In Sudan, dozens of youth formed three groups wearing three different colour outfits, blue, white, and yellow. The blue and white groups went in intersection lines and the yellow one met them in the middle, representing the convergence of White and (...)
Sudanese Ministries of Water, Irrigation, and Electricity have coordinated this year's Nile Day celebrations, on Saturday 22 February in Khartoum, which is meant to commemorate the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) under the theme of Joint Investments on (...)
This week witnessed the end of Egypt's one-year rotational chair of the African Union (AU). Several political pundits agreed that Egypt contributed, during that period, to reforming the continental body and enhancing coherence among its members in (...)
Basketball in the first Special Olympics Pan-African Games started heating up as Morocco won their match against Egypt 23-12 in the first basketball divisioning match while Egypt's women's team answered back by beating Morocco 39-17.
A divisioning (...)
Youssef M Hamada, a professor of agricultural economy, is a member of the Centre for Agricultural Economics Research Institute in Cairo. He published The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, its Impact on Egyptian Agriculture and the Potential for (...)
Japan and the world as a whole recently lost a prominent Japanese woman who had had a national and global impact for over five decades in the person of the late Dr Sadako Ogata who has passed away at the age of 92. I had the great privilege of (...)
Egyptian state-run construction firm Arab Contractors is waiting for the outcome of government-commissioned review into giant infrastructure projects in some African countries by early 2020.
Arab Contractors is seeking win mandates for six giant (...)
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 (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi received on Wednesday Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wang Yi, to discuss the updates of the Gulf tensions. The two sides called for de-escalation to maintain the security of the (...)
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi landed in Cairo on Tuesday for a three-day visit that will include talks with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and other senior officials.
Liao Liqiang, China's ambassador to Egypt, said Wang will exchange (...)
The Chinese embassy to Egypt in conjunction with the Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC), affiliated to the Cabinet will hold a two-day conference on 8, 9 January to discuss mechanisms of boosting relations with China, said Moustafa (...)
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) announced its new class of ambassadors, the third cohort of young science and technology champions from across Africa. One ambassador from each African country will drive public engagement activities to promote science (...)
Trade exchange between Egypt and Nile Basin countries rose 25.4 percent to $1.872 billion in 2018 from $1.493 billion in 2017, Egypt's state-owned statistics agency CAPMAS said on Sunday.
The annual bulletin for trade exchange presented an analyses (...)
The volume of trade exchange between Egypt and the Nile Basin countries reached $1.872 bln in 2018, compared to $1.493 billion in 2017, with an increase of 25.4 percent, stated the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) on (...)
Ethiopia claimed a surprising 2-1 win at home over Cote d'Ivoire in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.
Tottenham fullback Serge Aurier gave the visitors an early lead after four minutes but the hosts responded with two quick goals.
Surafel (...)
(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 (...)
Tunisia kicked off their African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with an impressive 4-1 home victory over Libya while Morocco were held to a surprise goalless draw at home to Mauritania on Friday.
Wahbi Khazri put Tunisia ahead in the 33rd minute (...)
(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 (...)
Morocco coach Vahid Halilhodzic announced on Thursday his 24-man list for the Atlas Lions' opening two games in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers.
Morocco will host Mauritania on 11 November before facing Burundi away from home one week (...)
In the wake of the recent deadlock between Egypt's and Ethiopia's negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Egyptian government has been in turmoil over the future of the country's water share of the Nile, especially after (...)
Namibia and Mozambique got a first leg advantage after claiming away wins in the first leg of the World Cup African qualifiers on Wednesday.
Mozambique defeated Mauritius 1-0 in Anjalay thanks to UD Songo winger Stelio Ernesto, who scored the winner (...)
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 (...)
A warmer climate, travel and trade are helping to spread mosquito-borne diseases as a deadly beast smaller than a paper clip poses a threat to more than half the world's population.
World Mosquito Day on the 20th of August commemorated the discovery (...)
Burundi has commenced vaccinating its health workers against Ebola, beginning with those near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday.
Burundi has had no reported cases of the (...)
The draw for the first round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup was made in Cairo on Monday:
Ethiopia v Lesotho
Somalia v Zimbabwe
Eritrea v Namibia
Burundi v Tanzania
Djibouti v Eswatini
Botswana v Malawi
Gambia v Angola
Liberia v Sierra (...)
