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Afghanistan produced a dominant bowling and batting performance to thrash debutants Uganda by 125 runs in the T20 World Cup in Guyana on Monday.Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran laid the foundations for the win with an opening stand of 154 in Afghanistan’s 183-5.Left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi dazzled with five wickets for just nine …

Afghanistan rout debutants Uganda in T20 World Cup openerTue, 04 Jun 2024 04:45:20 GMT Read More »

Kenyan investigators found seven more bodies on Monday as exhumations resumed in a forest where hundreds of victims of a doomsday starvation cult were buried in mass graves, police said.The remains of 436 people have now been unearthed in a remote wilderness inland from the Indian Ocean coastal town of Malindi in a grisly case …

Kenya finds seven more bodies as cult massacre exhumations resumeTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:11:14 GMT Read More »

Nigerian labour unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights on Monday as they launched an indefinite strike that closed schools and public offices after failing to reach a new minimum wage deal with the government.Africa’s most populous country is facing its worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, with double-digit inflation leaving many …

Nigeria union strike shuts power grid, schools, disrupts flightsTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:05:41 GMT Read More »

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in Guinea on Monday on the first leg of an African tour aimed at buttressing Moscow’s influence in the world’s poorest continent.Russia, which has seen relations with the West plummet after sending troops into Ukraine in 2022, has sought to boost its influence in Africa in recent years. Lavrov arrived …

Russia’s Lavrov launches Africa tour in junta-led GuineaMon, 03 Jun 2024 17:19:46 GMT Read More »

Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega hopes to make it two in a row at the Paris Olympics but acknowledged he faced strong competition from Ethiopian and Ugandan rivals.The 24-year-old said he wants to repeat his success at the Tokyo Games held in 2021 when he won the 10,000 metres crown.”A man makes plans, but the …

Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega aiming for second Olympic goldMon, 03 Jun 2024 13:30:03 GMT Read More »

South Africa has elected its 400-member National Assembly and for the first time in the country’s 30 years of post-apartheid democratic rule no single party holds an absolute majority.The next government will be led by a president chosen by MPs from among their number but the incumbent, President Cyril Ramaphosa of the African National Congress, …

South African vote: What happens now?Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:46:58 GMT Read More »

Feebly shaded by trees in the blistering heat, desperate civilians throng a displacement camp in tents and ramshackle shelters after fleeing jihadist violence in northeastern Burkina Faso.Abandoning their homes and farms as the militants swooped, thousands have run for their lives to these camps near the town of Dori, where little hope awaits them.Humanitarians call …

Jihadist bloodshed fills Burkina displacement campsMon, 03 Jun 2024 06:43:40 GMT Read More »

Namibia scored a nerve-shredding victory over Oman in their T20 World Cup Group B clash in Barbados on Sunday after a low-scoring thriller was decided by a super over.David Wiese was the hero for Namibia, contributing 13 runs in the Africans’ super over total of 21 before then restricting Oman to 10 runs with the …

Namibia defeat Oman in T20 World Cup after super over thrillerMon, 03 Jun 2024 06:40:50 GMT Read More »

European club finals match-winners Ademola Lookman and Ayoub el Kaabi turn their attention to 2026 World Cup qualifying in Africa from Wednesday with 52 fixtures scheduled over seven days.Lookman scored a hat-trick as Atalanta won the Europa League last month, and ended a 51-match unbeaten run by Bayer Leverkusen in domestic and international competitions.The London-born …

European club finals heroes adjust sights to World Cup in AfricaMon, 03 Jun 2024 06:40:09 GMT Read More »

In the hubbub of children’s chatter, nine-year-old Leila Coulibaly deftly tunes her violin ahead of a rehearsal by Ivory Coast’s first philharmonic orchestra.She is among almost 140 children who make up the ensemble based in the rural northern town of Odienne.They gather as an orchestra once a week but every day some youngsters, aged six …

Ivory Coast orchestra offers rural children an escapeMon, 03 Jun 2024 06:36:29 GMT Read More »