The conclusion of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers descended into farce on Tuesday as Benin refused to play their decisive qualifier in Sierra Leone after local authorities declared six of their players to be COVID-19 positive.
Players (...)
Arab Parliament President Adel bin AbdulRahman Al-Asoumi has confirmed the organisation's full support for Egypt's and Sudan's efforts to preserve their water rights.
These efforts have been confirmed by all international laws and relevant bilateral (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has held a press conference with his Guinea-Bissau counterpart Umaro Sissoco Embaló, on Thursday, as part of the latter's official visit to Cairo.
Al-Sisi welcomed Sissoco Embaló, who is making his first visit (...)
Senegal became the first country to secure its place in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that will take place in Cameroon after claiming a 1-0 away win over Guinea Bissau on Sunday.
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane scored the winner eight minutes from (...)
Senegal maintained their 100 percent record in the Nations Cup qualifiers on Wednesday after defeating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 at home to top Group I with maximum nine points.
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane converted a penalty one minute before the break and (...)
President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious complications. Here's a look at other leaders who have had the virus. (...)
احتفلت الدكتورة غادة والى، مدير مكتب الأمم المتحدة لمكافحة المخدرات والجريمة، بيوم الشباب، مشيرة إلى أن الشباب يقودون مكافحة الجريمة والفساد والإرهاب، موجهة رسالة للشباب مفادها "أنتم الأمل فى مستقبل أفضل".
وقالت غادة والى فى تغريدة عبر حسابها الرسمى (...)
FIFA imposed a 10-year ban Friday on the president of Guinea-Bissau's soccer federation over ''an incident of mob justice.''
Manual Nascimento ''had breached his duty, as per the FIFA Code of Ethics, to protect the physical and mental integrity of (...)
African countries have adopted different measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of the continent's countries have enforced traditional measures, such as the closure of schools, imposing curfews and banning religious, (...)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved $500 million to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world's most impoverished countries so they can help them tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
The IMF executive board approved the (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday handed over the rotational presidency of the African Union (AU) to South Africa at the 33rd AU Summit in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa under the theme of “Silencing the Guns.”
Egypt adopts the (...)
Female genital mutilation (FGM) remains as prevalent as it was 30 years ago in a handful of countries, thwarting global efforts to eradicate it, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for (...)
Female genital mutilation (FGM) will take centuries to eradicate despite world leaders promising to end the practice by 2030, according to United Nations data released on Thursday.
FGM remains as common today as 30 years ago in Somalia, Mali, (...)
Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate Umaro Cissoko Embalo is on course to win Sunday's run-off election, his spokesman said on Monday, citing the campaign's tallies based on preliminary vote counts in each region.
Official results are not expected (...)
Guinea-Bissau's presidential election runoff kicked off here on Sunday between two former prime ministers, Domingos Simoes Pereira and Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
More than 760,000 voters in the West African country are expected to cast their ballots in (...)
Two former prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau are vying for the presidency in a runoff election Sunday after the incumbent failed to reach the second round in the tumultuous West African country once described by the United Nations as a (...)
Barcelona's record-breaking teenage sensation Ansu Fati has the ability and character to make an impact against Real Madrid in Wednesday's 'Clasico' at the Camp Nou, says club great Carles Puyol.
Fati became Barca's youngest-ever league scorer in (...)
A hat-trick from Bristol City striker Famara Diedhiou helped Senegal outclass Eswatini 4-1 in Mbabane in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
Diedhiou netted his hat-trick in the 59, 66 and 68 minutes and Pape Alioune N'Diaye completed the (...)
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 (...)
Sixteen-year-old forward Ansu Fati could figure in Spain's Euro 2020 squad, national coach Robert Moreno said on Friday.
Fati, who became Barcelona's youngest ever goalscorer in August and has been one of the La Liga champions' key players in their (...)
At the request of Guinea-Bissau's authorities, IMF mission, led by Concha Verdugo-Yepes, visited Bissau from September 18 to October 1, 2019 to carry out a preliminary diagnostic of weaknesses in fiscal governance, market regulation, anti-money (...)
Injuries to Lionel Messi and Barcelona's other top attacking players gave an unknown 16-year-old teenager from Guinea-Bissau the rarest of chances to bring a stunned Camp Nou crowd to its feet.
Ansu Fati became the youngest player to score in (...)
Africa's lesser-known soccer teams will enjoy worldwide exposure in the next week after FIFA announced that their opening World Cup qualifying matches would be live-streamed on its website and on Youtube.
World soccer's ruling body said it had (...)
Wednesday 4 September
15:00 Burundi vs Tanzania
15:00 Ethiopia vs Lesotho
15:00 Eritrea vs Namibia
16:00 South Sudan vs Equatorial Guinea
16:30 Mauritius vs Mozambique
17:30 Sao Tome vs Guinea Bissau
20:00 Liberia vs Sierra Leone
Thursday 5 (...)
