AFP Africa

Six presidential candidates will face off against the Central African Republic’s incumbent leader Faustin Archange Touadera on Saturday.The opposition has accused Touadera, first elected in 2016, of attempting to cling on as president-for-life in the unstable former French colony by running for a third term — which was made possible by a 2023 constitutional change.Here …

Six candidates challenge C.Africa’s President TouaderaTue, 23 Dec 2025 06:07:59 GMT Read More »

Faustin-Archange Touadera, the discrete technocrat leader of the Central African Republic (CAR) who came into power in 2016 during a civil war, is the favourite to win a third mandate in Sunday’s presidential polls.  Touadera, 68, a former prime minister with an academic background, is branded by his critics as “President Wagner” — referring to …

C.Africa’s Touadera: peace-builder or iron-fisted ruler?Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:06:31 GMT Read More »

The Central African Republic goes to the polls on Sunday, with Faustin-Archange Touadera, who boasts to have steadied a nation long plagued by conflict, hotly tipped to remain president.Since Touadera was first elected in 2016 in the middle of a bloody civil war, the CAR has seen unrest ease despite ongoing feuds between armed groups …

Touadera poised to retain presidency in Central African Republic voteTue, 23 Dec 2025 06:05:38 GMT Read More »

Premier League pair Mohamed Salah and Lyle Foster were match-winners as Egypt and South Africa began their Africa Cup of Nations Group B campaigns with victories in Morocco on Monday. Unsettled Liverpool star Salah struck in the first minute of added time to snatch a 2-1 win for record seven-time champions Egypt over gallant Zimbabwe in Agadir.Earlier, …

Salah, Foster take Egypt and South Africa to AFCON Group B summitMon, 22 Dec 2025 22:44:44 GMT Read More »

Mohamed Salah scored in added time to snatch a 2-1 victory for record seven-time champions Egypt over lowly ranked Zimbabwe in an Africa Cup of Nations Group B thriller in Agadir on Monday. Salah came to Morocco after not starting in five consecutive Liverpool matches, with his omission leading to an outburst against manager Arne Slot.But …

Salah snatches added-time winner for Egypt after Zimbabwe scareMon, 22 Dec 2025 22:26:14 GMT Read More »

Burnley striker Lyle Foster scored on 79 minutes as South Africa edged Angola 2-1 in Marrakesh on Monday to win their opening match of an Africa Cup of Nations campaign for the first time in 21 years. Since beating Benin in the 2004 tournament, Bafana Bafana have drawn twice and lost four times when they debuted …

Foster grabs South Africa winner against Angola in AFCONMon, 22 Dec 2025 19:18:43 GMT Read More »

Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities Monday, a day after the government said it had secured their release a month after one of the country’s worst mass abductions.Kidnappings for ransom are a common way for armed groups to make quick cash in the conflict-hit west African nation of some …

Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government saysMon, 22 Dec 2025 16:15:38 GMT Read More »

The laughter of children echoed against walls lined with dozens of mattresses in a large, dim room of an illegally occupied building in Cape Town’s bustling and touristy city centre. A girl was having her hair braided on a stool near neatly placed plastic bags holding the belongings of people who had moved into the abandoned …

Cape Town’s housing crisis meets Airbnb boomMon, 22 Dec 2025 06:33:12 GMT Read More »

Guinea, where junta strongman Mamady Doumbouya is almost certain to win Sunday’s presidential vote, is one of the world’s most impoverished countries. Despite this, the west African nation possesses immense natural resources. It also has a long history of coups and violence.Here are five things to know about Guinea: – Autocratic regimes -Guinea has been under junta …

Five things to know about GuineaMon, 22 Dec 2025 06:19:44 GMT Read More »