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African football icons Mohamed Salah and Achraf Hakimi appear set to feature at the 2026 World Cup as Egypt and Morocco have built commanding leads in their qualifying groups.However, reigning CAF Footballer of the Year Ademola Lookman and his fellow Nigerian Victor Osimhen are facing a struggle to be involved in the 48-nation global showpiece.Inspired …

African stars Salah and Hakimi eyeing 2026 World CupThu, 27 Mar 2025 06:38:35 GMT Read More »

African 2026 World Cup qualifying facts and figures after matchday six:Chart-topper SalahProlific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah has also netted regularly in World Cup qualifying, topping the charts with six goals for likely qualifiers Egypt.The 32-year-old began with a bang, netting four times in a 6-0 matchday one rout of minnows Djibouti in Cairo. He also …

Football: African 2026 World Cup qualifying facts and figuresThu, 27 Mar 2025 06:38:00 GMT Read More »

President Donald Trump on Wednesday named a right-wing media critic as the US ambassador to South Africa, at a time that Washington’s relations with one of the continent’s richest countries are in free fall.If confirmed in the role by the US Senate, Brent Bozell would be stepping into the job just after the Trump administration …

Trump names media critic as ambassador to South AfricaThu, 27 Mar 2025 01:38:10 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday — a move described by the UN as leaving the country on the brink of widespread conflict.A convoy of 20 heavily armed vehicles entered Machar’s residence in the capital Juba and arrested him, according to a statement …

Arrest of vice president puts S.Sudan on brink of warWed, 26 Mar 2025 23:18:28 GMT Read More »

At least 825,000 Sudanese children are trapped by fighting around the beleaguered state capital of North Darfur, threatened by violence or starvation, UNICEF warned Wednesday.”We cannot turn a blind eye to this hell on earth,” said Sheldon Yett, the UN children’s agency representative for Sudan, demanding an end to the conflict.The Sudanese army has been …

UNICEF warns 825,000 children trapped in Sudan battleWed, 26 Mar 2025 20:56:54 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrived at Khartoum’s recaptured presidential palace on Wednesday, declaring the capital “free” of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after nearly two years of war.”Khartoum is free, it’s done,” said Burhan, Sudan’s de facto leader, in a broadcast aired by state television, capping a multi-day campaign by his forces to …

Sudan army chief declares capital ‘free’ from inside presidential palaceWed, 26 Mar 2025 20:43:02 GMT Read More »

The military wing of South Sudan’s opposition said Wednesday that two training bases outside the capital Juba were attacked by forces allied to the president, stoking fears of renewed conflict.The attacks are the latest in a series of clashes in the world’s youngest nation, where fighting between forces allied to President Salva Kiir and First …

S.Sudan opposition army condemns new attacks near capitalWed, 26 Mar 2025 17:27:59 GMT Read More »

The Sudanese army said it recaptured Khartoum airport from the Rapid Support Forces and surrounded the paramilitaries south of the capital on Wednesday, in its latest battlefield gains.The army, battling the RSF since April 2023, had “fully secured” the airport from the paramilitary fighters who had been stationed inside, its spokesman Nabil Abdallah told AFP.The …

Sudan army retakes Khartoum airport from paramilitariesWed, 26 Mar 2025 15:24:48 GMT Read More »

Prince Harry said he had quit as patron of a charity he founded in southern Africa almost 20 years ago with a “heavy heart” amid a bitter boardroom battle, in a new blow to the royal living in self-exile.Harry and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso said they were resigning after a “devastating” dispute between trustees and board …

Prince Harry resigns from Africa charity after ‘devastating’ rowWed, 26 Mar 2025 14:30:34 GMT Read More »

The expulsion of Pretoria’s ambassador to Washington has added urgency to calls for South Africa to salvage its relationship with the United States in a balance between national pride and vital investment.US President Donald Trump’s decision this month to send Ebrahim Rasool packing was the lowest point in ties that have been souring over a …

S. Africa seeks to balance pride with interests as US ties sourWed, 26 Mar 2025 13:40:43 GMT Read More »