The European Film Market platform Berlinale Africa Hub is taking place for the fourth time at the Berlin International Film Festival. It offers an international forum for communication and networking to African filmmakers and creatives or filmmakers (...)
The countries that have suffered most from the blight of terrorism are struggling to rid themselves of terrorist groups fostered and supported by a number of nations, foremost among which are Turkey, Qatar and Iran which utilise terrorist groups and (...)
The five largest economies in Africa namely Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa contributed more than half of the continent 's growth in 2019, with Egypt contributing the most, accounting for about one-third of the aggregate growth (...)
The World Cup qualifying draw for Africa takes place in Cairo as Egypt set to know their opponents in their bid to reach the 2022 finals in Qatar.
The draw starts at 19:00 Cairo time (17:00 GMT). Stay tuned.
According to African governing body CAF, (...)
TP Mazembe forward Tresor Mputo has been ruled out of Zamalek's Champions League clash on Friday due to illness.
The 34-year-old skipper failed to train with the team over the past few days and won't be available for the game.
"Tresor Mputo will (...)
With the participation of 43 countries and 768 athletes, the Middle East and North Africa region of the Special Olympics (SO MENA) chose Egypt to play host for the first ever Pan-African Games that will take place from 23 to 31 January. The decision (...)
It was fourth time lucky for Sadio Mané. As expected, the Senegalese and Liverpool star was declared winner of the African Player of the Year award for his outstanding achievements the past season. The women's player is Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria and (...)
The initiative “Silencing the Guns” was declared the theme of the African Union in 2020 and a roadmap to African peace and security. The announcement was made by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi during the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and (...)
A number of economic reports were recently released assessing the performance of African countries, particularly those south of the Sahara. The reports revealed marked improvement in those African countries' economic performance, despite political (...)
Because it was being held on home soil, Ahly of Egypt had high hopes of winning the Africa Women's Basketball Champions. However, the team's hopes were dashed in the last four seconds of their semi-final match against Angola's Inter Clube.
Losing (...)
BASKETBALL fans will have the chance to watch some quality matches when Cairo hosts the African Women's Basketball Cup.
The 2019 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup, the continent's premier event for women's clubs, is scheduled to be held in Cairo (...)
Members of the G20 and African Union had a chance to hold meetings, strike deals and exchange opinions during the three-day Compact with Africa (CwA) summit.
CwA was launched in 2017 as a means to promote investment in Africa, support economic (...)
Egypt signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) this week with Djibouti and Angola covering bilateral relations in terms of investments and cooperation in agriculture, tourism, industry, infrastructure, mining, construction and health, (...)
Investments would be a stabilising factor for employment and energy supplies across Africa, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi told attendees of the G20-Initiative Compact with Africa (CwA) summit in Berlin on Tuesday.
Al-Sisi said this positive impact (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged more investment in African countries to improve their living standards and help prevent migrants from coming to Europe as part of the Compact with Africa initiated through the G20.
Meeting with (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi headed on Sunday to Berlin on Sunday to attend the G20 Compact with Africa meetings, an initiative which aims to boost economic cooperation between Africa and G20 member states via joint projects that (...)
(All times GMT+2)
Sunday 17 November
15:00 South Africa vs. Sudan (Group C)
15:00 Chad vs. Mali (Group A)
15:00 Eswatini vs. Senegal (Group I)
15:00 Benin vs. Sierra Leone (Group L)
15:00 Uganda vs. Malawi (Group B)
15:00 South Sudan vs. Burkina (...)
Nigeria's rising star Victor Osimhen scored twice as the Super Eagles claimed an easy 4-2 away win over Lesotho in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
Masoabi Nkoto netted an early goal for the hosts after 11 minutes but Alex Iwobi leveled (...)
Nigeria opened their 2021 Nations Cup qualifying campaign with a narrow 2-1 win at home to Benin on Wednesday.
The Super Eagles came from behind to score twice and go top of Group L with three points.
Benin attacking midfielder Stephane Sessegnon (...)
(All times GMT+2)
Wednesday 13 November
15:00 Malawi v South Sudan (Group B)
15:00 Central African Republic v Burundi (Group E)
18:00 Namibia v Chad (Group A)
18:00 Cameroon v Cape Verde (Group F)
18:00 Guinea-Bissau v Eswatini (Group I)
18:00 (...)
“What do we have to do with Turkey, which belongs to the complicated Orient,” former French president Charles du Gaulle famously asked in the early 1960s.
The sentiment has remained rooted in the French collective consciousness for generations. It (...)
New York – President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi addressed the 74th United Nations General Assembly's General Debate on Tuesday morning in New York, immediately following the highly anticipated speech of US President Donald Trump.
On the opening day of the (...)
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has told the central bank to stop providing funding for food imports, his spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday.
The move has raised questions about the bank's independence.
Nigeria, which has Africa's biggest (...)
World soccer body FIFA has handed a life ban to former Botswana Football Association general secretary Mooketsi Kgotlele for accepting bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches.
FIFA said in a statement on Monday that the (...)
