It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved ... period and to keep ECOWAS doors open to the three countries during the transition period,” ECOWAS Commission President ...

West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has approved an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations. It comes after a nearly yearlong ...

ABUJA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa's main ... of the three countries on Jan. 29, a year after ...

The map was shown during a broadcast of Friday's draw to show European countries that cannot play each other in matches to qualify for the tournament for geopolitical reasons—such as Ukraine ...

During last week's draw, world football's governing body showed a map of countries that cannot be drawn to face each other for geopolitical reasons, such as Spain and Gibraltar, Kosovo versus ...

Bournemouth fired 29 shots on the West Ham goal, but needed a wonderful Enes Unal free kick to snare a point at the Vitality Stadium from a 1-1 draw on Monday ... West Ham’s Spanish midfielder works a ...

Four West Ham United women’s team players ... and Siren and Finland will be in Pot Four. The draw will start by assigning the countries in Pot One a group. Then, teams from Pot Two will be allocated a ...

Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage on the French territory of Mayotte ... They can leave poor countries in southern Africa, which contribute a tiny amount to climate change, having to deal ...

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World Cup qualifying draw that excluded Russia-occupied Crimea from the country’s territory.

Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean off Africa’s east ... have long criticized the French government of neglect. On Tuesday evening, a program on public broadcaster France 2 raised 5 million euros ...