Mozambique coach Luis Goncalves became the second victim of African Cup of Nations' failure when he was sacked on Thursday, the country's football federation said.
The Portuguese coach, who had been in the post since August 2019, was dismissed after (...)
Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organisation on Tuesday backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging the globe.
The idea of (...)
The 10th round of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) opens tomorrow (Friday 26 March) at the Karnak Temple under the slogan "Ten Years of Imagination'' celebrating ten rounds of the festival, launched in 2012. The opening film will be This is (...)
The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) has confirmed its new dates, with the event's organisers saying it will take place from 8 to 14 December 2021.
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union (AU), and the Rwandan (...)
Nader Fouda, CEO and Design Manager at Ldp+Partners, has said that Egypt's consultancy market needs to be graded, making it easier for developers to select a consultancy that matches the size of their project.
With the new classification of (...)
Policymakers and experts are expected to develop context-specific and action-oriented recommendations as to how Africa can recover from the coronavirus pandemic after the Aswan II Forum ends on 5 March.
Through the so-called “Aswan Conclusions”, (...)
For at least the past half century in the post-independence era, conflicts, wars, the spread of corruption, and military coups, have spread across the African continent.
For decades, Africa has been, and is still, suffering, with the sole exception (...)
An Italian military plane arrived in eastern Congo on Tuesday to bring home the bodies of its ambassador and his bodyguard, who were shot dead in an ambush on a United Nations convoy, while the militia accused of killing them denied any (...)
Egyptian Food Export Council is planning to organize five trade missions during the current year to the African market, in order to increase the food sector exports.
The new mission will be sent to the African countries wide open for the Egyptian (...)
All times are Cairo time (GMT+2)
Saturday 20 February
AS Kigali (Rwanda) 1-1 CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Scorers: Abubakar Lawal 44 / Firas Chaouat 60
Sunday 14 February
15:00 US Monastir (Tunisia) v Raja Club Athletic (Morocco)
15:00 Napsa Stars FC (...)
In his policy statement before Egypt's new parliament on 31 January, Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir said that it had been planned to implement 2,173 projects at a total cost of LE1,522 billion from 2014 to 2024 in the sectors for which the (...)
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 (...)
