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With a tattered bag on his back, Dereje Enigdamekonen trawled the endless alleyways of the Merkato market in Addis Ababa, calling for the Ethiopian capital’s abundant scrap. “Korale, korale,” he shouted at regular intervals. It’s a made-up word in Amharic that is now used for the thousands of collectors, almost all men, who hunt out everything from …

Ethiopia’s ‘korale’ recyclers turn waste into moneyTue, 15 Oct 2024 05:54:47 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s refusal to play an Africa Cup of Nations fixture in Libya after alleged “inhumane treatment” of their squad, overshadowed Algeria and Cameroon qualifying on Monday for the 2025 finals.”This is getting scary,” said forward Victor Boniface on social media after the Nigerian squad were stranded at an airport 225 kilometres (140 miles) by road …

Nigeria refuse to play in Libya as Algeria, Cameroon qualifyMon, 14 Oct 2024 21:09:45 GMT Read More »

Chad’s online news sites voiced concern Monday over measures announced by authorities to tighten media controls just over two months before elections.The Association of Chad’s Online Media (AMET) said the decisions by the main media authority “seem to indicate a desire to restrict the activities of online media”. Abderamane Barka, head of the High Authority for …

Chad tightens media controls ahead of electionsMon, 14 Oct 2024 19:05:49 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s government on Monday unveiled a vast breakaway development plan, pledging to increase average individual income by almost 50 percent in five years while slashing the deficit and debt.The 25-year project seeks to move the west African nation away from foreign dependence and debt in favour of local resources and human capital. It forms part of …

Senegal sets out ambitious development agendaMon, 14 Oct 2024 19:02:27 GMT Read More »

Chad’s online news sites voiced concern Monday over measures announced by authorities to tighten media controls just over two months before elections.The Association of Chad’s Online Media (AMET) said the decisions by the main media authority “seem to indicate a desire to restrict the activities of online media”. Abderamane Barka, head of the High Authority for …

Chad tightens media controls ahead of ballotMon, 14 Oct 2024 15:59:37 GMT Read More »

The Nigeria Football Federation said it will fly the national team back home Monday after alleged “inhumane treatment” in Libya ahead of a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.”Players have resolved not to play the match any longer as NFF (the Nigerian federation) officials are making plans to fly the team back home,” said NFF …

Nigeria boycott AFCON qualifier in Libya after ‘inhumane treatment’Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:27:43 GMT Read More »

On a normal day a visitor might pass Igbo-Ora with little more than a double take, wondering why so many pairs of residents wear matching clothes.But this weekend left nobody doubting what makes the town in southwest Nigeria special.With fanfare, pageantry, talent shows and even a royal visit, hundreds of people gathered in the self-proclaimed …

Seeing double in Nigeria’s ‘twins capital of the world’Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:39:35 GMT Read More »

Former Aston Villa forward Bertrand Traore scored as Burkina Faso beat Burundi 2-0 on Sunday to become the first qualifiers for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Saudi Arabia-based Mohamed Konate, who has played for nine clubs in a nine-year professional career, netted after five minutes for the Stallions in Abidjan.Traore, now with Ajax …

Burkina Faso win to become first qualifiers for 2025 AFCONSun, 13 Oct 2024 19:26:43 GMT Read More »

A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead.The market is near one of the main camps in the Sudanese capital, where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting the military as part of …

Sudan rescuers say air strike killed 23 in Khartoum marketSun, 13 Oct 2024 14:00:28 GMT Read More »

As a young girl growing up in the Atlas mountains, Hannou Mouloud’s family took her to have her chin tattooed with the cherished lines that generations of Moroccan Amazigh tribeswomen wore.”When I was six, they told me tattoos were pretty adornments,” recalled the 67-year-old from Imilchil village of the once-common practice among women in North Africa’s Amazigh …

Morocco’s tribeswomen see facial tattoo tradition fadeSun, 13 Oct 2024 02:21:50 GMT Read More »