Asian Cup Final

Akram Afif scored a hat-trick of penalties as Qatar beat Jordan 3-1 in the Asian Cup final at Lusail Stadium yesterday

The result meant hosts Qatar became the fifth team to win back-to-back Asian titles, having also triumphed in 2019.

Africa Hour

'We cannot afford another four years of a President who uses balanced budget targets as a political sound bite while actually adding hundreds of billions of dollars to our national debt' - Barack Obama, 2008.

AFCON: Join Jawasi

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Against All Odds

Nigerians rushing home before the Nigeria match against South Africa

AFCON: Lesson From Ivory

Presidentially Exclusive: The victory for humanitarian liberty shall ensue - let no one quit due to pressure. Captain Ronwen Williams saved four penalties to help South Africa reach the semi-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations following a 0-0 draw against Cape Verde.

The 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)

Mali take on Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast at Stade de la Paix on Saturday, keen to progress from the quarter-finals

Mali took a huge stride towards realising their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) ambitions by defeating neighbours Burkina Faso 2-1 in the Round of 16. That set up not only this exciting quarter-final clash against the host nation Ivory Coast, but it also ended a run of three successive AFCON tournaments in which they exited at the Round of 16 stage. They’ll now be hoping to take the next step on the road to their first AFCON final since 1972 and will be full of confidence that they can advance to the last four after another robust defensive showing on Tuesday night meant they conceded just two goals from their four games in the tournament so far (W2, D2). Mali have also kept clean sheets in two of their last four meetings with their opponents, but no win in that period will be a concern (D2, L2). Ivory Coast booked their place in the quarter-finals after coming out victorious following a nail-biting penalty shootout win over reigning AFCON champions Senegal (1-1). It’s just what the home nation needed after a rather uninspiring campaign in which their opening round 2-0 win against Guinea-Bissau is their only regulation time victory at this year’s tournament (D1, L2). This poor showing cost the previous manager Jean-Louis Gasset his job, with Emerse Faé being appointed the new interim boss ahead of that tight win against Senegal. Faé, who played 41 times for the Elephants, admitted he felt great “pressure” taking on the job at short notice, and that tension will only intensify as he’s tasked next with trying to guide Ivory Coast to their first AFCON semi-final since winning the tournament in 2015. But with their two defeats in the group stage against Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria proving their only losses from their past ten internationals, Faé might hope it won’t take much to get his side back to their best.

Africa Hour

TALLINN, Estonia [ Globally European However Locally]: Tartu peace talks are held both in private meetings and in the sauna. Historian Ants Siim told "Ringvaade" that the signing, originally scheduled for February 1, had to be postponed due to excessive alcohol consumption due to the locational factor.

DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti: One of the Poorest Countries in Africa Donates to Cuba’s Healthcare System — Cuban hospitals, whose crisis of supplies, facilities and personnel has been continually denounced by the population and the independent press, currently live on donations provided by governments and foreign organizations. This same Monday, the regime celebrated the help of 280 kilograms of expendable material from a new contributor: the Cuban doctors themselves sent on a mission to Djibouti, one of the poorest countries in Africa.

FRANCISTOWN, Botswana: Police in Letlhakane have arrested five men in connection with a burglary case that occurred in December 2023 - The suspected burglars are alleged to be involved in a string of burglaries across Letlhakane policing area. According to Letlhakane station commander, Superintendent Michael Maphephu, the suspects were arrested on Wednesday after duo of gunning, a 375 and a 3006 combination rifles were recovered by police in Palapye.