Eritrean footballers go missing in Tanzania after tournament
Thirteen Red Sea FC players fail to return home after appearing in regional competition, with speculation they will seek asylumThirteen players from Eritrea's top football club have disappeared in Tanzania after the team was knocked out of a regional t...
South Sudan marks statehood with football match
First national team plays Kenyan club in friendly, and pride and celebrations abound despite 3-1 defeatA new country needs many things: passports, stamps, a currency, an international dialling code, to name a few. For Republic of South Sudan, there was...
Libya: A donkey taunt, the Gaddafis and a fatal footballing rivalry
With Benghazi liberated, the story of how the Libyan leader and his son Saadi destroyed the Al-Ahly club is finally emergingIt's one thing for a football fan to call a player a donkey. But it's another altogether to dress an ass in the footballer's rep...
Uganda bombings: police find unexploded suicide vest
Discovery suggests al-Shabab planned to strike at more venues as death toll from attacks on World Cup fans rises to 76Ugandan police have discovered a suicide vest and explosives laced with ball bearings in a nightclub in the capital, Kampala, suggesti...
Somali militants say they carried out deadly Uganda World Cup blasts
Commander of al-Shabab, linked to al-Qaida, says group was behind twin explosions that killed 74 in KampalaA Somali militant group with links to al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for the twin explosions that killed 74 people watching the World Cup fi...
Congo renews death sentence on Norwegian mercenaries
Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland face death penalty for a second time after a similar verdict last year was overturnedTwo Norwegian ex-soldiers have been sentenced to death for a second time in Democratic Republic of the Congo by a military tribunal.J...
