Female genital mutilation (FGM) remains as prevalent as it was 30 years ago in a handful of countries, thwarting global efforts to eradicate it, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for (...)
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 (...)
Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
In figures described by its director (...)
Lionel Messi won a record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, beating Liverpool duo Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane to take the honours.
Now aged 32, it is Messi's first Ballon d'Or since 2015 and his sixth overall as he (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Egypt's national team coach Hossam El-Badry said he hoped fans would fill the stadium during Thursday's match against Kenya in the 2021 Africa Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifiers, adding that his recent decision to exclude Pyramids FC players was purely (...)
Egypt vs. Liberia
Stay tuned as match is due to start at 19:00 Cairo time (GMT+2)
Venue: Borg El-Arab Stadium
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An 85th minute goal from second half substitute midfielder Hamdi Fathi handed Egypt a 1-0 win over Liberia on Thursday in their last warm up game ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Kenya and Comoros on 14 and 18 (...)
Egypt coach Hossam El-Badry has decided to exclude Pyramids FC players for not showing up at the team's training camp ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Kenya and Comoros on 14 and 18 November respectively.
"Coach Hossam El (...)
Egypt will face Liberia at Alexandria's Borg El-Arab stadium on Thursday for their last friendly before kicking off their 2021 Nations Cup qualifying campaign.
The Pharaohs will host Kenya on 14 November before facing Comoros away from home four (...)
Egypt kicked off their preparations for the opening two games in the Nations Cup qualifiers in Alexandria on Tuesday.
The Pharaohs will host Kenya on 14 November before facing Comoros away from home four days later.
Alexandria's camp, which will (...)
Minister of Youth and Sports, Ashraf Sobhy, mediated to end the dispute that erupted recently due to the postponement of the Cairo derby match between Al Ahly and Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League, which was scheduled to be held last (...)
In the recently held United Nation's Climate Action Summit, more than 70 countries committed themselves to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, however, major emitters have not yet done so.
According to UN estimates, if our world is to avoid the (...)
(All times GMT+2)
Monday 7 October
17:00 Liberia vs. Chad
17:00 South Sudan vs. Seychelles
17:00 Mauritius vs. São Tomé and Príncipe
17:00 Djibouti vs. Gambia
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Al-Azhar expressed on Wednesday deep sorrow for the victims of a fire that swept through an Islamic school in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, killing at least 27 children on Tuesday night.
In a statement, the world's leading Sunni institution (...)
أفادت وكالة "رويترز" للأنباء، اليوم الأربعاء، أن 30 طفلًا على الأقل لقوا مصرعهم، بعد اندلاع حريق في مدرستهم بليبيريا، مساء أمس الثلاثاء، وفقا لما أفاد به متحدث باسم الشرطة. وقال المتحدث باسم الشرطة، موزس كارتر، إن "الأطفال كانوا يتلون القرآن قبل أن (...)
At least 30 children in Liberia were killed in a fire at their school, police said on Wednesday.
"The kids were learning the Koran when the fire broke out," police spokesman Moses Carter said. "The cause is not known yet."
The fire started late on (...)
A fire at an Islamic school in Liberia has killed at least 27 children, police said on Wednesday.
“The kids were learning the Koran when the fire broke out,” police spokesman Moses Carter said. He added the blaze was caused by an electrical issue (...)
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 (...)
Equatorial Guinea side Cano Sport will face Egyptian giants and record eight-time winners Ahly in the African Champions League second round after overcoming Ethiopia's Mekelle in the preliminary stage.
Cano Sport held Mekelle to a 1-1 away draw in (...)
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 (...)
Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever as two experimental drugs showed survival rates of more than 90 percent in a clinical trial in Congo.
Two experimental drugs – an antibody cocktail named REGN-EB3 (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Youth and Sports received a number of young people from African countries participating in the Nasser Fellowship for African Fellowship, launched by the ministry under the auspices of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly, held from 8 (...)
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 (...)
