Africa

Nickname: The Leopards Previous Appearances: 17 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013 and 2015) Best Finish: Champions (1968 and 1974) Who are they? Two-time winners...

Nickname: The Black Stars Previous Appearances: 20 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015) Best Finish: Champions (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) Who...

Nickname: The Stallions Previous appearances: 10 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015) Best finish: Runners-up Who are they? Long considered Nations Cup underdogs, and for good reason. Their first participation at...

Nickname: The Djurtus Previous appearances: None Best finish: None Who are they? Think about it this way. Guinea-Bissau are to Africa what San Marino are to Europe. Yet these absolute no-hopers have somehow found a...

Nickname: The Panthers Previous appearances: 6 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2012, 2015) Best finish: Quarterfinals (2012) Who are they ? One of Africa’s lower-tier sides, the Panthers, driven mostly by the star appeal of Borussia...

Senegal restored experienced defender Cheikh Mbengue and striker Moussa Sow to their 23-man squad for this month's African Nations Cup finals in Gabon. The pair had missed November's World Cup qualifier in South Africa but...

Video footage of Special Forces Command Presidential guards at State House, Entebbe clashed with Egyptian President, His Excellency Field Marshal Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s guards on Sunday. READ: Egyptian President Fattah El-Sisi in Uganda to meet...

Uganda’s neighbors and biggest trading partner Kenya is officially marking the date the East African country got independence from Britain on December 12, 1963. On this day, Kenyans celebrate the country's cultural heritage and look...

Kenyans are at pain to point out the tumble of their capital city, Nairobi having fewer visitors in the last eight months as compared to Uganda’s former administrative capital Entebbe. A report by global payments...

Governance across Africa has improved very little over the past decade as deteriorating safety and rule of law have held back progress made in other areas such as human rights or economic opportunities, a survey...