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Togo got its ticket for the Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010 Saturday in Lome after beating Gabon 1-0. Floyd Ayite scored the only goal at the 72nd minute. Togo will play the CAN for the 7th time since 1972.
This match was yet another of this weekend's decisive encounters which would be linked with either Gabon or Cameroon booking their tickets for South Africa.
Togolese politicians and sports authorities have asked all compatriots to mobilise around the Togo national football team, the Sparrow hawks, to beat Gabon this weekend and win a place for the next African Cup of Nations plan ned in 2010 in Angola.â-¨â-¨
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the suspension of six private newspapers by the government-controlled media-monitoring body, the National Communications Council, in Gabon. The council announced the suspensions, which range from one to three months, on Tuesday evening on state-run TV. The papers have been suspended for “violating the ethics of journalism” and ...
The Committee to Protect Journalists based in New York (USA) condemns the suspension of six private newspapers by the government-controlled media-monitoring body, the National Communications Council, in Gabon. The council announced the suspensions, which range from one to three months, on Tuesday evening on state-run TV. The papers have been suspended for "violating the ethics of journalism" and ...
A few years on, residents in disadvantaged areas of Libreville no longer look twice at the men and women wearing overalls, boots and protective masks as they push their wheelbarrows full of bin bags through the streets of the capital.
A crony of the newly-elected Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, has been forced to resign from the government due to a magazine report that links him to a financial scandal.
The Director of Cabinet of President Ali Bongo, Jean Pierre Oyiba, resigned on Sunday following a statement he made late Sunday evening at the first national television (RTG1). Mr. Oyiba was the Deputy General manager of OPRAG (Office des Ports et Rades du Gabon) when the current Governor of the BEAC (Banque des Etats de l'Afrique centrale), Philibert Andzembe, was the General manager of this ...
The Sparrow hawks of Togo are to meet Gabon's national football team on November 14th in Lome for a decisive match which might open them the doors for the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN-2010) due to take place in Angola.
AFTER successful whirlwind tours of the United Sates, three local music outfits Bongo Love, Mbira Dzemuninga and Matemai will perform in Harare tomorrow at the Tigashire Welcome Concert at Taste of Africa Restaurant.
The Algerian government is blocking attendance of an Algerian NGO from an upcoming UN anti-corruption summit. This is a deeply worrying development, according to the UNCAC Coalition, a group of over 200 organisations seeking implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).
On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls far short of that needed to avert catastrophe. Africa will suffer consequences out of all proportion to its contribution to global warming, which is primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from wealthy countries.
The Presiding Member (PM) of the Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region, Mr. Emmanuel Nsor-Atindana, has declared his intention to contest the Regional Secretary slot of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the party's congress in December.
Community members have been called upon to contribute to the budgeting process instead of leaving it to the Assembly members alone.
A French Appeal Court in Paris yesterday rejected the demand of the Transparency International (TI) organization for leave to open a probe in France into the estates of three African heads of state.
They narrowly defeated Stade Mandji of Gabon 29-28 in the quarter final.
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