By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
FC Canchungo have won Guinea-Bissau’s national football championship for the current season. The latest title sees the club return to the top of Guinean football, according to an announcement published by O Democrata GB.
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Thirteen members of FC Canchungo, Guinea-Bissau’s national football champions, are calling for the club’s ordinary congress to be convened to elect new leaders. The term of Mamadu Bobó Djaló’s leadership team ended in August, and the protesters submitted a petition to the president of the general assembly, O Democrata reports.
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · Source: O Democrata ·
Nouhoum Misbaw, centre-back and captain of ASD Juvenilia Roseto, started in the first three matches of the season. He plays a leading role in the defence of the regional football club in Calabria, according to Jornal Tropical.
🌍 World · Source: Jornal Tropical ·
Hardrock FC will be crowned Zimbabwean champions if they win their last three matches, holding a five-point lead over Scottland FC, who have a game in hand. Five Eswatini internationals play for the two teams in contention, the Times of Eswatini reports, citing Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Times of Eswatini ·
Ghana’s 2026-2027 women’s football championship will begin on 23 October, with defending champions Ampem Darkoa Ladies facing Northern Ladies in Buipe. Twenty clubs divided between the Northern and Southern zones will take part in the season, whose opening round runs until 25 October, 3news reported.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3news ·
Quinhamel maternal and child health centre sees few patientsThe maternal and child health centre in Quinhamel, Guinea-Bissau, receives few patients because of the distance separating it from local residents, its director, Edi Djeme, said. He is particularly concerned about late starts to prenatal care, with some women not seeking a consultation until the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy, according to the ANG agency.
Dakar 2026 YOG: 6,000 volunteers collect their equipmentLess than two weeks before the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, 6,000 Senegalese volunteers are collecting their accreditations and equipment at the Kër Ayo site in Ouakam, Dakar. They will be distributed across six competition venues, including the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium and Dakar Arena, to help organise the events, reports Le Soleil.The week in Africa
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