Ahmad Elected New CAF President
Ahmad of Madagascar pulled off a stunning upset on Thursday, ousting Issa Hayatou, the long-serving president of the Confederation of African Football, in an election at the organization's congress...
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Madagascar FA Chief Ahmad Elected As New Caf President
Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad has been elected Confederation of African Football president, ending Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. The long tenure of Issa Hayatou as CAF President came...
Ahmad Ahmad Defeats Issa Hayatou In CAF Presidential Elections
The president of the Madagascar Football Association, Ahmad Ahmad has defeated long-serving CAF President, Issa Hayatou in the just ended CAF elections held at the Africa Union Plenary Hall in Addis...
Ahmad Contests Hayatou For Caf Presidency
President of the Madagascar Football Association Ahmad Ahmad will be the latest to attempt to topple long-term President of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Issa Hayatou in elections...
Death Toll In Addis Ababa Rubbish Dump Landslide Rises To 115
The Horn of Africa country has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the disas Emergency workers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa searched through a mountain of garbage for...
Number of Dead At Rubbish Dump Hits 113
The death toll from Saturday's landslide at a vast dump in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, has now risen to 113 people, local officials say. A search operation at the Koshe landfill will continue...
UK’s Boris Johnson Makes Surprise Visit To Somalia
Britain's foreign minister, Boris Johnson, made a surprise visit to Somalia on Wednesday, conferring with leaders on its security problems and a devastating drought ahead of a conference in London....
Ethiopia Rubbish Dump Landslide Death Toll Soars To 113
The death toll from a landslide at Ethiopia's largest rubbish dump in the capital Addis Ababa climbed to 113 on Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said. The toll from Saturday's disaster has "reached...
African Football Chief Hayatou Faces Challenger In Bid For 8th Term
Issa Hayatou, the last of the old generation leaders in world football, faces a rare and determined challenge when he bids for an eighth term as head of the Confederation of African Football in...
Act Now To Help Starving Children In East Africa
Sir Mo Farah has said it "breaks his heart" to hear how families are facing starvation in East Africa as he backed a UK charity fundraising appeal. The Olympian said it "hurts to see children without...
Disasters Emergency Committee Makes East Africa Appeal
UK aid agencies have launched a fundraising appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in East Africa. The Disasters Emergency Committee says at least 16 million people in Somalia, Kenya,...
Ghana 2018 Tourney Confirmed For Nov 17 To Dec 1
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed the tournament date for the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Ghana. At its Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday, March...
Nyantakyi Faces Tough FIFA Election Fight Against Tanzania’s Leodegar Tenga
Ghana Football Association President Nyantakyi is up against Tanzania’s Leodegar Tenga for a seat on the FIFA Council in Thursday's crucial election in Adis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nyantakyi who was voted...
Death Toll From Ethiopia Landslide Reaches 72
The death toll from a landslide at Ethiopia's largest rubbish dump reached 72 on Tuesday as the country's parliament declared three days of national mourning, a government minister told AFP. "The...
Ethiopia Rubbish Dump Landslide
Rescue workers are searching for survivors of a landslide that has killed 50 people at a vast dump in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Officials say the death toll for the Saturday night landslide at...
Bodies Pulled From Addis Ababa Dump
More bodies have been pulled from a vast rubbish dump in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa where nearly 50 people were killed in a landslide over the weekend. A massive rescue operation is on going at...
K’BU, KATH Selected As Africa Study Sites
Komfo Anokye and Korle Bu Teaching Hospitals in Ghana are among selected study sites in five African countries being used for a study into the extent of genetic factors in the cases of renal...
Ethiopia Rubbish Landslide Kills 48 In Addis Ababa
At least 48 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, officials say. They say dozens of people are still missing since the...
Ethiopia’s Rubbish Landslide Kills 15 In Addis Ababa
The area has been a dumping ground for Addis Ababa's garbage for more than 50 years At least 15 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital...
Light Rail Fails To Fix Ethiopia’s Traffic Troubles
Electric light railway tracks soar over Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, a rare example of mass transit infrastructure on a continent ruled by ramshackle, diesel-spewing buses. But despite government...