Already-qualified Nigeria ensured they would finish on top of their African Nations Cup qualifying group after beating Seychelles 3-1 on Friday.
Odion Ighalo converted a penalty to give Nigeria the lead in the 35th minute but Roddy Melanie drew (...)
1882: British troops occupy Egypt at the behest of Khedive Tawfik whose throne is threatened by military commander Ahmed Orabi's revolution and by foreign control of Egypt.
Orabi is defeated by British forces and, to avoid a repeat of the Orabi (...)
Decades after he closed his eyes for the last time, the life of Egyptian revolutionary Saad Zaghloul still holds secrets no one knows of, despite the deep research into them.
Aiming to reveal the unknown mysteries of the legendary icon's life, the (...)
Nigeria secured a place at the 2019 African Nations Cup finals with a deserved 1-1 draw with hosts South Africa in their Group E qualifier at Soccer City on Saturday.
Buhle Mkhwanazi put the ball into his own net to give Nigeria the lead after nine (...)
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will conduct further enquiries into accusations of bullying by executive committee members after an initial probe was unable to prove any improper behaviour, it said on Wednesday.
Athletes' committee chair Beckie (...)
Ethiopia's parliament on Thursday swore in the country's first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to achieve gender parity in government.
The appointment of Meaza Ashenafi comes two weeks after (...)
Ethiopia's parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country's political system from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Sahle-Work (...)
Libya coach Adel Amrouche has resigned just days before his side are to due face Nigeria in an African Nations Cup qualifier.
His departure has been confirmed by the Libyan Football Federation and on Wednesday by Belgian Amrouche, who told Reuters (...)
An EU Commissioner called it “the biggest scandal in Europe today.” The Danske Bank-Russia money laundering affair is a shock for many in Denmark — for high-end UK realtors it's just a supply chain glitch.While talking about “the biggest scandal in (...)
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 9, 2018 (News Wires) - Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah scored twice and missed two penalties as Egypt made a dream debut under Mexican coach Javier Aguirre by crushing Niger 6-0 Saturday in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.
Salah had (...)
Nigeria recovered from a sluggish start of their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers campagin after crushing Seychelles 3-0 at their home pitch in Victoria on Saturday.
The Super Eagles, who were bottom of the group E following a first round (...)
DURBAN, Sept 8, 2018 (News Wires) - Libya forced a 0-0 draw with South Africa in Durban Saturday to remain surprise Group E leaders in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition.
When the mini-leagues draw was made, former African (...)
Nigeria acknowledged a FIFA-approved appointee as the sole head of its national soccer federation on Monday, minutes before the world body was due to ban the country from international matches over political interference in filling the post.
FIFA (...)
Nigeria narrowly avoided being kicked out of international soccer on Monday when it recognised the FIFA-approved head of its national federation, minutes before a ban for its failure to do so was due to take effect.
The sport's global body had said (...)
Egypt has officially submitted a request to Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to serve as the secretary general during the upcoming period, the minister of industry and trade Tarek Qabil said.
He added that such decision (...)
The East African Community (EAC), which includes the countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, ratified the three economic bloc agreements (COMESA, SADC, East Africa) for the first quarter of this year.
According to government (...)
FIFA says it will not act on Ghana's complaint about refereeing in a World Cup qualifying match last weekend.
The Ghana federation wanted its 0-0 draw in Uganda replayed, and also protested about South African referee Daniel Bennett and his (...)
Oil Tec For Oils & Detergents plans to open a new factory for vegetable oil derivatives next year after the completion of the experimental operation.
Hazem Morgan, Operations Manager Olio Egypt, said the plant's production line is dedicated to the (...)
African champions Cameroon kicked off their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a vital 1-0 home victory over rivals Morocco in Yaoundé on Saturday.
A 24th-minute goal from Besiktas striker Vincent Aboubakar was enough to give the (...)
Hero Food Industries contracted with a supermarket chain in the United States to directly export its jam products next month.
The managing director of the company in the Middle East and Africa, Mahmoud Bezan, said that entering the US market proves (...)
The Agriculture Export Council (AEC) is working on the preparation of marketing and consumer studies for the African markets and is expected to finish them in May.
The AEC also intends to raise exports of the sector to $2.26bn in 2017, up from (...)
In remarks made during the heated US presidential campaign late last year, former US National Security adviser Michael Flynn said: “When you are given immunity, that means you probably committed a crime.”
Flynn was referring to investigations (...)
In an interview with Daily News Egypt, Mansoor Ahmed, Colliers International's director for development solutions, healthcare, education, and public private partnership (PPP) in the Middle East and North Africa, said that Egypt is witnessing growing (...)
Winds of change gusted through African soccer on Thursday as Ahmad of Madagascar was voted in as the new Confederation of African Football president, ending the 29-year reign of Issa Hayatou in an election in the Ethiopian capital.
The 34-20 vote (...)
Africa's three economic blocs — COMESA, SADC, and EAC are expected to complete negotiations to establish a free trade area covering 26 countries and representing more than half the continent's GDP by early 2018, an official in the Egyptian Industry (...)
