Rwandan President praises new mindset for African football

Confederation of African Football (CAF) President recognised the important role that the Rwandan President has been making in supporting African football on a political level

Rwanda President Paul Kagame has used the platform of the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Kigali to express his praise for the new mindset that is supporting African football to achieve its aims. “I’m very pleased, on behalf of my whole country, to have you here,” President Kagame said to…

Basketball Africa League 2021: By the Numbers

History will be made when the first BAL season tips off today and culminates with the crowning of the first BAL champion on Sunday, May 30

The inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL) (theBAL.com) season will tip off today at 4:00 p.m. CAT / 10 a.m. ET when Rwanda’s Patriots Basketball Club (BBC) takes on Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda. Below are facts and figures about the BAL: •  1 – History will…

Coronavirus - Kenya: COVID-19 Update (15 May 2021)

Total confirmed positive cases are now 165,379

267 people have tested positive to the disease, from a sample size of 4,436 tested with a positivity rate of 6.0%. From the cases 253 are Kenyans and 14 are foreigners. Clarification; 177 are males and 90 are females. Total confirmed positive cases are now 165,379 and cumulative tests so…

Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update (15 May 2021)

As at 15 May 2021, Zimbabwe had 38 554 confirmed cases, including 36 318 recoveries and 1 582 deaths. To date, a total of 579 769 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Campenaerts 7th after impressive breakaway effort on stage 8 of Giro d'Italia

A brave, fighting performance from Victor Campenaerts saw the Belgian take a strong seventh position on the uphill finish to Guardia Sanframondi on stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia

The stage was won by Victor Lafay (Cofidis) ahead of Francesco Gavazzi (Eolo-Kometa) while Attila Valter (FDJ) retained the race lead overall. On a day where the fight to get into the breakaway was particularly brutal, and saw numerous attempts by our own riders to make it, a group of…

Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 15 May 2021, 9 am EAT

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (4,677,798), deaths (125,890) and recoveries (4,232,974) by region: Central (166,788 cases; 2,640 deaths; 151,994 recoveries): Burundi (4,282; 6; 3,655), Cameroon (74,946; 1,152; 70,497), CAR (6,992; 96; 6,442), Chad (4,897; 173; 4,677), Congo (11,343; 148; 10,191), DRC (30,511; 775; 26,601), Equatorial Guinea (7,694;…

Coronavirus - Rwanda: COVID-19 update (14 May 2021)

Total cases: 26,033 (+99) Recovered: 24,592 (+106) | 94.4% Active cases: 1,098 In critical condition: 1 Tests: 1,362,483 (+3,917) Test positivity rate: 2.5% Vaccinated: 350,400 Deaths: 343 (+1) | 1.3%

Coronavirus - Namibia: COVID-19 update (14 May 2021)

Newly confirmed cases : 216 Recoveries: 170 Active cases : 2287 Deaths : 1

Coronavirus – Zambia: COVID-19 Statistics Daily Status Update (14 May 2021)

As of 14th May, we report 94 new cases out of 4,940 tests (2% positivity), 64 recoveries, and 4,943 new vaccinations; no new deaths were recorded.

Coronavirus - Nigeria: COVID-19 case update (14 May 2021)

49 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Enugu-22 Lagos-18 Rivers-6 Akwa Ibom-2 Edo-1 165,661 confirmed 156,399 discharged 2,066 deaths