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Cape Verde, a west African island nation of fewer than 550,000 inhabitants, beat Cameroon 1-0 on Tuesday to strengthen hopes of playing at the World Cup for the first time.The Blue Sharks need three points in October from matches away to Libya and at home to Eswatini to win Group D, which eight-time World Cup …

Cape Verde close to World Cup debut after beating CameroonTue, 09 Sep 2025 20:17:23 GMT Read More »

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara is widely expected to win a fourth term at the head of the west African nation after the two main opposition leaders were barred from running against the 83-year-old in the October 25 election.Former president Laurent Gbagbo, leader of the African Peoples’ Party — Ivory Coast (PPA-CI), was on Monday disqualified from …

I.Coast presidential poll to go ahead with opposition hobbledTue, 09 Sep 2025 19:11:33 GMT Read More »

Villages torched, young girls forced into sexual slavery, babies beaten and thrown into fires: the International Criminal Court Tuesday heard harrowing stories of atrocities allegedly committed by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.The fugitive warlord faces 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, enslavement and sexual slavery, allegedly …

ICC hears harrowing details as Kony war crimes hearing opensTue, 09 Sep 2025 14:17:05 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent’s largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a “great achievement for all black people”, but it drew a protest to the United Nations from downstream nation Egypt. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), straddling a tributary of the River Nile, is a national project of historic scale …

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s biggest dam, drawing Egyptian protestTue, 09 Sep 2025 13:24:29 GMT Read More »

Activists on a Gaza aid flotilla that alleged it was targeted by a “drone attack” off Tunisia overnight said Tuesday they remained “determined” to reach the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.The flotilla organisers had said late Monday that one of their boats was hit by a suspected UAV off the coast of Tunisia, but authorities there said …

Aid flotilla activists say determined to reach Gaza despite ‘drone attack’Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:34:48 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent’s largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calling it a “great achievement for all black people” despite years of diplomatic rancour over the dam with downstream neighbour Egypt. For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), straddling a tributary of the River Nile, is a national project of historic scale …

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s biggest damTue, 09 Sep 2025 09:48:55 GMT Read More »

The consequences of the brutal crimes allegedly committed by Uganda rebel chief Joseph Kony are still reverberating in the country more than 20 years later, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Tuesday.Kony faces 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, enslavement and sexual slavery, allegedly committed between July …

Kony crimes still felt in Uganda, 20 years on, ICC hearsTue, 09 Sep 2025 09:39:38 GMT Read More »

Indicted Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, who has been on the run for decades, is down to just 20 or so fighters and is likely in Sudan’s Darfur region, an expert on his insurgency told AFP.Kony once held sway over the borderlands that connect Uganda, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic — …

Where is Uganda’s wanted warlord Joseph Kony?Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:08:30 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia prepared to inaugurate Africa’s largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday that has promised to revolutionise the country’s energy sector but that has sparked diplomatic rows with downstream neighbours. For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a national project of historic scale and a rare unifying symbol in a country torn apart by ongoing internal conflicts.Towering …

Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa’s biggest damTue, 09 Sep 2025 07:20:03 GMT Read More »

Leaders of the 11-member BRICS bloc railed against economic protectionism and “tariff blackmail” during a virtual meeting Monday held amid a damaging trade war with US President Donald Trump.The group of emerging economies met via videoconference at the initiative of Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose office said it was necessary to address …

BRICS leaders denounce protectionism, tariff ‘blackmail’Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:50:16 GMT Read More »