No single player symbolises Ivory Coast’s remarkable turnaround to reach this weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations final quite like striker Sebastien Haller.The 29-year-old was the host country’s match-winner in the semi-final against the Democratic Republic of Congo in his first start of the tournament after injury.That came after a year marked by a return from …
Senegalese were urged on Friday to turn out and show their opposition to a last-minute delay of presidential polls, in a test of the balance of power between President Macky Sall and opponents.On Monday parliament backed Sall’s sudden decision to postpone the February 25 election by 10 months, sparking a fierce opposition backlash and international …
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for funds for her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the …
West Africa’s regional bloc has appealed for unity after emergency talks on the political crisis in Senegal and the withdrawal of three coup-hit countries from the group.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) extraordinary session on Thursday addressed President Macky Sall’s decision to delay elections in Senegal just a week after Burkina Faso, Mali …
Fractured West African bloc appeals for unityFri, 09 Feb 2024 11:02:01 GMT Read More »
The charred yellow arches and rubble-strewn floor of Mangu’s large central mosque mark the ferocity of violence unleashed last month in the northern Nigerian town.On the other side of Mangu, the burned-out shell of the Cocin Kwhagas Lahir church shows Christians were not spared either. Corrugated sheets flap in the wind where the church roof once …
Torched church, burned mosque mark Nigerian town’s traumaFri, 09 Feb 2024 06:26:03 GMT Read More »
More than two decades after the outbreak of war in Darfur, fears are growing that the world has abandoned its people as a new conflict ravages Sudan and the perpetrators of atrocities act with impunity.The vast western region of Sudan was still suffering from the carnage that started in 2003 when a new war erupted …
West Africa’s regional bloc appealed for unity on Thursday after emergency talks on the withdrawal of three coup-hit countries from the group.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) extraordinary session also addressed President Macky Sall’s decision to delay elections in Senegal, a major concern for the region that came just a week after Burkina …
Fractured West African bloc appeals for unityThu, 08 Feb 2024 23:24:12 GMT Read More »
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday that an end to crippling power cuts was “within reach” and pledged thousands of new jobs in a key speech ahead of knife-edge elections this year.With his historically dominant African National Congress (ANC) party struggling in the polls, Ramaphosa used a state of the nation address to highlight …
A California museum on Thursday returned seven royal artefacts to Ghana’s traditional Ashanti king to commemorate his silver jubilee in the first planned handovers of Ashanti treasures looted during colonial times. The ceremony came as pressure grows for European and US museums and institutions to restore African artefacts stolen during the rule of former colonial powers …
Civilians facing bombs, thousands forced to flee and lost children — aid organisations have sounded the alarm over the impact of escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fresh fighting erupted on Thursday.Clashes between M23 rebels and pro-government forces that have gone on for more than two years have intensified in particular in …
Aid groups sound alarm over escalating DR Congo violenceThu, 08 Feb 2024 16:18:30 GMT Read More »
