Monthly Archives: July 2017
Sudan banned by FIFA
The FIFA has reportedly notified the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of its decision that, accordingly, froze the activity of Sudan and annulled scheduled...
Hail the regional soccer kings
Zimbabwe claimed a record fifth COSAFA Castle Cup with a deserved 3-1 victory over Zambia in the final played at the Royal Bafokeng Sports...
World Bank wants NEPZA regulated by one body
The World Bank and other interest groups on Tuesday made a case for the establishment of a single regulatory body to oversee the operations...
IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been...
Buffet gives away £2.4bn
Warren Buffett on Monday donated roughly $3.17bn (£2.46bn) of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities, his...
Sudanese writer wins Caine Prize
The chair of judges, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, announced al-Fadil as the winner of the £10,000 (US$12,970) prize at an awards dinner on July 3....
Police N1trn annual to stay ‘alive’
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Tuesday said that the Nigeria Police Force required N1.13 trillion annually to effectively execute its operations.
Mr. Idris...
CAF baton changes hands
Just liker another day. The same winds that blew over FIFA has blown over CAF. Only this time, it was seamless and lent itself...
Macron whacks Africa, gets twitter blast
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, is under fire on social media after making controversial remarks about what in his view was the problem with...
Benin resumes 2-yr break league football
Benin’s top-flight football league resumed on Saturday after a two-year absence following management wrangles within the country’s FA.
President Patrice Talon and CAF boss...
