Cisse hopes Senegal finally deliver elusive Cup of Nations
Dakar – Senegal coach Aliou Cisse named a squad on Friday he hopes will finally bring him an Africa Cup... Read more
25 Dec, 2021
Senegal railway opening overshadowed by compensation protest
Dakar – After five years’ work and at a cost of more than a billion dollars, Senegal’s capital city... Read more
24 Dec, 2021
Deaths reported as gunmen attack Niger border post
Niamey – An attack by armed men on a post on Niger’s border with Burkina Faso has left a number... Read more
24 Dec, 2021
Niger disquiet grows over France convoy protester deaths
Niamey – France is facing a wave of anger in Niger, a key ally in the Sahel, over the... Read more
24 Dec, 2021
Rockets kill four in northeast Nigeria ahead of Muhammadu Buhari visit
Kano – At least four people were killed on Thursday when suspected jihadists fired rockets on the northeast Nigerian city... Read more
24 Dec, 2021
Ivory Coast recall Wilfried Zaha for Africa Cup of Nations
Abidjan – Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha was recalled on Thursday to the Ivory Coast squad for next month’s Africa... Read more
24 Dec, 2021
Choupo-Moting named in hosts Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations squad
Libreville – Bayern Munich striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was named on Thursday in hosts’ Cameroon’s 28-man Africa Cup of Nations... Read more
23 Dec, 2021
Nigeria destroys one million expired Covid jabs
Abuja – Nigeria said it had incinerated on Wednesday more than a million doses of Covid vaccine that had... Read more
23 Dec, 2021
Guinea coup leader returns after decade in exile
Conakry – The leader of a 2008 coup in Guinea arrived back in the country on Wednesday after more than... Read more
23 Dec, 2021
Nigeria air strikes ‘kill more than 100 jihadists’
Kano – More than 100 jihadist fighters were killed in air strikes by the Nigerian military last week, security sources... Read more
22 Dec, 2021
