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Kenyan football player Brian Oroka Ochıeng joined Eyyübiye FC last month signing a two-year contract with the Turkish side. The 29-year-old started playing football at the age of 18 and has played for various teams including the Kenyan national side. But due to the limited opportunities in his country, he left for turkey, who have been past champions in amputee… Read More

Parents of dozens of students kidnapped from a local college in north-west Nigeria gathered to protest on Tuesday in the country’s capital, demanding that the government take action and rescue their children. In March 2021, gunmen attacked the Federal College of F orestry Mechanization ‘Afaka’ in Kaduna state and abducted 39 students. At least 29 of the students are still… Read More

CAF president Patrice Motsepe and FIFA president Gianni Infantino have both called for unity in football. The call was made in Ivory Coast on Tuesday at the launch of a Pan-African Inter-School tournament that will help improve the continent’s football infrastructure.“We have no time to lose by standing divided,” says Infantino, adding, “we must make Ivorian football shine again. **It’s… Read More

Members of the French armed forces deployed in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis were set Monday to avoid any trial after prosecutors recommended that judges drop a case accusing them of complicity in crimes against humanity over their inaction in a massacre. Survivors of the June 1994 slaughter in the hills of Bisesero in western Rwanda had… Read More

Tanzania announced on Monday new measures to control the spread of the coronavirus, a move that breaks with the approach of former president John Magufuli. Travelers arriving in Tanzania will now be required to present a negative test performed less than 72 hours before arrival in the country, the health ministry said in a statement, expressing concern about new variants… Read More

Last updated: 5 hours ago Dozens of Star Wars fans in Taipei City gathered at the highest floor of the tallest building in Taiwan on Tuesday (4 MAY21), to show the world the importance of wearing a face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. All the Star Wars fans attending this year, even Stormtroopers wearing a large helmet… Read More

The president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, arrived in Kenya on Tuesday for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening ties between the two East African neighbours after years of feuding. Once a close ally of Kenya in the East African Community (EAC), Tanzania has distanced itself in recent years from the regional bloc under President John Magufuli, a period of… Read More

Last updated: 52 minutes ago Seven people were injured, two of them seriously, after an explosion ravaged a house in Kent. Firefighters were at the scene of the morning explosion in Willesborough, Ashford, and aerials showed fire engines dousing the smouldering property which sustained extensive damage, with water jets. According to the South East Coast Ambulance Service, two people were… Read More

Eritrea’s president arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for talks with Sudanese officials amid tensions over a longtime border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia. President Isaias Afwerki landed at Khartoum’s international airport and was received by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council. The two leaders then began closed talks on cooperation and ways to develop ties between the… Read More

The Nigerian army on Monday expressed its support for President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been criticized from all sides for his inability to curb insecurity in the country, categorically dismissing any likelihood of a coup. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is plagued by multiple conflicts, from a jihadist insurgency in the northeast, to attacks by criminal gangs carrying out mass… Read More