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Top five 2012 Afcon surprises thus far

Posted by ATACMAG on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:27am in Sports, AFCON, Africa, eric geret, footballl, libya, niger, Senegal, Soccer, sudan

We rank the the top surprises from the first round of group matches at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is well under way with al

More than 5 mln going hungry in Niger

Posted by ATACMAG on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 9:49am in Health, Africa, hunger, niger

More than five million people are going hungry in Niger, the impoverished west African country's premier said Wednesday.

Former Niger president Saibou dies at 71

Posted by ATACMAG on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 9:53am in Health, Africa, Ali Saibou, Mahamadou Issoufou, niger, Seini Kountche

Ali Saibou, who was president of Niger from 1987 to 1993 and brought multi-party politics to the west African country, died Monday in the capital Niamey, the presidency announced."It is with g

Libya, Niger qualify as Nigeria, South Africa fail

Posted by ATACMAG on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 8:25am in Sports, Angola, Football, ghana, guinea, libya, Mali, niger, Nigeria, Soccer, Tunisia, Zambia

Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Niger, Tunisia and Zambia qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Saturday while Nigeria and South Africa were eliminated after a day of drama and confusion

Explosions rock Nigerian city beset by sectarian unrest

Posted by ATACMAG on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:28pm in Other-News, Africa, bomb, jos, niger

JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Two explosions were heard Sunday night in the central Nigerian city of Jos, a flashpoint of sectarian and ethnic clashes, security officials and witnesses said, but details wer

Cote D'Ivoire & Morocco in Group of Death, Nigeria have it easy - an in-depth look into who from Africa will make it to World Cup 2014

Posted by ATACMAG on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 10:18am in Sports, Africa, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, burkina faso, Burundi, CAF, cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, congo, djibouti, DR Congo - Kinshasa, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, gambia, ghana, guinea, Guinea-Bissau, ivory coast, kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, somalia, South Africa, sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The Elephants have been handed a tough draw in the initial phase of qualifying for Brazil while all the top teams aside from Cameroon are in more manageable groups.