Online Press Conference: World Rugby's African association, Rugby Africa to Elect New President

Please join an online press conference with Herbert Mensah, President of the Ghana Rugby Football Union

World Rugby's African association, Rugby Africa, the governing body of rugby in Africa will elect its new president on March 18, 2023. Please join an online press conference with Herbert Mensah, President of the Ghana Rugby Football Union, who will announce his candidacy for the Presidency of World Rugby’s African…

Senegal’s Abdoulaye Thiam elected president of AIPS Africa

He takes over from Nigerian Mitchell Obi who opted not to run for re-election after ten years

Abdoualye Thiam is the new AIPS Africa (https://AIPSAfrica.com) president. Thiam who heads the National Sport Press Association of Senegal was elected President on Saturday, February 25, the final day of the three day of the AIPS Africa congress in Dakar. He takes over from Nigerian Mitchell Obi who opted not…

Confederation of African Football (CAF) sends goodwill message to International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Africa on eve of its Elective Congress in Dakar

The three-day AIPS Africa Congress began today, February 23, and will come to an end on Saturday, the 25th

On the eve of the AIPS Africa (https://AIPSAfrica.com) Congress in Dakar, Senegal, Mitchell Obi, AIPS Africa President, received a goodwill letter from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), dated February 22nd, 2023 and signed by the General Secretary Véron Mosengo-Omba, who conveyed his sincere apology for his inability to be…

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Dakar getting ready to host International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Africa Congress

The Senegalese capital has been chosen to welcome the African colleagues for the AIPS Africa Congress

Dakar will be hosting International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Africa (http://AIPSAfrica.com/) Congress from February 22-25, 2023. It is during a ceremony broadcasted live on television that the ANPS president Abdoulaye Thiam has made the announcement. The Senegalese capital has been chosen to welcome the African colleagues for the AIPS Africa…

International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Africa President Mitchell Obi to receive honorary doctorate in Benin Republic

The award comes as part of the University’s 2022 programme to honour distinguished Africans, who have excelled in various fields

One of Nigeria’s finest sports journalists, Mitchell Obi, is being celebrated abroad for his many years of quality devotion in the development of sports in Africa. Reverred as the Master, for his all-round appreciation and mastery of every department of the sports sector, Obi, president of the AIPS Africa and…

Rugby Africa Cup 2022 in France: International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Africa Call Out Rugby Africa President Khaled Babbou

The Rugby Africa Cup has shrunk from a celebration of an entire continent down to an unfancied provincial event

The following is a statement by AIPS Africa (www.AIPSAfrica.com) President and AIPS Vice President, Mitchell Obi: “I believe the decision made by the president of Rugby Africa to host the African qualifiers for the Rugby World Cup in provincial France, rather than keeping it on the African continent is completely wrong, and…

Sports Journalism: Guinean Security must free Dioulde now - AIPS Africa

The Union of Sports Journalists in Africa think that Dioulde's continued detention is also a deliberate attempt to censure and gag the press in Guinea

As we wait in vain  for the details of his detention by the Guinean security agency, the entire family of the Sports Press in Africa want to call on the Guinean political authority to release Dioulde Diallo with immediate effect and without any condition. His continued incarceration for over a week is…

African football affairs: CAF attack on press freedom

Another attempt to control the news regarding African football affairs

In another attempt to control the news regarding African football affairs, the journalist Nazim Bessol, working for Algerian newspaper Botola, has seen his accreditation for the African Cup of Nations revoked. Initially Bessol received a confirmation approval letter with accreditation number 1206. However yesterday Bessol received an email from CAF…