A living legend in Liverpool, Mohamed Salah has two more years to burnish his astonishing legacy at Anfield after extending his contract on Friday.In the midst of constant speculation over his future, the 32-year-old has produced one of the great all-time individual seasons to take the Reds to the brink of the Premier League title.The …
Mohamed Salah: Liverpool’s Egyptian KingFri, 11 Apr 2025 09:20:43 GMT Read More »
Mohamed Salah put an end to months of speculation over his future by signing a new two-year contract with Premier League leaders Liverpool on Friday.Salah, 32, has scored 243 goals in 394 appearances for the Reds since joining from Roma in 2017, making him the club’s third highest goalscorer of all time.The Egyptian has lifted the …
Mohamed Salah signs new deal with Liverpool: clubFri, 11 Apr 2025 07:46:13 GMT Read More »
Washington’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) — which provided duty-free access to the US market for some African products — had enabled certain sectors …
“Love in Every Word”, a movie by Nigerian filmmaker Omoni Oboli, racked up over 20 million views on YouTube in the first three months of this year, like many Nollywood productions. It points to a shifting pattern as Nigerians grapple with one of the toughest economic crises in decades after President Bola Tinubu halted petrol subsidies …
Cash-strapped Nigerians turn to YouTube for entertainmentFri, 11 Apr 2025 05:45:56 GMT Read More »
South Sudan’s president dismissed his foreign minister Thursday after a row with Washington led US authorities to revoke all visas granted to South Sudanese.The dispute occurred after South Sudan sent back a Democratic Republic of the Congo citizen who had been deported by US authorities in early April.The US administration accused South Sudan of not …
S.Sudan foreign minister fired after US visa rowThu, 10 Apr 2025 19:32:29 GMT Read More »
Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu was charged on Thursday with treason, which carries the death penalty, a day after being detained following a rally, one of his lawyers told AFP.The east African nation has increasingly cracked down on its opposition, with Lissu’s Chadema party accusing President Samia Suluhu Hassan of returning to the repressive …
Tanzanian opposition leader Lissu charged with treasonThu, 10 Apr 2025 16:57:44 GMT Read More »
Otangani fishing village, a short boat ride from Gabon’s capital, has no running water or electricity but hopes to attract tourists.Despite the soft white sands and wildlife of its parks, tourists are few and far between on the Pointe-Denis peninsula where the village is located. Â On a recent Sunday morning, Kossi’s bar and restaurant, a …
Sudan told the International Court of Justice Thursday that the United Arab Emirates was the “driving force” behind what it called a genocide in Darfur, a charge the UAE said “couldn’t be further from the truth”.Khartoum has dragged the UAE before the ICJ, accusing it of complicity in genocide against the Masalit community by backing …
Sudan tells top court UAE ‘driving force’ behind ‘genocide’Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:52:52 GMT Read More »
A man from Guinea has died after migrants clashed at a makeshift camp in northern Tunisia, a parliamentarian who visited the site and the National Guard told AFP on Thursday.Tarak Mahdi, the MP for Sfax, around 30 kilometres (20 miles) from camps set up in olive groves, told AFP the violence began on Tuesday and …
Migrant killed in clash at makeshift camp in TunisiaThu, 10 Apr 2025 13:10:04 GMT Read More »
A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometre (12,400-mile) trek across the globe Wednesday from the DR Congo capital, to raise awareness about migration due to climate change.The animals are part of The Herds project and aim to have crossed around 10 countries between central Africa and …
