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Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Nairobi and its neighbours speed up work to meet Chan 2024 schedule

Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi on 12 May 2018. © Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

The African Nations Championship is set to serve as a rehearsal for the 2027 African Cup of Nations, the first held in East Africa. The reputations of the host country heads of state are on the line in the run-up to elections. [...]

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Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Nairobi and its neighbours speed up work to meet Chan 2024 schedule

Ivory Coast
Ivorian Football Federation president confronts match-fixing accusations

Tanzania
Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Eritrea, Niger, South Sudan
Eritrean national team back on the pitch after five-year hiatus

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
The backstory of African Nations Championship postponement

Somalia
Somali squad pulls out of African Nations due to lack of funds

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Eritrea's football team resurrected to face Ethiopia

Madagascar
Madagascar presidential elections warm up on football pitch

Inner circle | Gabon
Mounguengui's powerful connections keep him at football federation helm despite scandal