ABUJA (FIBA AfroBasket 2017) - African champions Nigeria are looking forward to retaining the continental title in September in Tunisia. They will be back to a place where they won their first-ever Afr...

REGENSBURG (David Hein's Eye on the Future) - What a summer of youth basketball we have already seen in 2017. Canada beating the United States in the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 en route to the ...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In preparation for the World Humanities Conference in Liège, Belgium, from 6-12 August, 2017, the Government of Mali will host an African Conference on Humanities on the theme "La...

In 2016, Ilhan Omar made history when she was elected to Minnesota's House of Representatives, becoming the first Somali-American to win a state office in the United States. Omar had humble beginnings,...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian Premier League dark horses, Misr Lel Makasa, have qualified to represent Egypt in the 2018 CAF Champions League for the first time in their history after coming from behi...

ABU DHABI // The UAE and Saudi Arabia along with the allied states who have joined them in isolating Qatar have named 59 individuals and 12 organisations for terror sanctions, putting increased pressur...

Ilhan Omar explains how she made history to become the first Somali-American legislator in the US.

Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian troops have been told not to get involved in politics, the army said Tuesday, in a warning likely to resonate given the country's history of coups and with the president currentl...

A Nigerian born pilot for Air Djibouti Ademilola #8220;Lola#8221; Odujinrin has made history by becoming the first African pilot to fly solo around the world. In a statement, the Djibouti Ports and Fre...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In qualifying for the group stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup at the weekend, Mbabane Swallows of Swaziland and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) of Uganda wrote their...