Senegal faces opposition backlash after election postponedSun, 04 Feb 2024 14:23:54 GMT
Opposition parties prepared to demonstrate on Sunday after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25, sparking a wave of international concern. Just a day before official campaigning was due to start, Sall plunged the nation into the unknown saying he intervened because of a dispute between the National …
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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies in hospitalSun, 04 Feb 2024 07:52:39 GMT
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob died early Sunday in a hospital in Windhoek, his office said. He was 82.Geingob, who was serving his second term as president and was his country’s first prime minister after independence, revealed last month that he was being treated for cancer.Most recently, he took a stand by supporting South Africa’s complaint …
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Senegal president postpones electionSun, 04 Feb 2024 00:34:14 GMT
Just hours before official campaigning was due to start on Sunday, Senegal’s President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, provoking anger from opposition figures and a ministerial resignation.In an address to the nation Saturday, Sall said he had postponed the vote that would have decided his successor …
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Last-gasp AFCON triumph for I. Coast, S. Africa also reach semisSat, 03 Feb 2024 23:18:12 GMT
Oumar Diakite was the hero as hosts Ivory Coast staged another remarkable salvage operation on Saturday to reach the Africa cup of Nations semi=finals, and South Africa later joined them.A brilliant back-heel by the substitute in added time at the end of extra time in Bouake gave the Elephants a 2-1 victory over Mali, who …
Williams heroics take South Africa into Cup of Nations semi-finalsSat, 03 Feb 2024 23:12:10 GMT
Goalkeeper and captain Ronwen Williams was the hero with four saves in the shoot-out as South Africa beat Cape Verde 2-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Saturday after a goalless draw in their last-eight tie.Williams had already come up with one vital stop at the end of normal time …