•Osimhen Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Taiwo Awoniyi of Nottingham Forest were among the players ruled out of Nigeria’s friendly games against Ghana and Mali. The Super Eagles camp for the game opened today. But Osimhen, Africa’s Player of the Year, would miss the matches, according to an update on the team’s social media page, reports […...
•ECOWAS leaders in Abuja yesterday The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political, and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja yesterday, reports Channels TV. While the region...
•(L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani Ministers from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met in the Burkinabe capital yesterday to discuss creating a confederation, our correspondent saw. The three military regimes formed a defence and economic pact, th...
•Ivory Coast players celebrate first goal Hosts Ivory Coast has beaten Mali to reach Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals … developing story
•Photo (L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced today their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states. The leaders of the thr...
Namibia qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 for the first time yesterday after a 0-0 draw against Group E winners Mali in San Pedro. The Brave Warriors will advance as one of the four best third-placed teams and meet Angola on Saturday for a place in the quarter-finals, reports AFP. Mali secured […]
•UN peacekeepers UN peacekeepers, ordered to leave Mali by the country’s leaders, have been forced to rush their withdrawal, destroy equipment left behind and risk their lives on the road out. Following a coup in 2020 the new military rulers in June ordered the peacekeepers out, proclaiming the “failure” of their mission and denouncing its [&h...