Egypt
7 Mar
Nigeria, yesterday, joined other top seeds, Egypt and Algeria, as well as Tunisia and Madagascar, in the quarterfinals of the men’s team category of the table tennis event at the ongoing African Games holding in Accra, Ghana. Egypt won Group 1 by beating Ethiopia and Gabon 3-0 each to maintain their 100 per cent record,…
3 Mar
Egypt was Sunday set to host the latest talks aiming for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as Gaza officials reported more deadly bombardment in the nearly five-month-old war.
29 Jan
Record seven-time champions Egypt, lacking injured talisman Mohamed Salah, were knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday after losing a penalty shootout 8-7 against DR Congo.
23 Jan
The injured Mohamed Salah watched from the stands as Egypt played out a crazy 2-2 draw with Cape Verde at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday
21 Jan
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Sunday that "Egypt will not allow anyone to threaten Somalia," after a controversial maritime deal between rival Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland.
15 Jan
Mohamed Salah saved Egypt from an embarrassing defeat in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, while Nigeria were held by Equatorial Guinea despite Victor Osimhen getting on the scoresheet.
9 Jan
Nigeria men’s para-volleyball national team will face Egypt, Morocco, and Kenya in group A of the African qualifiers for a place at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
20 Dec
Hamas's Qatar-based leader, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on a ceasefire in the group's war with Israel in Gaza and a prisoner exchange. Haniyeh arrived "in the Egyptian capital Cairo to hold discussions with Egyptian officials over the developments of the Zionist (Israeli) aggression on the Gaza Strip and other matters,"…
18 Dec
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a new six-year term with 89.6 percent of the vote, the election authority announced Monday.
12 Dec
Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 1,000 migrants from Egypt and Nigeria who had been staying in the North African country illegally, officials and AFP journalists said. The 664 Egyptians were to be taken by bus to the Emsaed border post with Egypt, nearly 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) east of Tripoli. General Mohamad Bardaa, who heads…
20 Nov
Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Egypt have indicated interests to participate in the 2023 Calabar Carnival.
16 Nov
Stakeholders at the just-concluded International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Africa conference in Abuja applauded successes recorded by housing cooperatives in Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya, describing them as models that should be emulated by other countries in the continent. The three-day conference, which has as its theme, ‘’Cooperatives For a Sustainable Africa’’ drew participants from across the…
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Iranian goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini has been banned by the Iranian Football federation for Hugging a female fan after a football game. The goalkeeper was banned and fined of approximately #6.2Million for his actions which is against the country's policy as far as both genders are concerned. The incident unfolded when a female supporter's hijab slipped,…