A Brahim Diaz goal sent Morocco through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals at Tanzania’s expense on Sunday, with Cameroon now standing in the way of the hosts after the Indomitable Lions edged South Africa 2-1 in their last-16 clash.Real Madrid winger Diaz scored once in each of Morocco’s three group matches at the …
Armed gangs killed more than 30 people and kidnapped others in a raid in Nigeria in the same state where hundreds of schoolchildren were abducted late last year, police said Sunday.The gangs swept into Kasuwan Daji village, in the Kabe district of the western Niger State on Saturday and set a market ablaze, before looting …
Over 30 killed, several kidnapped in NigeriaSun, 04 Jan 2026 20:12:47 GMT Read More »
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has posted on social media for the first time since a fatal car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends.The 36-year-old British fighter was a passenger in a Lexus SUV that collided with a stationary truck on a busy highway linking Lagos and Ibadan in southwest Nigeria …
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Attacks by Sudan’s army and its paramilitary foes on two towns in the western Darfur region over the past week have killed 114 people, medical sources told AFP Sunday.Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by a war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which in October seized the army’s last …
Armed gangs have raided a village in a north-central Nigerian state where hundreds of schoolchildren were abducted late last year, killing more than 30 people and kidnapping several others, police said Sunday.Know locally as “bandits”, the gangs invaded Kasuwan Daji village in Kabe district of Niger State and set a market ablaze, before looting shops for …
Over 30 killed, several kidnapped in central NigeriaSun, 04 Jan 2026 14:12:31 GMT Read More »
Pape Gueye scored twice as much-fancied Senegal came from behind to beat Sudan 3-1 on Saturday and seal a place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, while 10-man Mali edged Tunisia in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.Champions in 2022, Senegal are seen as the biggest threat to hosts Morocco’s dreams of winning a …
El Bilal Toure scored the winning spot-kick as 10-man Mali beat Tunisia 3-2 on penalties on Saturday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after their last-16 tie had finished 1-1 at the end of extra time.It looked as if Tunisia had got the job done against a Mali side forced to play most …
Teenager Ibrahim Mbaye scored four minutes after coming off the bench to clinch a 3-1 victory for Senegal over Sudan in Tangiers on Saturday in the first Africa Cup of Nations last-16 match.The 17-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward represented France at age-limit levels before switching his international allegiance to Senegal, where his father was born. Former …
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has reportedly flown back to Britain after a fatal car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends.The Sun newspaper said the British boxer landed at London’s Stansted Airport in a private jet on Friday evening. His return comes after Nigerian police charged the driver of the vehicle, Adeniyi Mobolaji …
Joshua returns to Britain after fatal crash in NigeriaSat, 03 Jan 2026 16:05:37 GMT Read More »
When paramilitary fighters closed in on the Sudanese border town and oil field of Heglig, paraplegic Dowa Hamed could only cling to her husband’s back as they fled, “like a child”, she told AFP.Now, the 25-year-old mother of five — paralysed from the waist down — lies shell-shocked on a cot in the Abu al-Naga …
