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2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Live Updates

728: And that’s all over in Lome too – and it’s Togo who go through! Their 1-0 win on the night makes it 2-2 on aggregate, and the Togolese go through courtesy of their away goal from the first leg. … read more »

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2013 Africa Cup qualifiers: Cape Verde safely through

Cape Verde Islands completed a comfortable 3-1 victory over Madagascar on Saturday to advance to the final round of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The result gave the Cape Verdiens a 7-1 aggregate victory, after they had … read more »

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Cameroon beat Guinea-Bissau on busy day of qualifying

Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions made hard work of beating Guinea-Bissau 1-0 in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Cameroon had to wait until the 80th minute before Benjamin Moukandjo finally broke the deadlock against a team ranked 169th in the … read more »

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2013 Africa Cup qualifiers: Malawi beats Chad 2-0 in the 2013

Malawi beat Chad 2-0 today in Blantyre to qualify for the final qualifying round of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Chad had won the first leg 3-2 played in N’Djamena three months ago but with an aggregate score of … read more »

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Results: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers

SATURDAY’S NATIONS CUP RESULTS (aggregate scores in brackets) Namibia 0-0 Liberia (0-1 on aggregate) Liberia’s Lone Star are celebrating the narrowest of wins as they put themselves in contention for a first Nations Cup finals since 2002. They may not … read more »

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2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Live Updates

SATURDAY’S NATIONS CUP TIES (aggregate scores in brackets) Malawi (2) v Chad (3) Uganda (1) v Congo (3) Cameroon (1) v Guinea Bissau (0) Sierra Leone (1) v Sao Tome (2) Namibia (0) v Liberia (1) Nigeria (0) v Rwanda … read more »

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2013 Africa Cup of Nations: Algeria one step closer

Algeria have eased into the final round of qualification for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after a 4-1 win over Gambia on Friday night. Leading 2-1 from the first leg, it means the North Africans were comfortable 6-2 aggregate … read more »

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Central African Republic pull off shock win in Egypt

Central African Republic pulled off a remarkable upset on Friday by inflicting a first home defeat on Egypt in 47 years of African Nations Cup qualifying. Hilare Momi scored twice and David Manga grabbed the winner as the visitors came … read more »

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2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Preview

Seven teams will book their place in the third and final qualifying round of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday. Minnows Sao Tome e Principe are looking to create one of the biggest upset in Nations Cup qualifying history … read more »

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Africa 2014 World Cup qualifying: S. Africa Bafana Bafana held again

South Africa failed to bounce back from last weekend’s dismal 1-1 home draw against Ethiopia after another 1-1 stalemate in Botswana. Morgan Gould gave the visitors the lead in the 15th minute but Bafana then watched in horror as their … read more »

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Africa 2014 World Cup qualifying: Nigeria held by Malawi

Nigeria’s stuttering start to their World Cup qualifying campaign continued on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw away by Malawi in their African zone Group F tie in Blantyre. The result follows a narrow, and late, triumph … read more »

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Africa 2014 World Cup qualifying: Ghana defeated by Zambia 1-0

African champions Zambia put a torrid week of off-field tension behind them to beat Ghana 1-0 in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday. Captain Chris Katongo scored with a deflected shot after 15 minutes to ensure home success after a … read more »

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Africa 2014 World Cup qualifying Preview

African champions Zambia are already struggling in their bid to reach the 2014 World Cup, after losing their opening qualifier 2-0 in Sudan. The Chipolopolo host a Ghana team on Saturday, who will be out for revenge having lost to … read more »

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2014 Africa World Cup Qualifying Preview

With only the top team in each of the ten groups advancing to the final round of qualifiers in the African race for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, early slips can come back to haunt a side, and a … read more »

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2014 Africa World Cup Qualifying: UCHE’S goal gives Nigeria three points

A LATE minute goal from the boots of forward, Ikechukwu Uche was all the Super Eagles needed to secure the first win of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar on yesterday. The Granada of Spain … read more »

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2014 Africa World Cup Qualifying Live

