Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Zamalek are the champions of the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup competition after a dramatic 1-0 win over RS Berkane in the second-leg final match secured them the trophy on aggregate on Sunday. The Egyptian White Knights headed into the return fixture at the Cairo International Stadium trailing [...]Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian giants, El Zamalek SC, are the 2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup champions. They won their second TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup trophy on the away goals rule after beating Morocco's RS Berkane 1-0 on Sunday at the Cairo International Stadium in the second-leg final match to bring the aggregate score to [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for the immediate cessation of hostilities in the town of Zaouia. It said in a post on X that it is closely monitoring the intermittent clashes which broke out early on Saturday in Zaouia, 45 km west [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday expressed "deep concern" about the abduction of a Member of Parliament of the eastern-based House of Representatives and called upon “the competent authorities to locate and secure his prompt release”. Media reports in Libya, citing an official [...]Full text...

Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - The draw for the CAF African Schools Football Championship finals will be conducted on Sunday, 19 May, 2024, in Zanzibar. The event, which will kick off at 18h30 Tanzania time (15h30 GMT), will feature CAF Legends Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria) and Jean Sseninde (Uganda) conducting the draw of [...]Full text...

Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - In just a few days’ time, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will kick off the much-anticipated CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental finals set to take place at the Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar between May 21 and 24. The innovative youth football competition comes at a [...]Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian access [...]Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The US and Zambia have signed a new multi-year initiative to combat trafficking in persons in Zambia. The US–Zambia Partnership to Prevent Trafficking in Persons (P2P), was signed by the US Embassy Zambia’s Chargé d’Affaires, Linnisa Wahid and Minister of Home Affairs, Jack Mwiimbu on Friday in Zambia, the US [...]Full text...