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On Tuesday, 8 September 2026, the 30-name shortlist for the men’s Ballon d’Or was released, and only two African players made the cut: Senegal forward Sadio Mane and Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi. The announcement reignited a familiar conversation on the continent about why, since Liberia’s George Weah won the award in 1995, no other African …
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