The President of the Madagascar FA and member of the CAF executive committee, Ahmad says there is an urgent need to reform football in the continent. Ahmad who is also the only man challenging the...
The East African Standard looks at those displaced in the violence About 2,500 police officers are being deployed to the western Kenyan region of Kerio Valley to hunt down those responsible for the...
Queen Elizabeth II of England has awarded a Ghanaian-born nurse in the UK, Cecilia Anim, with a CBE, (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). The New Year Honours are awarded...
Income rules which stop thousands of British citizens bringing their foreign spouse to the UK are lawful “in principle” the Supreme Court has ruled. Judges rejected an appeal by families who...
The wife of 92-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he would be the voters' choice even after he dies, as she addressed supporters from the ruling ZANU-PF party. Grace Mugabe,...
The UK faces higher food prices without continued access to EU workers, 30 food and drink associations have warned. In a letter published in the Guardian, they argue that EU workers play an important...
South Africa's government has proposed a national minimum wage of 3,500 rand ($242; £199) a month. About 47% of working South Africans earn less than the wage, which is being introduced to combat...
With its evening gowns, celebrity judges and tears of joy, the beauty pageant in Kenya's capital was like others elsewhere, except for one thing - all 20 contestants who strutted, sashayed and...
The gloves are off in South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) and internal squabbles are now being played out in public. Today the ANC Youth League launched a scathing attack on...
The chief whip of South Africa's governing political party has called on its entire leadership - including President Jacob Zuma - to step down. Jackson Mthembu said fraud charges against the finance...
The Hague (AFP) - Kenya failed to work with the International Criminal Court in its probe over post-election violence against President Uhuru Kenyatta, the tribunal said Monday, some 18 months after...
There was a rare outbreak of peace among South Africa's political elite last night as they come together to celebrate the 80th birthday of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The ex-wife of South Africa's...
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's runners impressed at the Rio Olympics, but to the country's shame its officials were equally distinguished when it came to corruption. Six gold medals -- including in both...
