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Putschists in Guinea released a group of political opponents of deposed president Alpha Conde on Tuesday, as the regional bloc ECOWAS prepared to discuss the turmoil in the West African nation. Special forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya staged a coup in the mineral-rich but impoverished country on Sunday and arrested the president, sparking international condemnation. The 83-year-old president… Read More

Egypt’s FA has sacked coach Hossam El Badry a day after Sunday’s World Cup qualifying draw in Gabon. The Pharaohs salvaged a 1-1 draw when equalizing in the last. El Badry has been let go despite not losing one of his 10 games in charge. Egypt are also top of Group F with four points. El Badry was named as… Read More

Libyan authorities said Tuesday that government forces have arrested a senior Islamic State group (IS) figure in an operation south of the capital Tripoli. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah of the North African country’s interim government wrote on Twitter that the capture of Embarak al-Khazimi was “a great success for our security forces”. Libya’s chief prosecutor had sought Khazimi with… Read More

Last updated: 4 hours ago At least three rallies were held across Kabul in a show of resistance that would have been unthinkable during the Taliban’s last stint in power — when people were publicly executed and thieves had their hands chopped off. The protesters gathered outside the Pakistan Embassy to denounce what the demonstrators allege is Pakistan’s interference in… Read More

Anger and disappointment in the Gambia after the announcement on Sunday of the unlikely coalition between the party of former leader Yahya Jammeh and that of his successor Adama Barrow, seeking a new mandate in December. Human rights defenders see this as a betrayal to the victims of Yayah Jammeh’s 20 years of rule. A sentiment shared by Hamid Adiamoh,… Read More

“Performers” dressed in cans, tubes, mirrors and other materials salvaged from rubbish bins parade through the streets of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for the 5th edition of the “KinAct” festival, which aims to raise awareness of the environment as well as art. “The CDs that you see and the records are things that are salvaged from the… Read More

Around 18 million Moroccans are expected to cast their ballots in pivotal legislative and regional elections on September 8, amid strict safety guidelines for campaigning parties, as the North African country grapples with a new wave of COVID-19 driven mainly by the delta variant. The political parties are going to the streets in small groups of a maximum of 25… Read More

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday welcomed the release on medical parole of his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, a decision taken just days before the resumption of the corruption trial of the former head of state that has provoked the anger of the opposition. “We welcome this” and “wish him a speedy recovery as he returns home to his loved… Read More

Former West Ham attacker Sebastien Haller scored twice in nine minutes to give the Ivory Coast a 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over fellow African top-10 nation Cameroon in Abidjan on Monday. Haller, who moved to Ajax Amsterdam last January after scoring 14 goals in 54 outings for the Hammers, converted a penalty on 20 minutes and later outpaced a… Read More

A worrying trend from Africa countries on the just concluded Paralympic in Tokyo. For the first time in history, nearly 250 million African viewers had the opportunity to follow the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on television for free, but still, the continent underperformed compared to five years ago in Rio. Five years after the Rio Olympics, many African countries were… Read More