The Conversation – A large number of artefacts held in Western museums and libraries are known to have been appropriated over the ages through conquest and colonialism. The looting of African objects anthropologists, curators and private collectors (...)
Former Egyptian sports minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz has criticised Egypt national football team coach Javier Aguirre for dropping a number of stars from the Pharaohs' preliminary squad for this summer's African Cup of Nations.
The preliminary Egyptian (...)
Tickets to attend the games of the 2019 African Cup of Nations are now available for sale, the committee organising the tournament announced on Thursday.
Fans can choose to pay for their preferred ticket category online with immediate printing (...)
The coaching staff of Egypt's national football team, led by Javier Aguirre, has announced the initial squad of the Pharaohs in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 (AFCON) to be held in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July.
The team is expected (...)
Esperance, Tunisia's African Champions League title holders, will start as favourites on Friday as, on the back of a 10-game unbeaten run, they bid to become only the fourth club to retain the trophy in more than half a century.
Their opponents in (...)
DR Congo coach Jean-Florent Ibenge Ikwange has announced on Tuesday a provisional list for this summer's Africa Cup of Nations set to be played in Egypt between 21 June to 19 July.
The list includes 32 players and will be trimmed to 23 players (...)
Egypt's national team preliminary squad for this summer's African Cup of Nations will be announced within 48 hours according to assistant coach Hany Ramzy.
"The technical staff already settled on 25 players for the preliminary squad that will be (...)
Egypt has unveiled the mascot for next month's African Cup of Nations, named "TUT" and adorned like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
"After a long journey ... He is finally here ... Say Hi to our special host for the AFCON 2019," the Egyptian Football (...)
TUT, unveiled as the official mascot for the June-July African Nations Cup, is an Egyptian 12-year-old boy who loves to play street football, the head of the agency that designed the character told Ahram Online.
Sporting the trademark Nemes (...)
Rivers play a prominent role in supporting human communities through the provision of drinking water, and agricultural activities. But recent years have seen a decline in the ability of major rivers around the world to flow freely, because of human (...)
Zimbabwe, who will face hosts Egypt in the opening game of the African Cup of Nations on 21 June, on Tuesday named a preliminary 34-man squad for the tournament.
The roster includes Kaizer Chiefs star Khama Billiat, Lokeren winger Knowledge Musona (...)
Attijariwafa Bank Egypt launched on Sunday the Africa Development Club in Egypt. The launch of the club comes as part of the efforts of Attijariwafa Bank Group to promote regional and continental cooperation between African countries, Mohamed El (...)
Holders Esperance of Tunisia and Morocco's Wydad Casablanca set up a mouthwatering African Champions League final after overcoming TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns respectively on Saturday.
Adopting a firm defensive strategy, Esperance held DR Congo (...)
Zimbabwe will face Nigeria in friendly game in Nigeria 8 June as the Warriors prepare for this summer's Africa Cup of Nations, the country's football association announced Thursday.
Zimbabwe were drawn in Group A with hosts Egypt, Uganda and DR (...)
While international efforts to avert escalation in the military operation to secure control over Tripoli that Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the Benghazi based commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), launched 20 days ago remain feeble, the (...)
Last January, the African Union (AU) announced that Egypt would head the AU summit's upcoming round in 2019, following the closing meeting of African leaders.
During his participation in the 30th AU summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, (...)
Several African countries called on the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) to extend the period granted for the ruling military council to hand the power in Sudan to a civil government to three months, the Egyptian Presidency (...)
Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond – a Reuters analysis has found.
Customs data shows that (...)
Egypt will face Tanzania and Guinea in friendly games in June right before the African Cup of Nations gets underway on home soil, the country's football association announced on Wednesday.
The Pharos will meet Tanzania on 13 June before playing (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Tuesday morning in Cairo with his counterparts from Somalia and South Africa ahead of two meetings set to take place in the Egyptian capital today under the umbrella of the African Union (AU) to discuss (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on Tuesday for enabling Libya's national army and institutions to eradicate terrorism in the North African country.
El-Sisi made the call at a meeting in Cairo on Tuesday which included a number of (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed "Egypt's full support to the choices and free will of the Sudanese people in determining their country's future, and the consensus they will reach in this critical juncture in their country's (...)
Cairo is set to host consultation summits to discuss the ongoing Sudanese and Libyan crises under an African Union (AU) umbrella, Egyptian presidency spokesman Bassam Rady announced on Monday.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, who is also (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will host two summits on Tuesday to review the recent developments in Sudan and Libya, presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said Monday.
The summit on Sudan will be attended by the presidents of Chad, Djibouti, (...)
A Congolese official says militia members have attacked an Ebola treatment center hours after another attack killed a staffer with the World Health Organization.
Butembo city's deputy mayor, Patrick Kambale Tsiko, told The Associated Press on (...)
