we will base troops there. It’s not a commercial resupply point. It makes sense there is attention on this from foreign public opinion,” said the paper, which is published by the official People’s Daily.

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Source: Aljazeera

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