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 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 (...)
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 (...)
Egypt's senior and junior athletes took full control of the African Karate Championships which were held in Kigali, Rwanda. The mighty fighters clinched 26 overall medals -- 16 gold, three silver and seven bronze medals to top the medals table of (...)
JOHANNESBURG, August 23, 2018 (News Wires) - The Confedration of the African Football (CAF) approved referees from Morocco to handle the final group A Champions League game between Uganda's Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Egypt's Al (...)
Ahly's Malian defender Salif Coulibaly said he felt part of the team upon joining in, thanks to the support of his teammates and the technical staff's confidence into his abilities.
The 30-year-old joined the Reds early in July and was immediately (...)
GABORONE/ KAMPALA, July 29, 2018 (News Wires) - After Etoile Sahel of Tunisia became the first side to book a quarter-final place in the CAF Champions League, compatriots Esperance joined them after winning away in Uganda to ensure progression from (...)
New recruit Salif Coulibaly scored his first goal for Ahly to steer them to a late 1-0 victory at Botswana's Township Rollers in a scrappy African Champions League game that put them on the brink of qualification for the last eight on Saturday.
The (...)
GABORONE, Botswana, July 27, 2018 (News Wires) - An adrenaline-charged evening of football is on the cards tomorrow (July 28) as eight-time African champions and record 40 times Egyptian champions Al Ahly face domestic giants Township Rollers in a (...)
Ahly are aware of their important mission scheduled for Saturday when they will be hosted by Township Rollers in Botswana's capital Gaborone, in the fourth round of the CAF Champions' League group stage.
"The team players are in great focus (...)
Township Rollers manager Nikola Kavazovic said on Monday his side will play a ''balanced game'' against Ahly in Tuesday's Champions League clash.
Ahly will host the Botswanan side at Alexandria's Borg El-Arab Stadium in the group stage.
The (...)
KAMPALA, May 11, 2018 (News Wires) - - Africa soccer governing body CAF has appointed South African referees to take charge of the Champions League group stage match between Uganda's KCCA FC and Al Ahly of Egypt.
The two sides face off next week (...)
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 5, 2018 (News Wires) - African giants Al-Ahly of Egypt and Esperance of Tunisia drew Friday night when the CAF Champions League group stage began, allowing minnows Township Rollers of Botswana to lead Group A.
Ahly and (...)
CAIRO, May 4, 2018 (News Wires) - The 2018 CAF Champions League campaign resumes Friday night with two matches, as Egyptian giants Al-Ahly will take on Tunisian club Esperance Sportive at Borg El-Arab Stadium at 9:00pm Cairo Local Time (CLT), while (...)
Ian Khama, a retired army general, stepped down as president of Botswana on Saturday, handing the diamond-rich country to his deputy after a decade at the helm.
Mokgweetsi Masisi becomes only the third leader to take charge of the southern African (...)
Seif Eissa, Egypt's taekwondo talent and one of the country's seeded athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has signed a sponsorship deal as part of a new sports law.
The contract is with GLC Paints and Al-Ahram Advertising Agency.
According to the (...)
With a delegation of 43 players headed by Mohieddin Mustafa, deputy Egyptian Karate Federation president, Egyptian karatekas topped the medals table with 35 medals at the 2017 Junior, Cadet & U-21 Mediterranean Championships: 19 gold, 10 silver and (...)
Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr was chosen to preside the African Group Meeting in 2018, hosted by Egypt. The decision came during the group's meeting held on Thursday in Gaborone, Botswana, in the presence (...)
The Egyptian dream of qualifying for the Africa Nations Cup in January 2015 hangs by a thread after a devastating 1-0 loss to Senegal in Cairo on Saturday.
With six points, Egypt can finish no higher than third place in the group, leaving Tunisia (...)
Tunisia have booked their place in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals after playing out a goalless draw with bottom side Botswana in Gaborone.
The North Africans have retained their position at the top of Group G with 11 points, five ahead of (...)
Tunisia's lively winger Youssef Msakni has been dropped from the squad that will play against Botswana and Egypt in next week's Nations Cup qualifiers due to injury, the Tunisian football federation (TFF) announced on Tuesday.
The Carthage Eagles (...)
Egypt claimed a 2-0 victory over Botswana in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Cairo.
Like they did in Gaborone last week, the record African champions scored twice in the second half through Amr Gamal and Mohamed Salah.
It was Basel (...)
Egypt completed the double over Botswana with another 2-0 victory at Cairo Stadium to keep up pressure on Senegal and Tunisia in a tough challenge to reach next year's African Nations Cup finals in Morocco.
In a carbon-copy of Friday's game in (...)
Egypt coach Shawky Gharib said he was confident his side would repeat their victory over Botswana despite struggling to break down a dogged defence in the first half of Wednesday's 2-0 African Cup of Nations qualifying win in Cairo.
The Pharaohs (...)
Egypt will play Botswana in the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers at Cairo Stadium on Wednesday.
The game was initially scheduled to be played at the 30 June Stadium in north Cairo, but the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) board received (...)
