{"id":149520,"date":"2026-03-02T09:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149520\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:09:30","slug":"okudzeto-ablakwa-provides-update-on-black-queens-players-stranded-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149520\/","title":{"rendered":"Okudzeto Ablakwa provides update on Black Queens players stranded in UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Okudzeto-Ablakwa-provides-update-on-Black-Queens-players-stranded-in-UAE-2023905?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69886717.295.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Minister of Foreign Affairs\" title=\"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Minister of Foreign Affairs\" width=\"295\" height=\"181\" \/> <\/a>Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Minister of Foreign Affairs, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2383\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa<\/a>, has said that the Black Queens are safe in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after being stranded following the Israel-Iran conflict that occurred on Saturday, February 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he has had extensive engagements with team officials to secure consular support that will ensure their safety as tensions rise.<\/p>\n<p>The minister indicated that he is working assiduously with all agencies in the UAE to prevent any misfortune and to bring the team back to Ghana safely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Black-Queens-stranded-in-UAE-over-Israel-Iran-conflict-2023810\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Queens stranded in UAE over Israel-Iran conflict<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana\u2019s celebrated Black Queens are safe and doing well. I have spoken with the leadership of the team. Our diplomatic mission in the UAE has been in close contact with the Black Queens, extending much-needed consular support. In this turbulent moment, the safety and welfare of all Ghanaians, particularly those currently in the Middle East, remain our utmost priority,\u201d Ablakwa wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Queens players and their officials were trapped in the UAE after the country closed its airspace and cancelled all flights due to the Israel-Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Joy Sports, the players were confined to their rooms and have been instructed by team officials to pack their luggage in preparation for a possible evacuation.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Queens are currently in Dubai for the Pink Ladies&#8217; Cup, a four-nation tournament organized as part of the international women\u2019s football calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Dubai, the team\u2019s camping base, reportedly came under Iranian missile attacks targeting US military bases, with some hotels and sections of the airport said to have been impacted.<\/p>\n<p>Read the tweet below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Ghana\u2019s celebrated Black Queens are safe and doing well. <\/p>\n<p>I have spoken with the leadership of the team. <\/p>\n<p>Our diplomatic mission in the UAE has been in close contact with the Black Queens extending much needed consular support. <\/p>\n<p>In this turbulent moment, the safety and welfare\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PnEkFz5nuk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PnEkFz5nuk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S_OkudzetoAblak\/status\/2028160868480106637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 1, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SB\/JE<\/p>\n<p>Watch hightgs from the Ghana Boxing Federation logo unveiling below:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Minister of Foreign Affairs The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-149520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}