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Hizbul Islam chief Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has reportedly accepted peace talks after discussions with Egyptian government officials, who have been leading efforts to mediate between Sheikh Aweys and President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.
Cameroon, Tunisia and Senegal arrived in the country on Wednesday to vie for the solitary ticket reserved for Group C in the 2010 women's volleyball World Championship qualifier.
COMMMUNITY Development and Social Services Deputy Minister John Chinyanta has said the on-going Pan-African cultural festival is a platform for African countries to re-strategise and focus on economic emancipation.
Libya could soon join Nigeria to supply crude oil to Ghana on a concessionary term.
Algeria on Sunday burst with African pride at the opening of the second Pan-African Festival, a showcase of Africa's rich and diverse cultural heritage.
The 20-year-old, who impressed with Zamalek in the second half of last season, comes in for versatile midfielder Ahmed Fathi who has been ruled out because of a knee injury.
AMAVUBI head coach Tucak Branko was quick to blame Nigerian referee Emmanuel Imiere for playing a part in Rwanda's 0-3 defeat against Egypt in Cairo.
President Sheikh Sharif attended the AU Summit in Sirte, Libya, where he pushed for changing the mandate of AU peacekeepers (AMISOM) in Mogadishu to use force against insurgents.
The opening of the Pan African Festival 2009 on Saturday was a ceremony of pomp as traditional groups from over 51 countries showcased the richness of African culture on Zirouf Youcef Avenue in Algiers.
African leaders have been urged to commit more resources to agriculture to reverse the escalating food crisis, and to end the renewed violence in parts of the continent.
The United Nations nuclear agency is using its expertise to help archaeologists unearth millennia-old secrets, from the supposed murder of King Tutankhamun to the mysterious death of Great Pharaoh Ramesses II, from Egyptian mummies.
Continental leaders gathered at the 13th African Union Summit on Friday took a decision to transform the African Union Commission into a new African Union Authority.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the initiative to setup a single administrative structure to implement policy issues is not intended to cede sovereignty to the authority of the African Union (AU). The Liberian leader, who returned from the 13th Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, held in Sirte, Libya, over the weekend, made the remarks in an intervention ...
GERMANY, Israel and Egypt are not disposed to accepting ailing Henry Okah for medical treatment on the strength of a condition by the Federal Government that they sign an undertaking to return him to Nigeria after his treatment. They have accordingly declined to have him on their shores for treatment.
Kenya's 15-a-side rugby team arrived in Morocco on Monday afternoon and promptly started final preparations for their Africa Rugby Confederation Trophy match against Senegal. Coach Michael "Tank" Otieno, however, admitted that playing away in Morocco would not be easy.
A 25-member contingent of the Egyptian national male hockey team last Saturday evening zoomed into the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) from Egypt, ahead of the hockey championship to be hosted by Ghana.
EGYPTIAN billionaire and Orascom Telecom chairman Naguib Sawiris is to inject a significant amount of cash towards the expansion of Telecel Zimbabwe, which he had in 2007 planned to hive off into an ambitious pan-African group.
AMAVUBI Stars' skipper Olivier Karekezi claims that the team is ready to give Egypt a good run for their money in today's 2010 World/Africa Nations Cup qualifier.
The second edition of the Pan African Cultural Festival, otherwise called Panaf 2009, last Saturday evening, officially opened at the Sofia Square on Hivert Street in Algiers, capital of Algeria.
The global finals of the world's largest technology competition, Imagine Cup 2009, began yesterday in Cairo, Egypt with 444 students from 124 countries and regions, including Nigeria. At stake is $288, 000 in prize money and the chance to kick-start their careers in one of several technological fields.
A huge pan-African festival gathering more than 8,000 artists and writers from all over Africa including Togo, as well as Brazil and the United States, got under way here on Saturday.
A high powered delegation of the Egyptian National Olympic Committee (ENOC) that arrived Abuja at the weekend to participate in the election of the secretary general of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) have mounted a strong campaign for their candidate.
EGYPT is planning to acquire 200 hectares of land in Gulu district to introduce a variety of wheat that can thrive in Uganda.
RWANDA did little to salvage any hopes of qualifying for next year's World Cup and Africa Nations Cup after succumbing to a 3-0 defeat against African champions Egypt in Cairo.
There were fears at the weekend that the multi-billion dollar Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project being midwifed by Nigeria, Algeria and Niger is now a target for sabotage by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
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