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African players in Europe: Salah drives Liverpool closer to titleMon, 24 Feb 2025 12:13:21 GMT

Egypt star Mohamed Salah scored one goal and created the other as Liverpool beat Manchester City 2-0 at the weekend, a win that pushed the Reds ever closer to the Premier League title.Salah has scored 30 goals in all competitions this season, including nine in his last eight matches for leaders Liverpool.Here, AFP Sport highlights …

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Surprise rebel alliance could give Sudan’s beleaguered RSF a boostMon, 24 Feb 2025 01:49:16 GMT

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have signed a charter paving the way for a parallel government with its allies, including a former foe who analysts say could offer crucial territory, fighters and border access.Since April 2023, a brutal war between the RSF and the regular army — represented by the internationally recognised government currently based …

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Sudan’s RSF, allies sign charter for rival governmentSun, 23 Feb 2025 14:21:00 GMT

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to form a parallel government, they said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.”The charter has been signed,” Najm al-Din Drisa, spokesman of the United Civil Forces, one of the signatories, told AFP.The parties to the agreement, inked behind closed …

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France makes arrests after deadly ‘Islamist’ knife attackSun, 23 Feb 2025 10:26:08 GMT

French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday.The knife-wielding suspect, identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the site of Saturday’s attack in the …

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Sudan’s RSF, allies sign charter for rival government: sourcesSun, 23 Feb 2025 09:32:49 GMT

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to set up a parallel government, sources said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.”It’s done,” a source close to the organisers of the signing ceremony in Nairobi told AFP.The signatories said the charter paves the way for a “government …

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One dead, several wounded in ‘Islamist’ knife attack in FranceSun, 23 Feb 2025 03:55:54 GMT

A man who went on a stabbing rampage in France, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, was on a terrorism watchlist and subject to deportation orders, according to authorities.The knife-wielding suspect, later identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the site …

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One dead, several police wounded in ‘Islamist’ knife attack in FranceSat, 22 Feb 2025 20:46:10 GMT

One person died and two police officers were seriously injured Saturday in a knife attack in eastern France that President Emmanuel Macron said was an “Islamist terror act”.Prosecutors said three more officers were lightly wounded in the attack in the city of Mulhouse, carried out by a 37-year-old suspect who is on a terror prevention …

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M23 pushes deeper in east DRC, UN urges Rwanda forces to leaveSat, 22 Feb 2025 18:58:57 GMT

M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the bloodshed.The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to UN experts, now controls large swaths of eastern Democratic Republic of …

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Sudan waterborne disease outbreak kills 24, hospitalises 800: MSFFri, 21 Feb 2025 21:35:14 GMT

An “out-of-control” waterborne disease outbreak in southern Sudan has killed at least two dozen and left more than 800 others in hospital over the past three days, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Friday.The outbreak in White Nile state followed a reported drone strike on the Um Dabakar power station — 275 kilometres (170 miles) …

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Rickelton hits century as South Africa rout Afghanistan in Champions TrophyFri, 21 Feb 2025 17:53:05 GMT

Opener Ryan Rickelton struck a maiden one-day international hundred as South Africa routed Afghanistan by 107 runs in the Champions Trophy in Karachi on Friday.Rickelton cracked a 106-ball 103 with seven boundaries and a six to anchor South Africa’s imposing total of 315-6 in the Group B match at the National Stadium. South Africa’s pace attack …

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