1501: KICK-OFF Visitors Uganda, playing in white, kick off their inaugural Group J tie in Angola, with the Palancas Negras wearing their traditional red shirts and black shorts. Both sides are bidding to emulate group rivals Senegal, who opened their … read more »

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A round-up of Africa’s World Cup qualifying groups F-H

Five-time World Cup qualifiers Cameroon put the disappointment of missing this year’s Africa Cup of Nations to one side as they beat DR Congo at home. Elsewhere, Senegal and Algeria – who have both qualified for previous World Cups – … read more »

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Tottenham Hotspur planning swoop for Demba Ba

Tottenham Hotspur are allegedly planning to table a bid for Newcastle United’s Demba Ba. The Senegal striker could be keen to exit St James’ Park before the end of July as he will earn a cut of his transfer fee … read more »

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Egypt defeat Cameroon in a friendly game in Sudan

The Pharaohs started their preparation camp for the next world cup qualifiers in Sudan with a 2-1 win over Cameroon’s local based squad on Sunday. Sunderland’s winger Ahmed El-Elmohamady opened the scoring for the Pharaohs on the 41th minute of … read more »

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Gambia: Former anti-drug chief jailed for dealing

Banjul – A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced the country’s former anti-drug chief and his deputy to eight years in jail for drug trafficking and a host of other related charges. Ibrahim Bun Sunneh, former head of the National Drug … read more »

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President Obama’s Gay Marriage Endorsement Unpopular in Africa

DAKAR – American President Barack Obama’s public support for same-sex marriage has sparked criticism in sub-Saharan Africa, where gay men and women continue to face discrimination, violence and jail time in many countries because of their sexual orientation. President Barack … read more »

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Senegalo – Gambian relations: Continuities in the past and future

Jeggan C Senghor THE PAST For over four decades the history of relations between Senegal and The Gambia was dominated by an almost exclusive focus on ways and means of crafting ‘Senegambia’; that is, the integration of the two states … read more »

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Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government

DAKAR, Sénégal, May 4, 2012/ FINAL COMMUNIQUE 1. An Extraordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government was held in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, on 3 May 2012 under the chairmanship of H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President … read more »

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West Africa: Monetary union ignores its own slavery

Union is drafting a new trade code for Chinese investments Antoine Roger Lokongo The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is an organization of eight West African states. It was established to promote economic integration among countries that share … read more »

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Gambia will not cave in to pressure on homesexuality: Jammeh

BANJUL – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has warned foreign diplomats his country would not be “bribed” with aid to accept homosexuality. His comments late Saturday come less than two weeks after 19 people, including Gambians, Senegalese and Nigerians were arrested … read more »

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More arrests in Mali as new premier ponders cabinet

BAMAKO — Mali’s police announced a wave of arrests overnight after officers seized containerloads of weapons, as the country’s new prime minister considered Thursday who should form his transitional government. Television footage showed assault rifles and ammunition clips as Colonel … read more »

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Mali President Ousted in Coup Sheltered at Senegal Embassy

Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure, who has not been seen he was ousted in a military coup, is being sheltered at Senegal’s embassy in Bamako. Senegalese President Macky Sall told reporters while visiting Paris on Wednesday that Mr. Toure … read more »

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Mali crisis raises West Africa famine threat

The threat of famine across West Africa is getting worse with the political crisis in Mali, experts and aid workers said Thursday, urging the Canadian government to co-ordinate a response from other countries. Canada should call together an international forum … read more »

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Senegal and Mali: two coups, two reactions

The AU and ECOWAS need to act consistently and decisively to protect and uphold democracy when it is threatened by either military or civilian coups. In the last two weeks Africa’s democracy encountered two major events. In Senegal, a new … read more »

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Macky Sall’s election restores hope to Senegal

Amy Niang The most salient outcome of the presidential elections in Senegal is a heightened, irreversible sense of empowerment; the notion that ordinary people constitute the first and most important institution in a democracy. After months of tension, fuelled by … read more »

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