A-Z of AFCON: Key moments of a tournament of drama, twists, fairytales
A goal glut, shocks galore, a Moroccan red-carded twice, an astonishing comeback by hosts Ivory Coast to win Sunday’s final after two group losses. The 2024 Africa Cup of…
Russia Seeks New Fuel Markets in Africa, Middle East as Europe Turns Away
June 24, 2022 Russia is increasing gasoline and naphtha supplies to Africa and the Middle East as it struggles to sell fuel in Europe, while Asia is already taking bigger…
AFCON victory: Algeria fans go wild in France, loot shops, one dies
Shops in central Paris were looted and a woman was killed in a high-speed car crash in southern France in what the government slammed Friday as “unacceptable” unrest following a…
2019 Rivers All Africa Badminton Championships: 18 countries Expected in Nigeria -BFN
No fewer than 18 countries have registered for the All Africa Senior Badminton Championships holding at the Alfred Diete Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt in Rivers. Francis Orbih, President, Badminton Federation…
About 20,000 Nigerian Women, Girls Trafficked From Nigeria to Mali- NAPTIP
NAPTIP Boss, Julie Okah-Donli As many as 20,000 women and girls are feared to have been trafficked from Nigeria to Mali where they are stranded after being forced into prostitution,…
Chocolate Companies Have Failed on Pledge to Stop deforestation in W/A- Report
Major chocolate companies have failed to keep a promise they made a year ago to stop forests in West Africa, WA, being destroyed for cocoa production, a campaign group said…
Nigeria’s VertoFX Heads to Silicon Valley as DEMO Africa Announces 2018 Winners
Participants at 2018 DEMO Africa Event The 7th edition of the Pan African showcase, DEMO Africa ended in Casablanca, Morocco and five selected startups: Chefaa (Egypt), Khourtim(Morocco),…
AMC launches new film production hub for Africa
With a focus on African storytelling, the African Movie Channel has launched a production hub to develop and produce movies and TV series. Its new production division will be…
Islamic Corporation to launch $1bn Africa infrastructure fund, Nigeria, others to benefit
The Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) aims to raise $1 billion for a new sharia-compliant fund that will focus on infrastructure projects across…