Ivory Coast’s ruling party appeared set for a landslide victory according to partial results Sunday from local elections expected to gauge support two years from presidential elections, electoral commission data showed.The ruling RHDP won in two-thirds of the 112 communes where results have so far been tallied, according to the partial results.A total of 201 …

I.Coast ruling party looks set for big win in local pollsSun, 03 Sep 2023 21:49:13 GMT Read More »

Thousands of demonstrators in Niger on Sunday held a third day of rallies calling for former colonial ruler France to withdraw its troops, as sought by the junta which seized power in July.”Down with France! France get out,” the demonstrators chanted, repeating slogans heard at various rallies in Niamey since the coup d’etat on July …

Third day of rallies in Niger demanding withdrawal of French troopsSun, 03 Sep 2023 21:09:44 GMT Read More »

The needs of South Africans are better met today than they were at the end of the apartheid era, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the ruling ANC’s first campaign rally on Sunday.Ramaphosa admitted mistakes along the way but urged voters not just to look at the ANC’s record of recent years. The party has …

S.Africa leader hails post-apartheid progress, admits errorsSun, 03 Sep 2023 16:51:09 GMT Read More »

Five civilians were killed by bombs that “fell on their homes” in Khartoum, a Sudanese medical source told AFP, a day after an air strike in the city’s south killed at least 20 civilians.Residents of the war-torn capital reported the city was again pummelled by artillery and rocket fire Sunday, in the fifth month of …

At least 25 civilians killed in 48 hours in Sudan: activists, medicSun, 03 Sep 2023 15:27:18 GMT Read More »

Residents of Khartoum awoke Sunday to artillery and rocket fire, hours after an air strike in the city’s south killed at least 20 civilians including two children, according to Sudanese activists.”The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the  neighbourhood’s resistance committee. …

Air strike in Khartoum kills 20 civilians: activistsSun, 03 Sep 2023 10:33:21 GMT Read More »

Jacques Nienaber is far removed from the stereotype of an international rugby head coach.The Springbok coach was not a leading player –- although he was a first XV centre at Grey College in Bloemfontein, one of South Africa’s leading rugby schools.Nor did Nienaber, 50, plan to be a coach. Instead, he qualified as a physiotherapist …

‘No-ego’ former physio Nienaber an unlikely Springboks coachSun, 03 Sep 2023 01:26:58 GMT Read More »

Thousands rallied Saturday in Niger’s capital Niamey to demand that former colonial ruler France withdraw its troops as sought by a junta which seized power in July.The protesters gathered near a base housing French soldiers following a call by several civic organisations hostile to the French military presence in the West African country.They held up …

Thousands rally in Niger seeking withdrawal of French troopsSun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:54 GMT Read More »

Counting has begun after Ivory Coast voted Saturday in local and regional elections set to gauge support for the ruling party and the opposition two years ahead of a presidential poll.The three leading political groups were vying for seats in 201 districts and 31 regions in the West African nation, a regional economic power and leading …

I.Coast counts votes after local polls seen as test for presidential raceSat, 02 Sep 2023 19:08:49 GMT Read More »

Al Ahly of Egypt and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, winners and runners-up respectively in the 2023 CAF Champions League, could clash again in the inaugural African Football League final. Ahly are away to Simba of Tanzania in the opening match on October 20 and, if successful in the two-leg quarter-final, will meet Petro Luanda of Angola …

Ahly, Wydad could meet in first African Football League finalSat, 02 Sep 2023 18:28:55 GMT Read More »

Former Mali, Marseille and Saint-Etienne attacker Salif Keita died aged 76 on Saturday, the country’s sports minister told AFP.Minister Abdoul Kassim Ibrahim Fomba said Keita passed away in the captial city Bamako, where he was also born.Keita retired in 1980 after a succesful club career in France.”The world of sport in Mali and particularly football …

Mali’s ‘Black Panther’ Salif Keita dies, aged 76Sat, 02 Sep 2023 15:55:42 GMT Read More »