Estuaire, Gabon News

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 -- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is to hold a media workshop in Brussels on Feb 15 to 16 pertaining to the smear campaigns against Islam in newspapers and media institutions in the West.

Zambia won their first African title after beating Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties during the final match of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations played at Stade de l'Amitie in Libreville, Gabon.

It was a bittersweet victory in Libreville, Gabon. Last week after arriving for the finals, Zambia's current players laid flowers on a stretch of sand in Libreville not far from where a Zambian military plane crashed into the ocean soon after takeoff in 1993, killing 25 players and officials on board as well as a state news agency sports reporter ... (more)

The 51-year-old believes the opportune time has come for a generation which has failed several times to make amends by winning the continental prize Cote d'Ivoire coach Francois Zahoui says that winning the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations title is the only thing that could make him and his side happy.

The General Assembly, the supreme authority of CAF, at its 34th session held on Friday in Libreville, Gabon; generally gave their support for Hayatou to continue at the helm when his current tenure expires in 2013.

10, GNA - The Confederation of African Football has honoured posthumously Ghana's Major George Lamptey with the Order of Merit award in recognition of his contribution to the development of football on the continent.

The 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations finalists, Zambia led by the country's football association president, Kalusha Bwalya visited the site of the tragic air-crash that killed the Zambia team 19 years ago.

Ghana captain John Mensah and midfielder Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu left the Black Stars camp in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday and travelled to Gabon to undergo medical tests.

Petauke. - REPUBLICAN Vice-President Guy Scott is today expected to leave for Libreville, Gabon to attend the closing ceremony of the 2012 Orange CAF Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.

The Brazilian football legend has arrived in Gabon to take part in the final of the 2012 Afcon on Sunday Football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, touched down in Gabon on Tuesday to grace the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations final of February 12 at the Amitie Stadium in Libreville, upon the invitation of Gabon's president Ali ... (more)

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Ivory Coast and Ghana are on course to meet in a showpiece final at the African Cup of Nations, with only semifinal opponents Mali and Zambia now able to prevent the eagerly awaited showdown.

Gabon's National Institute of Youth and Sport and the French Institute in Libreville organised a conference on globalisation and sports to coincide with the Africa Cup of Nations which the country is co-hosting with Equatorial Guinea.

Ghana drew 1-1 with Guinea here Wednesday to finish top of Group D and qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals.

Bloomberg) - South Africa's bid to flex its foreign-policy muscle by capturing the African Union's top post may be thwarted by nations resentful of its already dominant role on the world's poorest continent.

A Gabonese dancer struts his stuff on the street as his fellow troupe members wait for the arrival of the Nigerian soccer team at the Leon M'ba International Airport located in Libreville, Gabon, on January 20, 2012.

Black stars of Ghana will arrive in Gabon on Friday night to begin their fight for the Africa Cup of Nations title after completing their intensive two-week camp in South Africa.

Daniel Minkoh flashes a smile as he stands alongside his wife and three kids, proud of his middle-class status in the equatorial west African state of Gabon.