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The Ugandan weightlifter missing since Friday from a training camp in Japan has been found “safe and sound”, announced Tuesday the Japanese police. Julius Ssekitoleko had disappeared after failing to appear for a Covid-19 test. “Today (Tuesday), the man was found in the prefecture of Mie (center) without any injury and without any criminal involvement,” an official of the Osaka… Read More

Two people tried Tuesday morning to stab the president of the transition in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, during the Muslim rite of Eid al-Adha, the feast of the Sacrifice, at the Grand Mosque of Bamako. It was after the prayer and while the imam was heading towards the exit of the mosque to slit the sheep that attempted stabbing took… Read More

President of Cape Verde Jorge Carlos Fonseca was in Luanda during the summit at which he handed over the leadership of the Community of Portuguese-speaking States (CPLP) to his Angolan counterpart, João Lourenço. A testimony for history, on the eve of the signing of the Mobility Convention which, its signatories hope, will definitively transform the relationship between Portuguese speakers. Jorge… Read More

Eleven persons have been rescued after a vessel sank off the coast of Liberia on Saturday. Among those rescued are about 10 men, one woman. Nine of them including seven crewmen are Liberians, one Chinese, and one Syrian. Six were rescued on Saturday, July 17, while the remaining were rescued on Sunday, July 18. The vessel named NIKO IVANKA, which… Read More

A Casablanca court sentenced prominent Moroccan journalist and activist Omar Radi to six years in prison on Monday after finding him guilty of espionage and sexual assault. His colleague, Imad Stitou, was convicted of “participation in rape” and sentenced to 12 months in prison, with six months suspended. The Casablanca court ordered Radi and Stitou to pay the equivalent of… Read More

Zambia’s soccer federation has parted ways “by mutual agreement” with its Serbian coach Milutin Sredojevic following a series of poor results by the national team. “After a meeting between the federation and the coach, we concluded that it was in the interest of both parties to end the collaboration,” the federation said, a month and a half before the second… Read More

Ethiopia has successfully completed the second phase of filling its mega-dam on the Nile (Gerd), a source of tension with its two downstream neighbors on the river, Sudan and Egypt, an Ethiopian official told AFP Monday. “The first filling was carried out last year, the second is now completed and will be formally announced today or tomorrow,” this official assured… Read More

The body of Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo arrived Sunday at the airport in Kinshasa. The remains of the former Congolese archbishop, who died at the age of 81 on July 11 in Versailles, France, was greeted by a crowd of mourners. The faithful, members of the local archdiocese and political personalities, all responded to the call of mourning. Among them on… Read More

Nationals of West African states on Monday staged a protest in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital, Bangui to denounce the new fees for acquiring residence permits. The protestors rallied outside the Nigerian embassy in Bangui. They criticized the charges as exorbitant and discriminatory. Central African Republic’s parliament recently approved changes to the immigration law, which prescribes 100,000 Francs ($110)… Read More

On April 20, the day after his re-election as head of Chad, the army announced that President Idriss Déby Itno, who had ruled the country with an iron fist for 30 years, had been killed on the front line against rebels. Three months later, calm and order reign in this Sahelian country, which is crucial in the war against jihadists.… Read More