Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi begins an African tour on Tuesday to Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique.
"The tour comes in the framework of Egypt's keenness to intensify communication and coordination with its African brothers, as well as to (...)
Tunisia maintained their perfect start to the 2022 World Cup qualifiers after beating Zambia 2-0 on Tuesday in Lusaka to go top of Group B with six points.
Veteran striker Wahbi Khazri opened the scoring as early as the ninth minute from the spot (...)
Zambia's veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has won the southern African country's presidency after taking more than 50% of the vote.
Hichilema was declared president-elect by Esau Chulu, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Zambia, (...)
The police in Zambia on Sunday appealed for calm following a spate of violence experienced in some parts of the country following elections held on Thursday.
Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata-Katongo said the police have observed an emerging (...)
Hati Maronjei once swore he would never get a COVID-19 shot, after a pastor warned that vaccines aren't safe.
Now, four months after the first batch of vaccines arrived in Zimbabwe, the 44-year-old street hawker of electronic items is desperate for (...)
EGYPT'S track and field star Bassant Hemeida has won the sprint double -- the 100 and 200 metres -- at the Athletics Kladno meet in the Czech Republic. Hemeida won the 100m in 11.23, an improvement of eight hundredths of a second over her previous (...)
More than 50 players and staff members at soccer clubs in Zambia's top flight have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak that the national association says was caused by teams failing to properly implement measures to stop its spread, leading (...)
The return of the Zambian Super League on Saturday has been put on hold after leaders Forest Rangers revealed that 28 players and staff had tested positive for COVID-19.
Rangers said on Saturday morning, hours before the scheduled re-start of the (...)
More than 50 people in Zambia have been killed in mob violence in response to a spate of poision spray attacks, President Edgar Lungu said on Friday, blaming church leaders for encouraging some of the reprisals.
The chemical attacks began in (...)
Egypt's two powerhouse football clubs Ahly and Zamalek caught up with their Moroccan rivals as the four sides cruised to victories in the African Champions League quarter-finals first leg matches.
Zamalek's scenario in the 2020 Super Cup in Doha two (...)
South Africa's soccer federation (SAFA) says Madagascar pulled out of playing an international game on Saturday, amid xenophobic violence in Johannesburg and elsewhere in the country.
Madagascar was a late replacement after Zambia's soccer officials (...)
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has called off the country's friendly soccer international against South Africa in Lusaka on Saturday after riots in Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria left at least five people dead.
South African police (...)
The South African Football Association have named little known Molefi Ntseki as their new head coach after his appointment was unanimously confirmed by the organisation's national executive committee on Saturday.
Ntseki, 50, led South Africa to the (...)
Namibia have handed a maiden call-up to Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nyambe and recalled Manfred Starke from Germany after an absence of six years as they finalised their 23-man squad for the African Cup of Nations.
Coach Ricardo Mannetti decided (...)
Nigeria announces provisional list
THE SUPER Eagles announced a provisional list for this summer's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Coach Gernot Rohr named a 25-player list with all his top stars available, including Ahmed Musa (Al-Nassr, Saudi (...)
The business community in COMESA is set to benefit from €10m kitty provided by the European Union (EU) to support increased private sector participation in regional and global value chains.
This follows the signing of a financing agreement between (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said on Wednesday recent statements by IMF's managing director praising the state of Egyptian economy indicate that the country is on the right track with its ongoing economic reform programme.
Last week, the (...)
A Turkish firm has expressed interest in refinancing Zambia's $750 million Eurobond falling due in 2022, Zambian President Edgar Lungu announced on Saturday during talks with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan.
Zambia, whose credit rating was (...)
CAIRO, July 20, 2018 (MENA) – Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar stressed the importance of the Egyptian-Ugandan business council in boosting trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.
Nassar's call came during a (...)
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) encouraged its member states to adopt full digital technologies in their quest to reduce the disparities in digitisation among their citizenry and across sectors in the COMESA region.
In the (...)
Zambia and Egypt are planning to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of a 2,381-feddan joint farm project, an Egyptian official said on Friday, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.
“This new giant farm will (...)
Full-time: Zambia's Green Buffaloes 2-1 Egypt's Masry
Scorers: Mike Katiba 10, Stephen Kabamba 85 / Ahmed Gomaa 14
Yellow cards:
Ahmed Gomaa (Masry)
Red cards:
Jackson Chirwa 90+1
Line ups:
Green Buffaloes: Fred Silwamba, Malani Gondwe, Stephen (...)
Egypt's Masry made it to the Confederation Cup round of 32 despite losing 2-1 away to Zambia's Green Buffaloes in the preliminary round return leg in Lusaka on Tuesday.
The Port-Said side went into the game with a four-goal lead, having triumphed (...)
Egyptian bourse has signed Monday a memorandum of understanding with Zambia's Lusaka Stock Exchange, aiming to bolster bilateral cooperation.
Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr has witnessed the signing, which (...)
Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has been allowed to leave the Algeria training camp to "formalise" a transfer on deadline day, the Algerian Football Federation said on Thursday.
Mahrez, a key member of Leicester's Premier League title-winning (...)