Paris (AFP) - Josà Antonio Camacho is set to become the new coach of Africa Cup of Nations host Gabon, the Spaniard told AFP on Saturday. Camacho, 61, was in the capital Libreville on Saturday with the president of the country's federation to sign a contract that will see him succeed Portuguese Jorge Costa in the dugout. The former Real Madr ...
Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - No sooner had Wales beaten South Africa 27-13 in Cardiff to end a wretched 2016 for the Springboks then the president of SA Rugby announced plans for a review and governance overhaul. Saturday's result, just South Africa's third defeat by Wales, saw the Springboks post an eighth loss in 12 Tests in 2016 -- their ...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's opposition leader Jean Ping once more declared himself president-elect as he returned home Saturday, claiming he had the support of multiple foreign countries after a month abroad. The re-election of President Ali Bongo in August sparked deadly unrest in oil-rich Gabon as Ping's opposition cried foul. All the emb ...
Mogadishu (AFP) - A car bomb exploded near a busy market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday killing at least eight people, police said, as medical sources warned the toll could be far higher. We have counted about eight civilians so far who were killed in the blast and more than 10 others wounded but the death toll could be higher becau ...
This year, West and Central Africa will be commemorating World AIDS Day in the context of a powerful commitment to the new HIV Emergency Plan for the region. The focus is on HIV prevention under the theme Hands up for HIVprevention. ldquo;We are happy to commemorate this year rsquo;s World AIDS Day in the full knowledge that reg ...
Representatives from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) will be visiting Ghana on the 30th of November and 1st of December 2016 to meet a number of companies from the lsquo;financial services and other industries in Accra with the aim of promoting the actuarial profession and actuarial qualifications to local employers and influence ...
Havana (AFP) - Back in the 1970s at the height of the Cold War, the small Caribbean nation of Cuba went to war thousands of miles away on the battlefields of Angola and Ethiopia, leaving thousands dead. Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who died late Friday, was convinced that the global stage for the world revolution was happening in Africa -- and t ...
Adelaide (Australia) (AFP) - South Africa fought to stay alive after losing two key wickets in the third day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Dean Elgar and Hashim Amla were dismissed as the Proteas chipped away at the home side's 124-run lead after a masterful century from Usman Khawaja propelled the Aussies to 383. At the dinner ...
Mogadishu (AFP) - Raped, abused and subjected to genital mutilation, many women suffer terribly in Somalia, an unrepentantly patriarchal country shown by successive surveys as one of the worst places to be female. A quota reserving 30 percent of parliamentary seats for women in current elections is supposed to help bring change and place at leas ...
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