Botswana and global diamond giant De Beers have approved a $1 billion investment to dig under the world’s richest diamond mine by volume, their joint venture said on Wednesday.The Debswana Diamond Company’s board said it has given the go ahead to works that are to extend the life of the Jwaneng mine turning it from …
Algeria captain and former Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez believes he knows the recipe for winning the Africa Cup of Nations — thorough preparations, good luck and experience.”Whichever country is the best prepared and enjoys a little bit of luck will go all the way,” the 32-year-old winger told reporters.”Experience is also a major factor. …
Senegal captain Sadio Mane predicts that “a really difficult group” lies ahead for the Africa Cup of Nations holders when they face Gambia, Cameroon and Guinea.”The match against Cameroon is going to be very tough and we dare not underestimate our other opponents,” the two-time African Player of the Year told reporters.”While accepting that none …
It is going to be tough for champions Senegal, warns ManeWed, 10 Jan 2024 05:46:32 GMT Read More »
DR Congo’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi’s landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the poor but mineral-rich massive central African country.Tshisekedi got 73.47 percent of vote during a December 20 election, the court said.The Democratic Republic of Congo held a presidential, legislative, regional and local election on …
DR Congo constitutional court confirms Tshisekedi victoryTue, 09 Jan 2024 20:28:16 GMT Read More »
Gambian former interior minister Ousman Sonko said Switzerland was not qualified to lecture on human rights as he took the stand for the first time  Tuesday as he denies charges of crimes against humanity.Sonko has been in Swiss custody ever since his arrest in January 2017 after applying for asylum following his sacking from the …
Slain Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat will be laid to rest in his ancestral home in Kenya on Thursday, his family said.The 34-year-old Kenyan-born Olympian was found dead on a road on the outskirts of the Rift Valley town of Eldoret in the early hours of New Year’s Eve with a stab wound to his neck.Both …
Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court is set to decide Tuesday whether it can judge crimes against humanity allegedly committed before 2011, in the trial of a former Gambian minister.Ousman Sonko is accused of various crimes against humanity allegedly committed between 2000 and 2016 under the regime of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh.The trial is taking place …
Newly crowned African Player of the Year Victor Osimhen is a star on a mission. He wants to transform the suffering of Nigerian supporters into joy with an Africa Cup of Nations title.The Napoli forward topped the African poll last month to finish ahead of Egyptian Mohamed Salah and Moroccan Achraf Hakimi and become the …
Osimhen dreams of AFCON title and end to Nigerian sufferingTue, 09 Jan 2024 04:11:19 GMT Read More »
Serial goal scorer Mohamed Salah has conquered the world, Europe and England with Liverpool. Now he dreams of leading Egypt to African glory.He has come agonisingly close twice with his country, being part of the teams that lost the 2017 and 2022 Africa Cup of Nations finals to Cameroon and Senegal respectively.In between reaching those …
Africa the next frontier for trophy hunter SalahTue, 09 Jan 2024 04:10:51 GMT Read More »
