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Hundreds of women protested in the Nigerian capital Monday to push for a bill that would add women-only seats in the Senate and House of Representatives.Several African countries, from Senegal to Rwanda, have increased the number of women legislators by using quota systems.Nigeria, which has no such system, only counts four women senators out of …

Nigerian women protest for reserved seats in parliamentMon, 22 Sep 2025 11:32:26 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s opposition leader and former vice-president Riek Machar appeared in court on Monday after being charged with crimes against humanity and treason, state media showed. A fragile power-sharing deal between President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, Riek Machar, has been unravelling for months, threatening to return the young nation to a civil war that …

S.Sudan ex-VP Machar in court on crimes against humanity chargesMon, 22 Sep 2025 08:27:26 GMT Read More »

Quentin, like others in Burkina Faso, fears a new anti-gay law will spark a “witch hunt” against the already at-risk LGBTQ community, which has been forced even further underground.Adopted earlier this month by the ruling junta, the criminalisation of same-sex relationships “can change how the population behaves towards us gay people”, the young man told …

Burkina’s LGBTQ community fears ‘witch hunt’ after anti-gay lawMon, 22 Sep 2025 05:31:55 GMT Read More »

Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction the east African country.The warning is anything but trivial for a nation whose runners embody Kenyans hopes for lifting families out of poverty, a …

Kenyan athletes shine in Tokyo, but anti-doping efforts remain in the darkMon, 22 Sep 2025 04:41:19 GMT Read More »

After the bloody civil war in Sudan’s Darfur region 20 years ago, the world said “never again.” And yet it is happening again, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told AFP in a sobering interview.Since April 2023, a war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left tens of thousands …

In Sudan, ‘never again’ has proved untrue: UNHCR chiefMon, 22 Sep 2025 01:15:59 GMT Read More »

Star Moroccan striker Oussama Lamlioui equalised as Renaissance Berkane drew 1-1 away to ASC Kara of Togo on Sunday in their CAF Champions League debut.  Berkane have been consistently outstanding in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup, reaching five finals from 2019 and winning a record-equalling three.Last season, the Orange Boys from the citrus-growing north east …

Moroccan star Lamlioui rescues Berkane in AfricaSun, 21 Sep 2025 21:41:06 GMT Read More »

Guineans flocked on Sunday to vote on a draft constitution that would pave the way for elections but also allow the junta leader who seized power four years ago to run for president.After a day’s voting watched over by a hefty security presence, the west African nation’s polling stations shut on Sunday evening, drawing a …

Polls close in army-run Guinea’s vote on new constitutionSun, 21 Sep 2025 20:56:24 GMT Read More »

Guineans voted Sunday on a draft constitution that would pave the way for elections but also permit the junta leader who seized power four years ago to run for president.Boycotted by the opposition, the long-awaited vote opens the way for stalled elections in the West African nation.The country has been ruled by General Mamady Doumbouya …

Military-ruled Guinea votes on new constitutionSun, 21 Sep 2025 16:23:49 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s Lilian Odira overhauled Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to win the women’s 800 metres title at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.Odira set a championship record– and a massively improved personal best time — of 1min 54.62sec for victory, beating by 0.06sec the previous best set by Jarmila Kratochvilova of the then-Czechoslavakia in Helsinki …

Kenya’s Odira upsets Hodgkinson to win world 800m goldSun, 21 Sep 2025 11:01:54 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won the Berlin Marathon for the first time on Sunday, narrowly missing a personal best in just his third marathon attempt. Sawe finished in 2hr 02min 16sec, 11 seconds slower than his personal best set in Valencia in 2024.Sawe’s time is equal ninth fastest in history, but fell outside the late Kelvin Kiptum’s …

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe wins men’s Berlin MarathonSun, 21 Sep 2025 10:00:14 GMT Read More »