Security Situation In Mali Remains Worrying Despite Progress
The security situation in Mali “remains worrying” despite recent troop deployments and some progress on the country’s peace accord, according ...
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Malian FA Suspended By Fifa Over Government Interference
Mali's football teams will not be able to compete while the ban is in place Mali's Football Association (FEMAFOOT) has ...
Malian FA Suspended By Fifa Over Gov’t Interference
Mali’s Football Association (FEMAFOOT) has been suspended by Fifa until further notice over government interference in football matters. Fifa acted ...
Musician Youssou Ndour Backs Senegal’s War On Malaria
Youssou Ndour, Senegal's most famous musician, is throwing his weight behind malaria eradication in his homeland to combat an illness ...
Rawlings, Kufuor Briefed On Sam Arday’s Funeral Arrangements
The family of the late Sam Arday Tuesday paid separate courtesy calls on former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John ...
Chad’s Faki Assumes African Union Leadership, Pledges Reform
Chad's former foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat assumed office as head of the African Union Commission on Tuesday, pledging to ...
‘Jihadists’ Kill Civilians, Soldiers In North Mali
Two civilians and two Malian soldiers were killed Monday in an attack blamed on jihadists in the country's restive north. ...
Don’t ‘plunder’ State Kitty For Religion
The government must not use state resources to build religious edifices or fly pilgrims to holy sites, founder of policy ...
Mali Facing Possible Fifa Ban Due To Government Interference
Mali is facing a possible Fifa suspension after the country’s sports minister missed a deadline to revoke his dissolution of ...
Mali Face Football World Cup Ban After Officials Fired
Mali could be thrown out of the 2018 World Cup qualifying competition after the government sacked the national football federation ...
Jihadist Alliance Claims Mali Attack That Killed 11 Soldiers
A jihadist alliance uniting Malian insurgents loyal to Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 11 soldiers close ...
Niger Puts 1,000 ‘Boko Haram Fighters’ On Trial
Niger has begun the trials behind closed doors of about 1,000 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist movement, officials ...
Zimbabwe FA Chairman Chiyangwa Threatens Caf With Legal Action
Latest: I didn’t cause friction between Otiko and our mother —Bawa Mogtari We Blend Our Vision With Truth & Enlightenment ...
Zimbabwe FA Chairman Chiyangwa Threatens CAF With Legal Action
Zimbabwe FA chairman Phillip Chiyangwa has escalated his war of words with the Confederation of African Football (Caf) by threatening ...
S.Africa Revokes Decision To Leave ICC
South Africa has formally revoked its controversial decision to leave the International Criminal Court following last month's High Court ruling ...
Robert Mugabe Misses Kwame Nkrumah At Ghana@60
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has indicated he misses Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah. Speaking to journalists in Accra on ...
M.anifest Spits Fire Freestyle On BBC 1Xtra
Rapper M.anifest over the weekend joined DJ Edu on BBC 1Xtra for a Ghanaian Independence Day special. M. Dot spoke ...
We Will Achieve Our Forebears Dreams of A Better Ghana
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday paid homage to Ghana’s forebears, expressing optimism that their struggle, vision and dreams ...
Steps To Peace Falter In Mali’s Timbuktu As Militias Squabble
Tensions between armed groups who encircled Mali's fabled Timbuktu have prevented the head of a new regional body from taking ...
Fourteen Countries Confirm Participation In Ghana’s 60th Anniversary
The Planning Committee on Sunday announced that 14 African countries have confirmed their participation in Ghana’s 60th Independence Anniversary ...