Residents of Khartoum awoke Sunday to artillery and rocket fire, hours after an air strike in the city’s south killed at least 20 civilians including two children, according to Sudanese activists.”The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the  neighbourhood’s resistance committee. …

Air strike in Khartoum kills 20 civilians: activistsSun, 03 Sep 2023 10:33:21 GMT Read More »

Jacques Nienaber is far removed from the stereotype of an international rugby head coach.The Springbok coach was not a leading player –- although he was a first XV centre at Grey College in Bloemfontein, one of South Africa’s leading rugby schools.Nor did Nienaber, 50, plan to be a coach. Instead, he qualified as a physiotherapist …

‘No-ego’ former physio Nienaber an unlikely Springboks coachSun, 03 Sep 2023 01:26:58 GMT Read More »

Thousands rallied Saturday in Niger’s capital Niamey to demand that former colonial ruler France withdraw its troops as sought by a junta which seized power in July.The protesters gathered near a base housing French soldiers following a call by several civic organisations hostile to the French military presence in the West African country.They held up …

Thousands rally in Niger seeking withdrawal of French troopsSun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:54 GMT Read More »

Counting has begun after Ivory Coast voted Saturday in local and regional elections set to gauge support for the ruling party and the opposition two years ahead of a presidential poll.The three leading political groups were vying for seats in 201 districts and 31 regions in the West African nation, a regional economic power and leading …

I.Coast counts votes after local polls seen as test for presidential raceSat, 02 Sep 2023 19:08:49 GMT Read More »

Al Ahly of Egypt and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, winners and runners-up respectively in the 2023 CAF Champions League, could clash again in the inaugural African Football League final. Ahly are away to Simba of Tanzania in the opening match on October 20 and, if successful in the two-leg quarter-final, will meet Petro Luanda of Angola …

Ahly, Wydad could meet in first African Football League finalSat, 02 Sep 2023 18:28:55 GMT Read More »

Former Mali, Marseille and Saint-Etienne attacker Salif Keita died aged 76 on Saturday, the country’s sports minister told AFP.Minister Abdoul Kassim Ibrahim Fomba said Keita passed away in the captial city Bamako, where he was also born.Keita retired in 1980 after a succesful club career in France.”The world of sport in Mali and particularly football …

Mali’s ‘Black Panther’ Salif Keita dies, aged 76Sat, 02 Sep 2023 15:55:42 GMT Read More »

South Sudan and Japan both qualified for the Paris Olympics at the Basketball World Cup on Saturday as the tournament’s highest-placed finishers from Africa and Asia.World Cup debutants South Sudan, who played their first official international game only six years ago, beat Angola 101-78 in Manila to claim their third win of the competition.Nearest challengers Egypt …

South Sudan, Japan grab Olympic spots at Basketball World CupSat, 02 Sep 2023 15:33:52 GMT Read More »

Ivory Coast was voting Saturday in local and regional elections set to gauge support for the ruling party and the opposition two years ahead of a presidential poll.The three leading political groups are vying for seats in 201 districts and 31 regions in the West African nation, a regional economic power and leading cocoa exporter.”It will …

I.Coast votes in local polls seen as test for presidential raceSat, 02 Sep 2023 15:10:31 GMT Read More »

Niger’s military regime fired a new verbal broadside at France on Friday, accusing Paris of “blatant interference” by backing the country’s ousted president as protestors rallied near a French base outside the capital Niamey.President Mohamed Bazoum, a French ally whose election in 2021 had stoked hopes of stability in the troubled country, was detained on …

Niger regime fires new broadside at France for backing ousted BazoumSat, 02 Sep 2023 05:21:13 GMT Read More »

Gabon’s new strongman General Brice Oligui Nguema on Friday vowed the country’s institutions would be more democratic, two days after heading a coup that ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo family.”The dissolution of the institutions” decreed on Wednesday during the coup “is temporary”, he said in a speech. “It is a question of …

Gabon’s strongman vows more democracy after coupFri, 01 Sep 2023 20:49:14 GMT Read More »