CAF Expands AFCON Teams Slot To 24
The CAF Executive Committee has passed a resolution to increase the number of participating teams in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) from 16 to 24. The change will take effect from 2019 when...
Tag: Morocco
Protesters To Hold Morocco March In Defiance of Ban
Protesters prepared to march in the Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima on Thursday in defiance of a government ban, the latest in a series of demonstrations that have shaken the country's north. The North...
AfroBasket 2017 Groups Released
Co-Host of this year’s African Nations Championship (AfroBasket) Tunisia has been handed a relative easy group for the upcoming competition as the North African side is set to compete against...
Radical Changes To Nations Cup Await Rubber-Stamping
Dramatic changes to Africa’s top competition now await rubber-stamping by the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) after recommendations made at a conference in...
New CAF President To Open AFCON To Non African Countries
New CAF President Ahmad Ahmad has made his first move and is considering expanding the Africa Cup of Nations to 24 teams which will be open to non-African countries and hosted outside Africa in an...
Morocco Sentences 25 To Prison Over W. Sahara Killings
A Moroccan court on Wednesday sentenced 25 Sahrawis to prison terms ranging from two years to life over the killing of 11 members of the Moroccan security forces in contested Western Sahara. The...
A Case Made For A Change of AFCON Timing
There are those who believe the Cup of Nations is perfectly placed at the beginning of the year while others reckon a change on the calendar year will serve the tournament well and help increase the...
CAF ‘think Tank’ To Mull Africa Cup of Nations Changes
New-look Africa Cup of Nations and CAF Champions League competitions could emerge this week from discussions in Morocco that will include FIFA president Gianni Infantino. A two-day CAF symposium...
Moroccans Eye Spanish Enclave Across Tiny Border
It's one of the shortest land borders in the world: a few dozen metres of plastic cord across a sandbank separate Morocco from the tiny Spanish enclave of Penon de Velez de la Gomera. Wooden boats...
Afghan Girls Robotics Team Land In US After Visa U-Turn
A team of Afghan girls who were earlier denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition landed in the United States early Saturday following an intervention by US President Donald Trump. The...
Elect Your Next DCE! (1)
In the maze of Asante Kotoko running their bus into a horrible ditch, the NDC and NPP haggling over 17.5% or 3% flat VAT rate, ‘Koforidua Legon’ launching Ghana’s Satellite One, Unemployed...
Morocco PM Plans Government Visits After Social Unrest
Morocco's government will make a regional tour to examine development projects, Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani said Thursday after months of protests shook the northern Rif region. Media...
Morocco Phosphate Giant Accuses S.Africa of ‘piracy’
Morocco's phosphate industry giant OCP on Thursday accused South Africa of "political piracy" by detaining a Moroccan cargo vessel loaded with phosphate from the disputed territory of Western Sahara....
CAF Suspends Al-Ahly Coach Over BeIn Sports Boycott
Al-Ahly coach Hossam El Badry has been suspended for one match by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after boycotting a press conference over the presence of the Qatari-owned BeIn Sports...
Trump Supported Us, Say Afghan Girls After Robotics Visa U-Turn
A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition spoke of Donald Trump's support Thursday after US authorities changed course and allowed them to come....
In Reversal, Afghan Girls Get US Visas To Attend Robotics Competition
A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition are now allowed to come, organizers said Wednesday. US authorities had originally denied access to...
US Laptop Ban Lifted In Egypt, Morocco
Egypt and Morocco's airlines have said a ban against carry-on laptops on US-bound flights has been lifted, leaving only two Saudi airports under the restrictions put in place in March. Morocco's...
U.S. Expects To Lift Laptop Ban Soon For Four Remaining Airports
The United States expects to lift the laptop ban soon for the four remaining foreign airports that are still impacted by the electronics restriction. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security...
Four Airports Remain Under US Laptop Ban
Four airports remain under a ban for carry-on laptops on US-bound flights, imposed amid fears that Islamic State is developing a bomb concealed in personal electronics, officials said Tuesday. The...
Israel’s Labour Hopes Fresh Face Can Topple Netanyahu
Israel's main opposition Labour party has taken a risk in electing as its new leader an ex-businessman who only joined months ago, hoping a fresh approach can topple Prime Minister Benjamin...