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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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‘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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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 &...

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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)...

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S.Africa Revokes Decision To Leave ICC

South Africa has formally revoked its controversial decision to leave the International Criminal Court following last...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...