Africa should see the first COVID-19 vaccine doses in March from the global COVAX effort aimed at helping lower-income countries obtain the shots, the World Health Organization's Africa chief said Thursday, as deaths on the continent are rapidly (...)
A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country's COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country.
Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers about the (...)
Billionaire South African businessman Patrice Motsepe entered the race to be president of the African soccer confederation on Monday.
Motsepe, who owns South African club Mamelodi Sundowns, announced he was standing and was backed by South African (...)
The sudden deaths of some 330 elephants in northwestern Botswana earlier this year may have occurred because they drank water contaminated by toxic blue-green algae, the government announced Monday.
The elephants in the Seronga area died from a (...)
Raino Bolz quickly diversified when his tourism business in South Africa's winelands crashed to a halt in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. He sold a minibus _ useless without tourists to ferry around _ and bought a herd of pregnant (...)
The perception that footballers do not live up to their social responsibilities has been debunked by their "incredible initiatives" during the COVID-19 pandemic, the global players' union FIFPRO said in a report published Thursday.
The report, which (...)
The message was dropped into a WhatsApp group used by suburban moms in South Africa. Amid the grumblings over homeschooling during lockdown, one mom went off topic: ``Does anyone know where to get illegal cigarettes? I just need a few. I'm (...)
تزامنًا مع الهزائم المتتالية لقوات حفتر، كشفت صحيفة نيويورك تايمز عن فرار فريق «كوماندوس» مكون من 20 فردًا من مرتزقة أجانب من ليبيا إلى جزيرة مالطا، بعد فشلهم في مهمة مولتها الإمارات ب80 مليون دولار لدعم حفتر، استهدفت خطوط الإمداد التركية إلى حكومة (...)
Some professional soccer players in Latin America and Africa are relying on food packages during the novel coronavirus stoppage while elsewhere others are being pressured into returning to play, sometimes without testing, FIFPRO said on (...)
A green economy is the means to salvation for the global economy after the coronavirus pandemic has affected 81 per cent of the world's workforce. After millions of people had been infected and thousands had died due to the virus, the tourism and (...)
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, (...)
Some lawmakers in Botswana have been moved to supervised quarantine after failing to observe an instruction to self-isolate as the country tries to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Friday.
All of the country's (...)
Some African countries will have more than 10,000 coronavirus cases by the end of April, health officials projected Thursday, as the continent least equipped to treat serious infections has an "enormous gap" in the number of ventilators and other (...)
The United Nations food agency has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern Africa after most countries shut their borders to stop the spread of coronavirus, an official said on Thursday.
Up to 45 million people in (...)
Egypt's national football team coach Hossam El-Badry has called four foreign based players currently overseas, including Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, for the upcoming closed camp ahead of facing Togo later in March.
The Pharaohs will be facing Togo (...)
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 (...)
Egypt is enjoying relatively strong growth, estimated at 5.5% for 2019 and projected at 5.8% in 2020, owing to a robust recovery of domestic demand and easing balance of payments constraints, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation (...)
Under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, head of the Organisation of African Unity, the first ever Special Olympics Pan-African Games unveiled the logo of the Games which will be hosted by Egypt from 23-31 January.
The main (...)
Egypt is anticipating several important sports events in 2020 after last year's great local, regional, and international achievements. The first major sports event in Egypt this year will be hosting the 2019 CAF Awards, to be held in January in (...)
Egypt's star winger Mohamed Salah is optimistic about his return to Qatar with the national team to play at the 2022 World Cup, seeking fans' support amid the current rebuilding process.
The 27-year-old Salah helped Liverpool win the Club World Cup (...)
HIV infections in newborns pose a huge health burden in developing countries. One study estimated that 300 to 500 infants are infected every day in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Without treatment, 50% of HIV-infected children progress to death within two (...)
Etoile du Sahel v Ahly
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Venue: Stade Olympique de Radès (Radès)
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
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The head of the normalisation committee at the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) Amr El-Ganainy has offered his full support for Egypt's under-fire coach Hossam El-Badry after the recent poor results of the Pharaohs.
“All support for El-Badry. We (...)
Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez has been excused from travelling to Botswana for their African Cup of Nations qualifier on Monday for personal reasons, his coach said on Friday.
Mahrez provided an assist on Thursday as Algeria romped to a 5-0 home win (...)
All eyes in Egypt will turn to Borg El Arab Stadium on Thursday where Egypt take on Kenya in the beginning of their campaign to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 to be held in Cameroon.
Egypt's Coach Hossam El-Badry aims to make an (...)
