Joseph Boakai was sworn in Monday as Liberia’s president after his election victory over former football star George Weah, with the challenge of tackling poverty and corruption.The 79-year-old narrowly beat former Ballon d’Or winner Weah in November’s run-off poll with 50.64 percent of the votes to 49.36 percent. The investiture ceremony in parliament was attended by …

Joseph Boakai sworn in as Liberian presidentMon, 22 Jan 2024 12:44:22 GMT Read More »

Eleven months ahead of Ghana’s presidential election, a new political force is emerging to challenge the long-standing two-party status quo.With deft social media messaging, posters of his masked face and an appeal to younger voters, businessman Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar, says his New Force movement will become a third political power.Few analysts …

Ghana’s masked third candidate tests two party politicsMon, 22 Jan 2024 06:17:35 GMT Read More »

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opens a week-long tour of Africa’s west coast as he seeks to bolster US-friendly democracies with security deteriorating in the Sahel.The top US diplomat will start in Cape Verde before visiting Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Angola, his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa in 10 months as he …

Blinken builds US ties with Africa west coast as Sahel concerns growMon, 22 Jan 2024 03:05:47 GMT Read More »

Morocco coach Walid Regragui said he blundered as his team drew 1-1 in an Africa Cup of Nations Group F draw against the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.Achraf Hakimi gave the Atlas Lions a perfect start as his sixth-minute volley flew into the net in the southwestern coastal city of San-Pedro.But after Cedric Bakambu …

Morocco coach admits to AFCON blunders after DR Congo drawSun, 21 Jan 2024 22:52:29 GMT Read More »

Jurgen Klopp said it “makes sense” for Mohamed Salah to return to Liverpool from representing Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for treatment on a hamstring injury.Salah will miss the Pharaohs’ crucial Group B clash against Cape Verde on Monday and Egpyt’s last 16 match in the Ivory Coast should they progress.After drawing …

Klopp expects Salah to return to Liverpool for injury rehabSun, 21 Jan 2024 20:25:54 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Saturday published a final list of 20 candidates for the February 25 presidential election that excludes jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade.Those listed include Prime Minister Amadou Ba, chosen by President Macky Sall as his successor after Sall announced in July that …

Senegal presidential candidate list excludes opposition leader SonkoSun, 21 Jan 2024 18:27:18 GMT Read More »

Ghana head into Monday’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations meeting with Mozambique desperate to avoid a repeat of their disastrous early exit from the tournament two years ago.The Black Stars have just one point so far in Group B after following a 2-1 loss to Cape Verde in their opening game by drawing 2-2 with …

Ghana coach Hughton hopeful of avoiding another early AFCON exitSun, 21 Jan 2024 16:48:30 GMT Read More »

Supporters of South Africa’s embattled former president Jacob Zuma’s newly-formed radical left-wing party said Sunday they hope he might soon be the country’s leader again, even though he failed to show up at their rally.In a small stadium in Tembisa township, some 40 kilometres northeast of Johannesburg, a small crowd of about 300 gathered in …

South Africa’s Zuma a no-show at rally but fans keen for comebackSun, 21 Jan 2024 16:19:42 GMT Read More »

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged Addis Ababa and Mogadishu to open dialogue to settle their dispute over Ethiopia’s maritime deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland.Tensions in the Horn of Africa have escalated since landlocked Ethiopia struck a deal with Somaliland on January 1 that gives it much sought-after access to …

UN urges Ethiopia and Somalia to talk to solve disputeSun, 21 Jan 2024 12:00:46 GMT Read More »

Born in the Netherlands and educated in England, Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has not looked back at international level since opting to represent Nigeria.Part of the team that lost to Lionel Messi and Argentina at the 2018 World Cup, Troost-Ekong is currently taking part in his third Africa Cup of Nations and he kept …

‘This is best Nigeria team I’ve played in’: Super Eagles captain Troost-EkongSun, 21 Jan 2024 10:33:47 GMT Read More »