First Bank female basketball team at the weekend picked the lone ticket of the FIBA Africa Zone 3 to represent Nigeria in the forthcoming 2010 African Clubs final for Women, which will dunk off in Tunisia November 17.
Read More Africa, FIBA, forthcoming, lone, nigeria, Team, the-weekend, tunisia, womenThe Confederation of African football (CAF) at the weekend revealed the last three nominees for the 2010 Glo/CAF 201 Player of the Year Award.
Read More Africa, caf, confederation, glo, player', result, the-2010, the-weekend, weekendKINSHASA (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo risks another fuel explosion like that which killed some 230 people at the weekend unless it boosts safety in the chaotic east and south of the country, a sector expert said on Monday.
Read More Africa, Democratic, Explosion, fuel, the-country, the-weekend, topnews, weekendKINSHASA (Reuters) – Around 50 rebels carried out a rare attack on a U.N. peacekeepers’ base in eastern Congo at the weekend and eight assailants were killed when peacekeepers fired back, the U.N. mission said on Monday.
Read More Africa, congo, kinshasa, peacekeepers, reuters, the-weekend, topnews, weekendBAMAKO (Reuters) – Mauritanian aircraft attacking suspected al Qaeda insurgents in Mali at the weekend killed two civilians, a Malian defence source said on Monday, days after kidnappers crossed into Mali with seven foreigners abducted in Niger.
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