Polling closed on Tuesday evening in Liberia’s presidential run-off  election, in which voters were choosing whether to hand former football star George Weah a second term in office, despite a mixed record, or elect political veteran Joseph Boakai.The run-off, which followed a first round of voting on October 10, was expected to be close between …
Liberians were voting on Tuesday to decide whether to hand former football star George Weah a second term as president despite a mixed record or elect political veteran Joseph Boakai.”I’m in the race to win”, Boakai told AFP and other journalists outside his home near the capital Monrovia after casting his ballot.He alleged that the …
Ten out of 12 opposition candidates in Madagascar on Tuesday called on voters to shun a presidential election scheduled for Thursday, amid concerns about the vote’s regularity.For weeks, the Indian Ocean island nation has been shaken by a fierce battle between President Andry Rajoelina, who is running for re-election, and most opposition leaders, who have …
As dawn breaks in Antananarivo, streams of people begin their daily climb to the city’s public fountains to collect enough water to wash or earn a few pennies, with Madagascar’s upcoming election one of the last things on their minds.Many homes in the country’s capital do not have access to the precious resource, making it …
‘Unseen’ by politics, Madagascar’s poor snub electionsTue, 14 Nov 2023 15:36:19 GMT Read More »
Mali’s junta leader announced on Tuesday that the army had recaptured the strategic northern town of Kidal, a stronghold of Tuareg-dominated separatist groups that has long posed a major sovereignty issue for the government.The capture of Kidal, if confirmed, would be a considerable symbolic success for the ruling junta, which seized power in 2020. “Today our …
Mali junta says it has ‘seized’ rebel stronghold of KidalTue, 14 Nov 2023 14:49:03 GMT Read More »
A Rwandan former gynaecologist went on trial in France on Tuesday on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 massacres in his home country, in an investigation stretching back nearly three decades. It is one of France’s longest-running cases, with Sosthene Munyemana appearing at the Assize Court in the French capital nearly 30 …
Ex-doctor goes on trial in France over Rwanda genocideTue, 14 Nov 2023 10:25:22 GMT Read More »
Liberians began voting on Tuesday to decide whether to hand former football star George Weah a second term as president despite a controversial record, or to elect political veteran Joseph Boakai despite his age.The run-off is expected to be close between the rivals, who also faced off in 2017 when Weah won in the second …
“It was like a spiral,” said Gilles Yapi Yapo, a former Ivory Coast international football star who said he was cheated out of 200,000 euros ($213,000) by a witch doctor. “You are like a slave and it can be really damaging,” the 41-year-old said of the two years he spent under the spell of a traditional …
Footballers who fell under the spell of witch doctorsTue, 14 Nov 2023 06:40:52 GMT Read More »
“There’s a lot of jealousy in football,” said Sheikh Issa, holding up a piece of bark and a bottle of a yellowish potion.Which is why many professional players beat a path to the African faith healer in the Paris suburbs looking for ways to ward off the “evil eye” and other afflictions. Since World Cup winner …
A Rwandan former gynaecologist goes on trial in France on Tuesday on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 massacres in his home country, in an investigation stretching back nearly three decades. It is one of France’s longest-running cases, with Sosthene Munyemana to face justice at a Paris court nearly 30 years after …
Ex-doctor goes on trial in France over Rwanda genocideTue, 14 Nov 2023 06:18:32 GMT Read More »
