Zanzibar puts in bid to host 2016 Kagame Cup

Zimbabwe launch a bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with President Robert Mugabe's full support for the plans.

The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) needs $300,000 (approximately Sh600 million) to host this year’s regional club championship, Kagame Cup, scheduled to take place here in July.

Paris will bid to host the Olympic Games in 2024, 100 years after the French capital last staged the event.The city has applied unsuccessfully on three previous occasions - losing out to London in 2012 after failed attempts for the 2008 and 1992 Games.
"We believe that this bid and our goal to host the 2024 Games will excite, unite and enthuse the people of Paris," said bid chairman Bernard Lapasset.The 2016 Games will be held in Rio, with Tokyo hosting the 2020 event.Denis Masseglia,...

The Tunisian Football Federation has submitted a bid to host this year's Caf Champions League final.

>The government has welcomed the Tanzania Football Federation’s (TFF) plan to bid for the hosting of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals, saying the nation has what it takes to stage such an event.

Kigali. Several Rwandans thronged Parliament in Kigali Monday with petitions packaged in baskets and gift boxes, demanding that the two-term limit be erased from the Constitution to allow president Paul Kagame stand for re-election.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday lashed out at “other nations” for interfering in his country’s internal affairs after criticism over a move that would allow him to extend his rule.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has signalled that he will stand for re-election for a third term. Mr Kagame in a state of the nation address said Rwandans want “politics of delivering” and “you cannot put term limits on progress.”

President Museveni has said he allowed the Kyankwanzi resolution in order to stop ambitious people within the NRM who wanted power using subversive means.