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Senegal football boss says host Morocco acted badly at AFCONSun, 25 Jan 2026 21:07:42 GMT

Abdoulaye Fall, the president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), on Sunday criticised Morocco and the Confederation of African Football one week after the controversial end to the Africa Cup of Nations.Senegal beat hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra time in the final, after some players briefly walked off when the hosts were awarded a penalty …

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Senegal goal hero admits AFCON final walk-off was ‘a mistake’Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:50:53 GMT

Senegal’s Pape Gueye opened up about his team’s walk off at the Africa Cup of Nations final and Morocco’s subsequent missed penalty in an interview on French television on Sunday.Gueye scored the winning goal as Senegal edged Morocco 1-0 in extra time in a controversial game in Rabat last week.Morocco were awarded a late penalty …

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Saudi Arabia’s UAE ‘mudslinging’ threatens new Gulf crisisSun, 25 Jan 2026 02:01:07 GMT

A Saudi Arabian media campaign targeting the UAE has deepened the Gulf’s worst row in years, stoking fears of a damaging fall-out in the financial heart of the Middle East.Fiery accusations of rights abuses and betrayal have circulated for weeks in state-run and social media after a brief conflict in Yemen, where Saudi air strikes …

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Ugandan opposition leader says wife in hospital after assault by soldiersSat, 24 Jan 2026 11:40:18 GMT

Fugitive Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine said on Saturday that his wife was rushed to hospital after soldiers held her at gunpoint and strangled her during a violent raid on their home.Wine went into hiding after a January 15 election in which President Yoweri Museveni, 81, was re-elected for a seventh term — a result …

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Threatened Ugandan opposition leader needs UN help: lawyerSat, 24 Jan 2026 07:47:50 GMT

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s lawyer has urged the UN and the international community to seek guarantees for his safety after deadly threats following elections marred by repression and an internet blackout.Wine went into hiding after the January 15 poll in which President Yoweri Museveni, 81, was re-elected for a seventh term — a result …

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Across the globe, views vary about Trump’s world visionFri, 23 Jan 2026 18:31:32 GMT

Donald Trump is shaping a new world order of empires and coercion, from Venezuela to Greenland and through his newly created “Board of Peace, shattering the post-war global consensus.As the old order crumbles, AFP sought the views of ministers, advisers, lawmakers and military from across the globe.Celso Amorim, chief adviser to Brazil’s President Lula Inacio …

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Uganda army chief says 30 opposition supporters killed, 2,000 arrestedFri, 23 Jan 2026 12:14:13 GMT

Uganda’s army chief and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 detained in the wake of the vote. Opposition leader Bobi Wine remained in hiding on Friday after accusing security forces of raiding his home in the aftermath of the election on January 15. He has …

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‘Illegal gold miners’ run residents out of South African settlementFri, 23 Jan 2026 06:43:28 GMT

On crutches and with a bullet lodged in his leg, Miami Chauke is among the few people who did not flee the gun attacks that emptied South Africa’s once-bustling settlement of Sporong, where abandoned tin shacks bake in the sun.Hundreds of other residents of the area just west of Johannesburg fled two weeks ago, terrorised …

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DR Congo city residents forced to adapt during year of M23 ruleFri, 23 Jan 2026 06:27:46 GMT

They were caught under a barrage of fire and became trapped with “nowhere to go” after their city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell under the M23 armed group’s control a year ago.Around one million Goma residents were holed up in their homes on January 26, 2025, when the Congolese army and its …

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