The draw of the 2020/21 Total CAF Confederation Cup Additional 2nd Preliminary Round kicks off at 12:00 GMT (14:00 Cairo Local Time).
Enyimba FC (Nigeria) vs. Bloemfontein Celtic / Rivers UTD
FC Platinum (Zimbabwe) vs. ASC Jaraaf (Senegal)
Raja CA (...)
As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it.
The level of testing across the continent is considerably less than what health experts say is needed to (...)
More than 14% of polling stations in the Central African Republic failed to operate during Sunday's presidential and legislative election due to armed rebels who attacked voters and barred electoral staff, the electoral commission said on (...)
The Chemical Industries Export Council is studying the possibility participating in an exhibition for Egyptian industrial products proposed to be organised in South Sudan's capital, Juba, Khaled Abul Makarem, Chairperson of the Chemical Industries (...)
Voters went to the polls for Central African Republic's presidential and legislative elections after a campaign period marked by violence between rebels and government forces.
Despite calls from the opposition to delay the vote amid the insecurity, (...)
It is high time to revisit the writings of Egyptian geologist Roshdi Said (1920-2013), who was born 100 years ago.
Said wrote extensively on water, energy, desert reclamation, and other issues, as well as on the development of Egypt's educational (...)
The implementation of a mammoth African free trade agreement will begin on January 1, an official in the African Union (AU) announced on Monday.
"One of the key outcomes of the African Union's virtual 13th Extraordinary Summit in South Africa is the (...)
One of the lessons learned thus far from the Covid-19 pandemic is how health issues and the political stability of different countries are interrelated. Not only has the pandemic wreaked havoc on the world's economy, but the very fact that some of (...)
Egypt's state-run construction Arab Contractors (AC) mulls entering into two infrastructure projects in Tanzania and Rwanda during 2020, as part of its plan to continue expanding into foreign markets and taking advantage of the project opportunities (...)
Whereas Democratic Party supporters in the US criticise US President Donald Trump for using a “rhetoric of fear” when he tells voters that he is the only one protecting the American Dream against the threat of chaos, they themselves also tend to use (...)
“There is a famous saying that every Egyptian knows — Egypt is the gift of the Nile. However, the point of my book is that it goes both ways because I want to argue that the Nile is also the gift of Egypt,” says Nezar AlSayyad, author of The Nile: (...)
When Loveth Metiboba's baby had diarrhoea, she worried that taking him to a clinic near her home in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, might expose them both to the coronavirus.
"The idea of going to the clinic was very scary," said Metiboba, a researcher (...)
Rwanda has issued an international arrest warrant against the former military intelligence chief due to genocide crimes, an official said on Wednesday.
Rwanda has investigated Aloys Ntiwiragabo, who had been identified by the United Nations (...)
The European Union is set to exclude Algeria from its safe list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential travel after a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday.
The list of countries will fall to 11, assuming the provisional decision is (...)
“Never Again,”. It was a solemn promise made three-quarters of a century ago to humanity.
In the aftermath of WWII and the atomic bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United Nations was established by a group of nations on 24 October 1945 to keep (...)
One hilarious joke once circulating in Iraq referred to an imaginary “anti-concern” medicine named after former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, known as much for his diplomatic clichés voicing concern over the tragic events in the country while (...)
As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived.
Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200 (...)
African countries have adopted different measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of the continent's countries have enforced traditional measures, such as the closure of schools, imposing curfews and banning religious, (...)
Rwanda's president has pardoned and ordered the release of 50 young women who were jailed for having or assisting with abortions.
Justice Minister Johnston Busingye said the women released Tuesday were the last to be freed. Last year, President Paul (...)
Cairo University's dorms received on Saturday three new groups of repatriated Egyptians from Kuwait for a 14-day quarantine, bringing the total number of groups returning from Kuwait to 13.
According to state-owned MENA, Cairo University President (...)
Egypt has repatriated around 12,000 stranded Egyptians from different countries since late April, an aviation ministry source told Al-Ahram on Friday.
Seventy Flights arranged by EgyptAir and Air Cairo airlines brought Egyptian nationals back to (...)
“It was very good news for thousands of Egyptians stranded in the Gulf that they will soon be returning home. The conditions they are facing, in the Gulf in general and in Kuwait in particular, are difficult.
All the uncertainties have led to (...)
To prevent Ethiopia from completing construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and begin operations without first reaching an agreement with Egypt and Sudan, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri has appealed to the UN Security Council to (...)
Students at the British University in Egypt's (BUE) Faculty of Communication and Mass Media have created a unique graduation project aimed at creating awareness on Egypt's plastic consumption.
The impacts of plastic pollution on the world's water (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday that the authorities will return more than 16,000 nationals stranded abroad in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The flights, quarantine and the medical tests from May 3 to May 9 have cost (...)
