Sitting atop piles of second-hand clothes in Dakar’s teeming Colobane market, salesman Assane Fall said he was “hurting” after the parliament’s decision to postpone Senegal’s presidential election.Like many residents of the capital interviewed by AFP on Tuesday, Fall was proud of his country’s long-cherished democratic principles, making it a peaceful outlier in coup-hit West Africa.But …
Nigeria superstar Victor Osimhen is available to play in Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against South Africa following a fitness scare, the team confirmed.”Victor Osimhen has been declared fit and available for selection in the semi-final clash against South Africa on Wednesday. He has joined the team in Bouake and has trained with the …
Nigeria’s Osimhen declared fit for AFCON semi-finalTue, 06 Feb 2024 18:24:50 GMT Read More »
Democratic Republic of Congo coach Sebastien Desabre is hoping his team can use Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against Ivory Coast to “give joy” to people at home amidst ongoing violence in the volatile east of the country.”We want to make the people who are suffering proud of us as a national team,” Desabre …
The main suspect in a deadly gas blast and blaze in a densely populated area of Nairobi that killed six people and injured around 280 was Tuesday placed in detention after appearing in court.A truck loaded with gas canisters exploded late Thursday, triggering a ferocious fireball in the Embakasi area of southeastern Nairobi.Derrick Kimathi, who …
Ivory Coast’s interim coach Emerse Fae has urged his team to go into Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against the Democratic Republic of Congo with the mindset that has allowed the hosts to make a “miraculous” recovery from the brink of elimination at the tournament.The Elephants reached the last four after an remarkable escape …
In a small village in southern Madagascar, dozens of women shelter from the scorching sun under a tree as they wait to weigh their children. The Indian Ocean island nation has suffered poor rainfall since October and fears of worsening hunger loom as the El Nino climate pattern takes hold.The country is particularly exposed to extreme weather …
El Nino brings hunger, drought fears to MadagascarTue, 06 Feb 2024 16:21:54 GMT Read More »
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday denied that people were dying of hunger in the Horn of Africa nation, which is grappling with a major food crisis caused by internal conflict and climate disasters.His comments to parliament followed a warning that the number of people who are critically food insecure in Africa’s second most …
Nobody dying from hunger in Ethiopia, says PMTue, 06 Feb 2024 15:31:30 GMT Read More »
Rassie Erasmus can dream of an unprecedented  third successive Rugby World Cup title after signing a four-year contract as South Africa head coach on Tuesday which includes the 2027 global showpiece in Australia.The 51-year-old has returned to the head coach role he filled when the Springboks beat England in the 2019 final before moving up …
Erasmus eyes World Cup history with new Springbok contractTue, 06 Feb 2024 14:22:48 GMT Read More »
A Kenyan court on Tuesday charged the leader of a starvation cult and dozens of suspected accomplices with murdering nearly 200 children in a forest near the Indian Ocean.Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who has already been charged with terrorism, manslaughter as well as child torture and cruelty, is alleged to have incited hundreds of his acolytes to starve …
The main suspect in a deadly gas blast and blaze in a densely populated area of Nairobi appeared in court in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday.A total of six people lost their lives and around 280 were injured when a truck loaded with gas canisters exploded late Thursday, triggering a ferocious fireball in the Embakasi …
‘Prime suspect’ in deadly Kenya gas blast appears in courtTue, 06 Feb 2024 12:10:34 GMT Read More »
