By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Voice
Gambian winger Ebrima Seckan is making his mark with Teungueth FC, a Senegalese club whose attacking play he helps drive with his runs down the wing and assists. He was part of the squad that won the Senegalese first-division championship, Voicegambia reports.
South African coach Mandla Qhogi and striker Senzo Ndlovu, members of Nsingizini Hotspurs, were named best coach and best player of the 2026 Ingwenyama Cup. The Eswatini club won the competition, which combines football and culture, for the first time, reports the Times of Eswatini.
🇸🇿 Eswatini · Source: Times of Eswatini ·
Madagascar’s men’s U15 team were eliminated from the U15 World Cup after a 4-0 defeat by Senegal in the Division B quarter-finals. The match was played in Baku, Azerbaijan, L’Express de Madagascar reports.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: L'Express de Madagascar ·
Members of AS Vita Club have rejected the resignation of Flory Mapamboli, interim president of the Kinshasa football club. The leaders also set 5 November for elections to renew the club’s leadership, following a tripartite meeting, Africa Top Sports reports.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Africa Top Sports ·
Senegal’s Urban Planning Minister laid the foundation stone on 27 October 2026 for a guest house covering more than 840 square metres in Pire, intended to accommodate pilgrims. The four-storey facility is to expand accommodation capacity in the religious city during the Gamou and other major spiritual gatherings, reports SeneNews.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: SeneNews ·
Fire ravages drinks factory near ThièsA fire has ravaged part of a drinks factory in Touba Peycouck, in the Thiès region, sending a large plume of black smoke into the air. Images broadcast on 28 October by Thièsinfo TV show the flames and people watching the blaze from the road.
More than 30 women’s football leaders trained in Sierra LeoneThe Sierra Leone Football Association is continuing training for more than 30 women’s football administrators, with support from FIFA. The three-day workshop, held from 28 to 30 October, covers the national women’s football strategy, club management and participant safeguarding, among other topics, reports Sierra Loaded.The week in Africa
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