African football: national teams, clubs and diasporas

AFCON 2025: Group F in the balance, with a Cameroon v Ivory Coast tie that feels like a final

Drawn in Group F of AFCON 2025, Cameroon will face holders Ivory Coast, Gabon and Mozambique

Cameroun

SNA off-season: Sinaly Diomandé, the Elephant with a solid defence

Sinaly Diomandé, the future leader of the Ivorian defence. The Auxerre defender has been growing in stature for years

AFCON 2025: Burkina Faso pleased but wary after the draw

Burkina Faso have been drawn in Group E of AFCON 2025 alongside Algeria, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan.

Burkina faso

AFCON 2025: full group stage schedule

AFCON 2025 will be held in Morocco from 31 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. The draw has produced some big ties.

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AFCON 2025: Morocco draw Mali, Senegal face DR Congo again

The Confederation of African Football held the AFCON 2025 group-stage draw in Rabat on Monday. Here are the groups.

Maroc, Tous les pays africains

Djibouti: fresh turmoil at the football federation

After being re-elected, Souleiman Waberi has set about clearing house at the Djiboutian Football Federation

Djibouti

AFCON 2025: All eyes on the draw

On Monday 27 January, all eyes will be on Rabat, where the draw for the AFCON 2025 groups will take place

Maroc, Tous les pays africains

Benin: stormy executive committee meeting and relegation of JSO

In Benin, the football federation has ratified the relegation of Jeunesse Sportive de Ouidah, as recommended by the ethics commission

Bénin

SNA off-season: Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye, already the complete package

Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye, Senegal's rising gem. The 22-year-old defender embodies the future of the back line

Sénégal

Fecofa: Constant Omari, the prospect of a return

The election of the new FECOFA Executive Committee will take place on 30 May, and the prospect of a return by Constant Omari is starting to loom.

RD Congo

Central African Republic: who is actually the national team coach?

A week after the sports minister unveiled Rigobert Song as coach, confusion still reigns in the Central African Republic

Centrafrique

Swiss investigation into Véron Mosengo-Omba: case dropped, bringing relief to CAF

With no grounds to open criminal proceedings, the Swiss prosecutor's office has decided to end its investigations into Véron Mosengo-Omba.

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