Four days ahead of her show at Lagos Fashion Week, the sewing machines at Abasiekeme Ukanireh’s workshop were still buzzing. Ukanireh, the founder of the popular Nigerian brand Eki Kere, met with models and tailors for the final preparations ahead of one of Africa’s biggest fashion events, which ran through Sunday.On the agenda: local materials, upcycling …
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was to be inaugurated Monday with the internet still blocked after election protests in which the opposition says hundreds were killed by security forces.The electoral commission says Hassan won 98 percent of the vote.But the main opposition party, Chadema, which was barred from competing, has rejected the results and called …
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and the “urgent opening of humanitarian corridors” there to alleviate “unacceptable suffering” caused by civil war.He also appealed for an end to post-election violence in Tanzania.”With great sorrow, I follow the tragic news coming from Sudan, particularly from the city of …
Pope denounces violence in Sudan, renews call for ceasefireSun, 02 Nov 2025 18:01:50 GMT Read More »
Half-centuries by Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma helped India post a competitive 298-7 against South Africa in the Women’s World Cup final in Mumbai on Sunday.Put into bat in a rain-delayed match, India rode on an opening stand of 104 between Smriti Mandhana (45) and Verma, who top-scored with 87, to stay in the hunt …
Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane are among the top seeds for the CAF Champions League group draw on Monday, even though they have never played in the competition before.Seedings are based on results in both the Champions League and the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup over the past five seasons. While Berkane have not been involved the premier …
Debutants Berkane among CAF Champions League top seedsSun, 02 Nov 2025 12:41:31 GMT Read More »
US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to send the military into Nigeria with “guns-a-blazing” if Africa’s most populous country does not stem what he described as the killing of Christians by Islamists.In an explosive post, the Republican leader — who had campaigned unsuccessfully for the Nobel Peace Prize — said on social media he …
Mohamed Salah said scoring his 250th goal for Liverpool was a “great feeling” as the Egypt star helped end the Premier League champions’ losing streak with a 2-0 win against Aston Villa on Saturday.Salah put Liverpool ahead on the stroke of half-time at Anfield with a clinical finish after Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez gifted him …
Salah savours ‘great feeling’ after 250th Liverpool goalSat, 01 Nov 2025 22:29:03 GMT Read More »
Survivors fleeing the Sudanese city of El-Fasher told AFP on Saturday that paramilitary fighters separated families and killed children in front of their parents, with tens of thousands still trapped following the city’s fall.Germany’s top diplomat Johann Wadephul described on Saturday the situation in Sudan as “apocalyptic” while fresh satellite images suggested mass killings were …
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu helped world champions South Africa kick off their Autumn Nations Series with a thumping eight-try 61-7 victory over Japan in London on Saturday.Eddie Jones had called on his Japan team to try to emulate the 2015 side that pulled off one of rugby union’s biggest shocks when they beat South Africa in a …
The mourning that filled one house in Cameroon’s coastal city of Douala, for a man witnesses said was shot by a soldier, underscored the fear gripping the country since the contested re-election of President Paul Biya.Achille Simo, a 45-year-old father of five, was killed Wednesday amid the chaos following the vote that maintained Biya, 92, …
Cameroonian families bereaved in post-election violenceSat, 01 Nov 2025 16:41:24 GMT Read More »
