West Africa’s regional bloc called for “reconciliation” with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Friday after emergency talks on the coup-hit countries’ withdrawal from the group.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held the crisis meeting of foreign and defence ministers on Thursday after the three states declared their departure late last month. In a …

W.Africa bloc urges ‘reconciliation’ with coup-hit statesFri, 09 Feb 2024 19:09:25 GMT Read More »

Senegalese security forces on Friday used tear gas to disperse people attempting to gather in the capital after being urged to mobilise against a last-minute delay of presidential elections.Anti-riot police kept back groups of people trying to get to the large Place de la Nation in central Dakar, where a rally had been planned.Some demonstrators …

Senegal security forces disperse rally after protest callFri, 09 Feb 2024 17:01:17 GMT Read More »

Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe on Friday refused to confirm the dates of the next Africa Cup of Nations, due to take place in 2025.”The focus for all of us now is Ivory Coast,” CAF chief Motsepe said at a press conference in Abidjan, where this year’s AFCON in Ivory Coast concludes this …

CAF president Motsepe refuses to confirm dates for 2025 AFCONFri, 09 Feb 2024 16:12:29 GMT Read More »

It began as an apparent quarrel over right of way when a motorbike taxi driver in north central Nigeria faced off with cattle herders whose animals were crossing into the rural road.What exactly happened is a matter of dispute.But the late January fight swiftly spiralled into one of the deadliest recent outbreaks of violence in …

Cattle dispute spirals into ‘crisis’ in northern Nigerian townFri, 09 Feb 2024 15:23:38 GMT Read More »

No single player symbolises Ivory Coast’s remarkable turnaround to reach this weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations final quite like striker Sebastien Haller.The 29-year-old was the host country’s match-winner in the semi-final against the Democratic Republic of Congo in his first start of the tournament after injury.That came after a year marked by a return from …

Ivory Coast’s Haller eyes AFCON glory after cancer battle, Bundesliga agonyFri, 09 Feb 2024 14:35:21 GMT Read More »

Senegalese were urged on Friday to turn out and show their opposition to a last-minute delay of presidential polls, in a test of the balance of power between President Macky Sall and opponents.On Monday parliament backed Sall’s sudden decision to postpone the February 25 election by 10 months, sparking a fierce opposition backlash and international …

Senegalese urged to turn out to oppose presidential election delayFri, 09 Feb 2024 11:47:38 GMT Read More »

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for funds for her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the …

S.African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fightFri, 09 Feb 2024 11:05:54 GMT Read More »

West Africa’s regional bloc has appealed for unity after emergency talks on the political crisis in Senegal and the withdrawal of three coup-hit countries from the group.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) extraordinary session on Thursday addressed President Macky Sall’s decision to delay elections in Senegal just a week after Burkina Faso, Mali …

Fractured West African bloc appeals for unityFri, 09 Feb 2024 11:02:01 GMT Read More »

The charred yellow arches and rubble-strewn floor of Mangu’s large central mosque mark the ferocity of violence unleashed last month in the northern Nigerian town.On the other side of Mangu, the burned-out shell of the Cocin Kwhagas Lahir church shows Christians were not spared either. Corrugated sheets flap in the wind where the church roof once …

Torched church, burned mosque mark Nigerian town’s traumaFri, 09 Feb 2024 06:26:03 GMT Read More »

More than two decades after the outbreak of war in Darfur, fears are growing that the world has abandoned its people as a new conflict ravages Sudan and the perpetrators of atrocities act with impunity.The vast western region of Sudan was still suffering from the carnage that started in 2003 when a new war erupted …

Two decades on, Sudan’s Darfuris fear world has abandoned themFri, 09 Feb 2024 02:51:39 GMT Read More »