After a dramatic African Cup of Nations final, Africa has a first-time champion in Zambia. Here's some thoughts on a riveting tournament:
LIBERVILLE, Gabon -- Thoughts on the winners from the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals:
Zambia and Ivory Coast are through to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after both teams completed comfortable 3-0 victories against Sudan and Equatorial Guinea respectively on Saturday.
Libya went out of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations despite a 2-1 win over Senegal in their final Group A match at Estadio de Bata Sunday.
Equatorial Guinea booked their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals and sent Senegal tumbling out of the competition with a dramatic 2-1 win.
Javier-Angel Balboa scored a dramatic late goal for Equatorial Guinea on Saturday as they beat Libya 1-0 in the opening match of the Africa Cup of Nations.
There were four minutes to go against Sevilla on Sunday evening and Athletic Bilbao were on course for their first victory at the Sánchez Pizjuán in 18 years when the coach Marcelo Bielsa made his final substitution.
After a dramatic end to a year-long qualifying campaign, the 16 teams competing in the 2012 African Cup of Nations have learned their group stage opponents after the draw for January's tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea was made.
The Justice Department says the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea engaged in corruption that robbed his nation of millions of dollars in assets, and that he then laundered the money by making high-priced purchases in the United States that included a crystal-covered glove once belonging to the late singer Michael Jackson.
When it comes to mandatory education, Puerto Rico and Venezuela stand apart from the rest of the world.
"So when will it be the turn of sub-Saharan Africa? When will the revolution move south?" That appears to be the "question-of-the-moment," inspired by the dictator-toppling protests of North Africa.
A U.N. agency has suspended a prize funded by and named for Equatorial Guinea's president, whose government has been accused of human rights abuses.
The president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea pledged a series of reforms Monday, saying he wants to ensure peace, political stability and transparency in the central African nation, ranked among the world's most corrupt.
The president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea has been re-elected in a vote that human rights groups criticized as unfair.
British mercenary Simon Mann, jailed last year for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been granted a presidential pardon, the country's Information Ministry said Tuesday.
Incident details: "Armed pirates chased, boarded and hijacked a fishing trawler underway" southeast of Mogadishu, Somalia. "Several persons armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machetes attempting to climb onboard with use of rope" at Lagos anchorage, Nigeria.
Mercenary Simon Mann is found guilty for his role in a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. ITN's Sue Turton reports.
British mercenary Simon Mann has been jailed for 34 years for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea.
Trial begins for a British mercenary accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea. ITN's Gregg Easteal reports.
British mercenary Simon Mann faced a possible verdict Friday in his trial on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea -- a plot which Mann has testified was financed and planned by others.
The trial of British mercenary Simon Mann continued Thursday, a day after Mann implicated former friend Mark Thatcher in the alleged plot to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea.
A British mercenary accused of plotting to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea went on trial Tuesday in the country's capital, Malabo.
A Spanish judge Wednesday ordered Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Severo Moto held in jail on suspicion of arms trafficking, according to a copy of the court order viewed by CNN.
Spanish police have arrested Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Severo Moto on suspicion of links to arms trafficking, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday.
Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a request to grant political refugee status to Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Severo Moto.
The wife of a British mercenary accused of plotting to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea has asked the west African country to let him go.
The Bush administration on Tuesday added seven nations, including several key U.S. allies in the Middle East, to its human trafficking blacklist
Angola have won the right to host the 2010 African Nations Cup finals, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have announced.
Copper topping $8,000 a ton? Just a few years ago the metal ranged from $1,300 to $3,000 a ton. Demand from China plus hedge fund speculators equals crazy prices. It now costs 1.23 cents to make a penny. This shall not stand.
Zimbabwe has freed 62 men linked to a plot to overthrow the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea that also implicated the son of Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Riggs Bank, a historic Washington financial institution, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of failing to report to regulators suspicious transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars involving foreign diplomats and governments.
Mark Thatcher has left South Africa after pleading guilty to unwittingly bankrolling an alleged coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea in a plea bargain deal that allows him to avoid jail.
Even by the colorful standards of British scandals, the arrest in late August of Mark Thatcher, son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was explosive news. The 51-year-old former racecar d...
A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a British man accused of leading a group of mercenaries plotting to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea to seven years in jail.
Former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has posted bail for her son Sir Mark, who is accused of helping to fund an alleged coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea said Saturday it had requested international arrest warrants for Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, and other Britons implicated in an alleged coup plot for this oil-rich African nation.
A court in Zimbabwe has found a Briton alleged to be the leader of 70 men accused of plotting to topple the government of the oil-rich West African country of Equatorial Guinea guilty of weapons offenses.
Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has been arrested and charged in South Africa with the financing of an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
A man accused by Zimbabwe of leading 70 suspected mercenaries has pleaded guilty to attempting to possess dangerous weapons, according to news reports.
The trial in Zimbabwe of 70 men accused of being mercenaries plotting to oust the government of Equatorial Guinea has been postponed for a day to give lawyers more time to prepare their case.
The recent controversy over an alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea has focused attention on a rapidly growing oil sector and the jinx that seems to accompany Africa's mineral wealth.
In the multinational effort that may have averted a coup attempt in Equatorial Africa, South Africa alerted Zimbabwe that a planeload of 64 "suspected mercenaries" was to land in Harare, sources close to the investigation said Thursday.
Zimbabwe has accused U.S., British and Spanish spy agencies of helping suspected mercenaries detained in Harare to overthrow Equatorial Guinea's government.
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