Cairo, Egypt, along with other major African cities, is projected to be among the top 100 African cities with the highest GDP by 2035, according to a recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
"The largest of the Africa100 city (...)
The Woman King is a big-budget Hollywood movie that has been anticipated since 2018, when US star Viola Davis was announced as the lead in the story of the "amazons" of Dahomey. Rising South African star Thuso Mbedu also takes a key role in the (...)
The decisive African Cup of Nations qualifier between Sierra Leone and Benin, which failed to take place on Tuesday after five players from Benin were declared COVID-19 positive, has been postponed to June, officials said on Wednesday.
The match in (...)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal Augusto Santos Silva argues in this exclusive published in Ahram Online and Al-Ahram Weekly that his country, as a member of the European Union which enjoys a close relationship with Africa, can play a (...)
Europe and Africa are close neighbours. Both continents share the same geography, the same security context, and complementary challenges when it comes to migration. Over the last few years, the European perspective on the extent of our Southern (...)
A distinctive, glass-panelled multi-storey building with tall stone arches stands out in the bushes of Magogoni in Kenya's historic coastal town of Lamu. It is the headquarters of a $25bn infrastructure project—the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia (...)
انه الرعب والخوف والفزع انه عالم متوحش لا يعرف الرحمة ولا العطف والغلبة دائما للقوي ولا يعترف بالضعيف انه عالم متقوقع داخل كهف وخندق واحد انه عالم السجون عالم يتسرب إليه المذنب والظالم والمظلوم فلن تجد العدالة هنا فالميزان بداخله مكسور ومن يدخل إليه (...)
EGYPT needed penalties to edge Rwanda 3-2 on Saturday at Cairo Stadium and book their place in the final round of the qualifiers for the Under-20 football Africa Cup of Nations, reports Abeer Anwar.
The visiting team shocked the Pharaohs with the (...)
Benin have been granted a partial reprieve from the prospect of having to forfeit a key African Nations Cup qualifier after their suspension was conditionally lifted by FIFA.
The small west African country was banned by world football's governing (...)
The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has exposed the underbelly of many of Africa's healthcare systems. They are often poorly funded, severely neglected and in some cases virtually nonexistent. The (...)
On Tuesday, 6 June 1995, over a year after electing the late Nelson Mandela as its President, South Africa ended the use of the death penalty, with a ruling of its constitutional court.
Mandela's personal involvement in this outcome was significant: (...)
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Greece's government says the International Monetary Fund's report on Greece "completely justifies" Greece's position on debt sustainability.
In a report released Thursday, the IMF says Greece needs both debt relief and 50 billion euros (...)
After Benin's 1-0 victory over Mali in their 2014 World Cup qualifier opener in Cotonou, the Squirrels' only scorer Razak Omotoyossi expressed confidence in his team's chances to qualify for the first time in the prestigious competition ahead of (...)
Zamalek striker Razak Omotoyossi guided Benin to a precious victory, while South Africa and Angola were held to surprising draws in the first round of the African World Cup qualifiers.
In Group H, the Squirrels of Benin registered a vital 1-0 win (...)
CAIRO: The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Gabon's authorities to drop legal proceedings against six journalists in connection with articles raising questions about use of a presidential plane. Two of the journalists have fled the country (...)
LAGOS: The ECOWAS Federation of Business Women and Entrepreneurs (ECOWAS-FEBWE) has launched its Nigeria Chapter with its President, Iyalode Alaba Lawson, pledging the Chapter's commitment to promote and facilitate trade for groups and individual (...)
Amoros had been the leading candidate for the post and after traveling to Cotonou he agreed a contract, the country's football federation president Moucharafou Anjorin told Reuters.
Amoros, who turns 50 on Wednesday, had a brief spell in charge (...)
LONDON: Free, fair, and transparent democratic elections are no longer strangers to Africa. Indeed, they have become a regular occurrence. But the presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the end of (...)
The barre country, to the east of Cotonou, will take the longest time to regain it's footing after the floods. The region was already partially submerged, as it consists of numerous stilt villages. Presently, this area is in need of access to health (...)
The unfortunate case for countries with little to no geo-political relevance for the rest of the world is that their humanitarian crises do not receive much attention from the international community. Such is the case with Benin, which is undergoing (...)
BEIRUT: A Lebanese court has sentenced the pilot of a Beirut bound passenger jet to 20 years in jail, after it emerged his actions caused a crash which killed least 136 people.
Beirut-bound UTA Flight 141, which plunged into the sea in 2003, was (...)
LUANDA: Africa Cup of Nations history will be created on Tuesday whatever the result of a Group C clash between Benin and Mozambique in Angolan coastal city Benguela.
Victory for the Beninese Squirrels or Mozambican Snakes will be their first in (...)
Before becoming the top goalscorer in the Premiership, Amr Zaki was not a global household name. But he is fast becoming one. Inas Mazhar reports on an Egyptian star shining in the best and most famous soccer league in the world
It was only 12 (...)
For Sarkozy, there is not just one Monsieur Afrique, says Eva Dadrian
Everybody remembers Nicolas Sarkozy's speech in Cotonou, Benin, in May 2006. Booed by hundreds of demonstrators, the then French minister of interior stated, "we have to build a (...)
Lots of frantic plans, but to be taken with a big grain of salt, says Eva Dadrian
Everybody remembers Nicolas Sarkozy's speech in Cotonou, Benin, in May 2006. Booed by hundreds of demonstrators the then French minister of interior stated, "we have (...)
