Togo Turns Back Plane Carrying Nigerian Team
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Togo has refused landing to a plane  carrying a Nigerian team sent to help resolve a constitutional  crisis, a move that may trigger sanctions against the West  African state, a Nigerian spokeswoman said Friday.
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NIGERIA LAGOS -- The Nigerian government yesterday disclosed a foiled coup plot, charging four military officers and a civilian with conspiring to topple the government by shooting down a helicopter carrying President Olusegun Obasanjo. Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former chief of personal security to the late military dictator General Sani Abacha, and four others, were each charged with two counts of ...
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The death toll in a helicopter crash near the Sierra Leone airport Sunday rose to 22, the majority of whom were Togo soccer fans, officials said Monday.
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England&#39;s cricketers flew out for their tour of Zimbabwe today, with captain Michael Vaughan making it quite clear he was opposed to the trip.
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London - The crew of a Ghanaian-registered cargo plane that crashed in eastern Canada on Thursday were all from South Africa and Zimbabwe, an airline spokesperson said.
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Zimbabwe has reversed its decision to ban 13 foreign sports journalists from entering the country in a bid to save England&#39;s troubled cricket tour.
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West African leaders refuse to recognise Togo's new leadership and threaten to impose sanctions.
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Mali became Africa&#39;s men&#39;s only hope for an Olympic soccer medal at the Athens Games after Ghana and Morocco were knocked out of the games in men&#39;s last group matches Wednesday.
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Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng has his red card against Tottenham rescinded following an appeal.
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He refused the offer of a rest in order to lead his players on the controversial visit to the crisis-torn nation. Vaughan and the 14-man squad are due to arrive in Namibia this morning for
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - With final calls for boarding, France on Monday was shutting down one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa, an airlift that flew 5,000-plus westerners and others from violence pitting France against its former
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French troops in Ivory Coast pull back from some of their positions at the main airport in the largest city, Abidjan.
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Togo takes on Switzerland as World Cup soccer action resumes today, with Saudi Arabia facing Ukraine and Spain playing Tunisia in later games.
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Togo has refused landing to a plane carrying a Nigerian team sent to resolve a constitutional crisis, Nigeria's presidential spokeswoman said on Friday.
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Africa News, France on Monday was shutting down one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa - a five-day airlift that flew more than five thousand Westerners and others out of Ivory Coast.
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A passenger helicopter reported to be carrying Togolese football officials crashed in Sierra Leone on Sunday killing at least 20 people, witnesses and diplomats in the West African country said.
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Nigeria's under-20 football team have lost out to an all-night prayer vigil and been forced to move a key match to a provincial stadium.