The injured Mohamed Salah will not get the chance to return to the Africa Cup of Nations after his Egypt side were knocked out of the competition on Sunday in a dramatic penalty shoot-out against the Democratic Republic of Congo, while Guinea progressed to the last eight.Record-seven time champions Egypt lost 8-7 on penalties against …
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Sunday announced their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states.The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the Economic Community of West African States “without …
Burkina, Mali, Niger quit West African bloc ECOWASSun, 28 Jan 2024 17:53:53 GMT Read More »
Ademola Lookman scored both goals as Nigeria defeated old rivals Cameroon 2-0 on Saturday to march on to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.The Nigerians had an early Semi Ajayi goal disallowed following a VAR review in this last-16 clash before the constant pressing and bullying of the Cameroon defence by Victor Osimhen …
Several hundred people marched in Nairobi on Saturday to protest against femicide in Kenya where over a dozen women have been killed this month in cases that shocked the nation. The campaigners took to the streets of the capital holding placards that read “Being a woman should not be a death sentence”, “Patriarchy kills” while others …
Hundreds march against gender violence in KenyaSat, 27 Jan 2024 14:14:31 GMT Read More »
Victor Osimhen, Mohamed Salah or Sadio Mane were perhaps the most likely bets to be top marksman at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, but the entirely unexpected name leading the scorers’ charts in Ivory Coast has more goals than all of them combined.Emilio Nsue, the captain of unfancied Equatorial Guinea, goes into a last-16 …
Kenya’s government vowed Friday to challenge a court ruling against its decision to send a police contingent to Haiti to lead a UN-backed law and order mission in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.The ruling, which branded the deployment “illegal”, throws into doubt the future of a multinational force long sought by Haiti’s government, which has pleaded …
Burkina Faso on Friday received 25,000 tonnes of free wheat promised by President Vladimir Putin as part of a package for six African nations, officials said.The grain had been pledged by Putin at a Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg last July, with Mali, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Somalia and Zambia making up the group.Burkina’s …
Russian wheat aid arrives in impoverished Burkina FasoFri, 26 Jan 2024 18:56:11 GMT Read More »
The Senegalese capital is usually bathed in sunshine but for a fourth consecutive day on Friday the city on the Atlantic coast was shrouded in a pallid cloud.A thick layer of dust blown in mainly from the Sahara has enveloped Dakar, forcing residents to don facemasks in scenes reminiscent of the Covid-19 pandemic.Senegalese authorities warn …
Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza and allow humanitarian aid into the territory, the UN’s top court ruled Friday, in a closely watched decision that stopped short of calling for a ceasefire.The International Court of Justice was not deciding whether Israel was actually committing genocide with its military campaign in Gaza — that process …
Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza: UN courtFri, 26 Jan 2024 14:50:45 GMT Read More »
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa told AFP on Friday he will stay in politics and look to form a new political group, a day after he quit his own party denouncing government infiltration.Chamisa, who in August lost an election he described as fraudulent to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, said he was ready for “a new …
