Zambia advanced to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday after defeating the tournament's co-hosts Equatorial Guinea 1-0 with a goal by Christopher Katongo in the 67th minute.
Hosts Equatorial Guinea scored an injury-time winner to beat Senegal 2-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday and seal a spot in the quarter-finals.
Former Real Madrid striker Javier Balboa helped Equatorial Guinea to a 1-0 victory over Libya in the first Africa Cup of Nations match on Saturday. Later, Zambia went on to beat heavily-favoured Senegal 2-1 in another surprise win.
On the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations 2012, FRANCE 24 gives you a cheat sheet to the tournament’s four groups and the likely winners of the first round.
The bar room brawl that is Greek politics spills over. But it wasn't all about Athens at the G20 Summit. There was Italy. Also, the fallout from Unesco recognizing a Palestinian state and what it means to be seven billion on this planet.
African heads of state are due to seek a roadmap out of the Libyan conflict at the African Union summit which opens Thursday in Equatorial Guinea – without Muammar Gaddafi’s usual flamboyant presence.
Libya's Muammar Gaddafi is known as Africa's King of Kings, but his court of African presidents is slowly turning against him. Also, we focus on three other African leaders living in the lap of luxury, despite embezzlement charges against them. Finally, one year after the first Football World Cup in Africa, we find out if the investment paid off.
It's become known as the "case of the ill-gotten gains". Three African leaders and their families are to be investigated in Paris over whether they embezzled state funds to purchase millions of euros worth of assets. They include bank accounts, villas on the Riviera and numerous luxury cars...
We start off by taking a look at the drought gripping Niger. Millions of people are on the brink of starving to death. Guinea gets ready for the second round of the elections. We take a look at the profiles of the two candidates who have made it through. And farewell Desmond Tutu. After spending a lifetime devoted to fighting for others, the South African archbishop has announced that he'll soon be retiring.
This week we'll look at Guinea's first free and fair elections since independence. How Nigeria's government has reacted to the super eagle's early elimination from the World Cup in South Africa. And how the township of Soweto isn't only thinking about the football but also commemorating a bloody student protest.
