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Rugby chiefs on Monday officially launched the Nations Championship, a global competition featuring 12 of the strongest teams that will crown a winning nation and decide the sport’s dominant hemisphere.Organisers said the new biennial tournament signalled a “watershed moment for rugby union, years in the making” and would transform the two existing international playing windows, …

Rugby chiefs unveil ‘watershed’ Nations ChampionshipMon, 17 Nov 2025 10:24:31 GMT Read More »

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, Nigerian Victor Osimhen and Egyptian Mohamed Salah were shortlisted on Sunday for the 2025 African men’s player of the year award, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced.Currently injured, full-back Hakimi helped Paris Saint-Germain win the UEFA Champions League for the first time and finish runners-up to Chelsea in the final of …

Hakimi, Osimhen, Salah shortlisted for top African awardSun, 16 Nov 2025 19:32:14 GMT Read More »

World champions South Africa added hooker Bongi Mbonambi and prop Ntuthuko Mchunu to their squad on Sunday ahead of Autumn Nations Series Tests against Ireland and Wales, SA Rugby announced. The Springboks face Ireland in Dublin on November 22 and Wales in Cardiff seven days later after victories over Japan, France and Italy in other matches …

World champions South Africa add Mbonambi, Mchunu to squadSun, 16 Nov 2025 18:32:22 GMT Read More »

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia signed a new peace framework on Saturday in Qatar aimed at ending the fighting that has devastated eastern DRC.Qatar, with the United States and the African Union, has shuttled between the two sides for months hoping to end the conflict in DRC’s mineral-rich east, where …

M23, DR Congo sign new peace roadmap in DohaSat, 15 Nov 2025 18:44:26 GMT Read More »

World champions South Africa beat a spirited Italy 32-14 on Saturday, coming out on top despite having to play a huge chunk of the match a man down, just as they did in last weekend’s win over France.Marco van Staden, Morne van den Berg, Grant Williams and Ethan Hooker scored the tries with Handre Pollard …

South Africa defy early red card to beat battling ItalySat, 15 Nov 2025 17:54:56 GMT Read More »

South Africa beat spirited Italy 32-14 on Saturday, coming out on top despite having to play a huge chunk of the match a man down just as they did in last weekend’s win over France.Marco van Staden, Morne van den Berg, Grant Williams and Ethan Hooker scored the tries with Handre Pollard kicking the rest …

South Africa defy early red card to beat ItalySat, 15 Nov 2025 14:49:06 GMT Read More »

Veteran spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to put India in sight of victory on a manic day two of a low-scoring opening Test on Saturday.South Africa were 93-7 at stumps to lead by 63 runs in their second innings on an Eden Gardens pitch that has made batting decidedly tricky. Fifteen wickets fell during the …

India close in on win over South Africa after Jadeja heroicsSat, 15 Nov 2025 12:18:31 GMT Read More »

The three-storey Child Health Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana’s capital Accra is a place with hushed corridors, laboured breathing and parents clutching on to hope.But on Friday, the gloom gave way to shrieks of joy as children with drips taped to their arms sat upright for the first time in days.Others, …

Brazilian ‘Superman’ cheers child cancer patients in GhanaSat, 15 Nov 2025 11:53:18 GMT Read More »

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday announced an inquiry into the killings that occurred during the election that returned her to power, and called for leniency for some protesters charged with treason. Hassan retained the presidency with 98 percent of the vote on October 29, according to the electoral commission, after her main opponents were …

Tanzania president announces inquiry into protest deathsFri, 14 Nov 2025 13:55:23 GMT Read More »

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to probe alleged atrocities in Sudan’s El-Fasher and to seek to identify perpetrators so they can be brought to justice.The United Nations’ top rights body adopted a resolution ordering the UN’s independent fact-finding mission on Sudan to urgently investigate violations in El-Fasher.The text also called on …

UN rights council orders probe of atrocities in Sudan’s El-FasherFri, 14 Nov 2025 13:43:18 GMT Read More »