Hundreds of Colombian ex-soldiers have been drawn to Sudan with the promise of bumper Emirati paychecks. What many found instead was death in a faraway war marked by mass killing, rape, famine and child recruitment.An AFP investigation has uncovered how Colombian mercenaries ended up on the other side of the world through a network of …
They survived the bombs and bullets, but many lost an arm or a leg when M23 fighters seized the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo nearly a year ago.Lying on a rug, David Muhire arduously lifted his thigh as a carer in a white uniform placed weights on it to increase …
DR Congo’s amputees bear scars of years of conflictSun, 21 Dec 2025 06:58:34 GMT Read More »
Morocco carry a huge weight of expectation into their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday as the hosts, with star man Achraf Hakimi returning from injury, aim to see off stiff competition to claim continental glory.Senegal, reigning champions Ivory Coast, Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and a Nigeria side led by Victor Osimhen …
A Burkinabe teenager who used artificial intelligence to post fake news of a French coup on Facebook got more than he bargained for.As well as millions of views and tens of thousands of “likes”, he also acquired a certain notoriety — and French President Emmanuel Macron, for one, was not amused.And what he had planned …
A hamstring injury sustained in a Dutch league match has ruled Ivory Coast striker Sebastien Haller out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Morocco on Sunday. Haller scored the winning goal in last year’s AFCON final as hosts Ivory Coast came from behind to beat Nigeria 2-1 in Abidjan.The striker had …
Haller, Aouar out of AFCON, Zambia coach dramaFri, 19 Dec 2025 22:01:41 GMT Read More »
The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the deployment of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo by one year as Washington called for Rwanda and M23 forces to respect a regional peace deal.The MONUSCO mission of 11,500 military personnel is one of the blue helmet missions endorsed by the United …
Hardik Pandya led India’s batting assault with his 16-ball 50 to set up a 30-run win over South Africa and clinch the series 3-1 in the fifth T20 on Friday.A punishing 105-run fourth partnership between Pandya, who hammered 63 off off 25 balls, and Tilak Varma (73) swept India to 231-5 at the world’s biggest …
Nigeria’s president vowed a national security revamp as he presented the government budget on Friday, allocating the biggest the chunk of spending to defence after criticism over the handling of the country’s myriad conflicts.Africa’s most populous country faces a long-running jihadist insurgency in the northeast, while armed “bandit” gangs commit mass kidnappings and loot villages …
Nigerian president vows security reset in budget speechFri, 19 Dec 2025 17:34:43 GMT Read More »
The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has begun closing several of its bases in the country, AFP saw on Friday, citing a budget shortfall, despite the precarious security situation in the impoverished nation.After gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan disintegrated into a bloody civil war between 2013 and 2018 that claimed …
UN closing bases in S.Sudan despite tense security concernsFri, 19 Dec 2025 17:20:49 GMT Read More »
Sweden said Friday it believed Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, held without trial in Eritrea for 24 years with no news of his fate, was still alive.The claim came after the Swedish government’s first visit to the repressive nation in more than 30 years.Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said she visited Asmara this week and …
Sweden says journalist held 24 years in Eritrea is aliveFri, 19 Dec 2025 13:23:40 GMT Read More »
