Angola announced on Tuesday a provisional list for this summer's Africa Cup of Nations, which is set to be played in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July.
Coach Srdjan Vasiljevic named a 27-player list that includes 11 home-based players.
Ahly's winger (...)
Mauritania on Tuesday named the following 23-man squad for next month's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt:
Goalkeepers: Suleiman Brahim (FC Nouadhibou), Namori Diaw (ASC Kedia), Babacar Diop (AS Police)
Defenders: Aly Abeid (Alcorcon), Abdoul Ba (...)
The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)
The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)
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 (...)
French commandos rescued four foreign hostages including two French citizens from a militant group in Burkina Faso, France's military said on Friday, adding that two of the elite soldiers were killed in the night-time operation.
French special (...)
Muslims around the world celebrate on Monday the beginning of Ramadan. One of the most important religious events is the night of Roaya (moon sighting), and it marks the last night in the month of Sha'ban, and the beginning of Ramadan.
Fasting (...)
Etoile du Sahel and Tunisia midfielder Mohamed Amine Ben Amor faces a long spell on the sidelines after suffering a serious knee injury in his side's 1-0 loss to Zamalek in the first leg of the Confederation Cup semi-finals on Sunday.
The (...)
Mohsen Adel, chairperson of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), proposed forming an industrial partnership between Egypt and Tunisia in some products, with the aim of exporting them to other countries.
During the second (...)
Group A: Egypt, Dr Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Group B: Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi
Group C: Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Tanzania
Group D: Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Namibia
Group E: Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Angola
Group F: Cameroon, (...)
12:00 The 2019 AFCON draw will be held at the Giza Pyramids and Sphinx on 12 April.
The AFCON teams' seeding:
First seed: Egypt, Ghana, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Senegal
Second seed: Morocco, Nigeria, DR Congo, Algeria, Mali and (...)
The CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be held from 22 June to 20 July and will include 24 teams for the first time in the history of the championship.
Five Arab teams will participate in AFCON 2019, and three teams will make their debut: (...)
Egypt national football team have booked their place in the first seed for the 2019 African Cup of Nations finals to avoid playing top flight teams Ghana, Tunisia, Cameroon, Senegal and Ivory Coast in the tournament's group stage.
The Confederation (...)
Burundi have made history by reaching their first ever Africa Cup of Nations after holding Gabon to a 1-1 home draw on Saturday, with their fancied opponents missing out on a place in the Egypt finals.
The hosts produced a heroic performance to (...)
Angola qualified for the African Nations Cup at the expense of Burkina Faso after beating Botswana 1-0 on Friday.
Wilson Eduardo netted on his debut midway through the first half after switching allegiance from Portugal to Angola to give his side a (...)
Zamalek vs. Petro Atletico
Match is due to start at 21:00 Cairo time (GMT +2)
Venue:
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)
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Beyti Egypt aims to boost its sales volume by the end of this year to EGP 5.5bn up from EGP 3.8bn in 2018.
Zakaria Yassin, the company's export manager, said the company was seeking to increase its sales in the local market by 30 to 40%, as part of (...)
Islamist militants are increasing their activity in West Africa despite the establishment of a regional force to combat them in the Sahel region, and they are now threatening coastal countries, Burkina Faso's foreign minister said on (...)
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, said that Arab region has yet to fully recover from the global financial crisis and other big economic dislocations over the past decade.
"Among oil importers, growth has (...)
Total is launching its biggest exploration campaign for years in 2019 as part of a turnaround plan that is ditching the company's focus on risky long-shots in favour of areas known to contain commercial levels of oil or gas.
The French major aims to (...)
It is estimated that by 2030, one in five people will be African. Given the continent's population size, Africa's labour force has the potential to prompt the global growth for decades. However, in order to do that, Africans must implement the (...)
Jacques Merceron-Vicat, honorary chairperson of the Vicat Cement Group, said that the Egyptian economy is taking positive and steady steps forward, thanks to the policies adopted by the political leadership over the last four years. He also praised (...)
An attack on the UN mission in Mali has left 10 peacekeepers dead and at least 25 injured.
An Al-Qaida-linked Islamist group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 10 UN peacekeepers from Chad in the north of Mali on Sunday.
In a (...)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, met with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Al-Safadi, during the Arab Economic Summit in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.
Shoukry is representing Egypt in the summit, which was launched on Sunday. Yet, the (...)
Qatar's ruler has arrived in Beirut to attend an Arab economic summit marred by divisions over readmitting Syria to the Arab League.
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's government has been one of the main backers of Syrian insurgents trying to (...)
