Benin jailed on Tuesday around 30 people, most of them soldiers, accused of links to a thwarted coup attempt this month, legal sources told AFP, while several mutineers are still on the run.Soldiers appeared on national television on December 7 to announce President Patrice Talon had been deposed but the attempted putsch was swiftly defeated by …
A suicide bomber struck a military position in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, killing at least five soldiers, security and local defence sources said.The attacker targeted a military position in Firgi near the town of Pulka in Borno state on Sunday, sources told AFP on Monday night and Tuesday morning.Militants have intensified raids …
A former adviser to Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh said Tuesday he will run against him in April elections, denouncing “democratic backsliding” in the small but highly strategic Horn of Africa nation.Djibouti has been ruled with an iron fist since 1999 by 77-year-old Guelleh, known as “IOG”, with the removal of a constitutional age limit …
Former adviser to stand against Djibouti’s strongman leaderTue, 16 Dec 2025 08:15:52 GMT Read More »
Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female genital mutilation had all but stopped in their community in southern Kenya.The women know that mutilating young girls by removing their clitoris and inner labia — framed as a rite of passage — is still an …
A flash flood in a Moroccan coastal town has killed at least 37 people, local officials said on Monday, as search and rescue operations continued.Drought-hit Morocco often faces severe weather, but Sunday’s flooding in Safi is already the deadliest such disaster in at least a decade.A muddy torrent swept cars and bins from the streets …
Flash flood kills dozens in Morocco townMon, 15 Dec 2025 18:48:48 GMT Read More »
A French court Monday handed ex-rebel leader Roger Lumbala a 30-year jail term over complicity in crimes against humanity during the Second Congo War in what activists hailed a “historic” verdict.Lumbala, a 67-year-old accused of being one of the masterminds of atrocities including rape and torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2002 to …
In Kadugli, a besieged city in Sudan’s Kordofan region, escalating violence and worsening famine have left civilians trapped in a state of constant fear, according to testimonies gathered by AFP.Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have ravaged the South Kordofan state capital, with strikes intensifying …
Trapped, starving and afraid in besieged Sudan cityMon, 15 Dec 2025 13:07:44 GMT Read More »
Manchester United star Bryan Mbeumo must handle the twin challenges of scoring and captaincy when playing for Cameroon at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco this month. With veteran striker Vincent Aboubakar surprisingly axed, the responsibility for scoring falls heavily on the 26-year-old who moved to Old Trafford from Brentford last July.Goals have been …
Mbeumo faces double Cameroon challenge at AFCONMon, 15 Dec 2025 06:02:05 GMT Read More »
Striker Mohamed Amoura is set to be a key figure as Algeria seek redemption at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco after disastrous campaigns in the past two editions.The Desert Foxes won the premier African football competition a second time in 2019, edging Senegal 1-0 in the final in Cairo. But in two …
Mohamed Salah heads for Morocco this week to captain Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) amid uncertainty over his future at Liverpool. Salah came off the bench midway through the first half and set up the second goal in a 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton at the weekend. After the match, manager Arne Slot …
