Morocco trained on Friday, a day before hosting Egypt in the U23 Africa Cup of Nations final. Earlier in the day coach Aissam Charai said the main objective was to qualify for the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, and by reaching the final both sides will go for gold in the French capital next summer. Egypt also finalised their training… Read More

On a shady corner of the beach in the south of Abidjan, men are playing cards: all are fishermen and were forced to stop their activity in July to abide by a government measure for the biological rest of fish. “We do nothing, we do nothing at all,” says Patrick Ange Yao annoyed. He’s worked as an angler for more… Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the early hours of Saturday held a joint news conference in Istanbul with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after the two leaders held talks. Speaking about security in the Black Sea region, Zelenskyy said more significant efforts were needed to limit Russia’s aggression. The Ukrainian president said the Black Sea “should be a space of… Read More

Zimbabwean police on Friday banned an opposition rally scheduled for Sunday, citing a lack of toilets and unsuitable roads at the venue, the latest ban ahead of the August elections. The political climate is worsening ahead of what promises to be a tense vote on August 23 in a country ruled by one political party, Zanu-PF, since independence from Britain… Read More

One of the rare African-born figures to head a German cultural institution, Bonaventure Ndikung is aiming to highlight post-colonial multiculturalism at a Berlin arts centre with its roots in Western hegemony. The “Haus der Kulturen der Welt” (House of World Cultures), or HKW, was built by the Americans in 1956 during the Cold War for propaganda purposes, at a time… Read More