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The 152-fixture African journey to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil begins Friday with Djibouti and Namibia first into action on a 10-game schedule. Former World Cup qualifiers Democratic Republic of Congo — called Zaire when they competed in 1974 — and 2006 participants Togo are among 22 teams involved in a whirlwind first round. Return matches are slated for ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Investment Promotion Center, GIPC, said on Thursday that seventeen Nigerian firms had so far invested $1.5 billion (about N240 billion) in Ghana’s economy. He unveiled this at the ongoing 2011 Lagos International Trade Fair. Aboagye, who also highlighted investment opportunities in Ghana, said the investments were those recorded between September 1994 and June 2011. ...

Votes were being counted Wednesday in Liberia’s presidential run-off which has left Nobel Peace Prize Ellen Johnson Sirleaf poised for a second term and the opposition crying foul. The election had been expected to consolidate peace and confirm Liberia’s democratic credentials, but a boycott call by challenger Winston Tubman and a deadly shooting poisoned the west African country’s second post-war ...

The United States government has offered to train Nigerian soldiers on how to counter the continued deadly attacks of the Boko Haram sect. The training is expected to equip the Nigerian soldiers on how to tackle the frequent attacks by the group. In a report by The Guardian of London, military authorities in Nigeria were said to have confirmed that ...

The curiosity of two women strangers at the weekend led to a dramatic rescue of an eight-year-old girl in Uganda, who had been tied upside down to the roof bars by her mother, apparently, as a punishment for allegedly stealing an earring worth $0.2 (USh500). It was about 2:30pm (East Africa Time) when two women who were walking past the ...