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Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala is set to qualify for her very first European Champions League final. The Barcelona striker will play a key role in the second leg against Paris Saint Germain on home turf in Spain, one week after the 1-1 draw in France This season, the four-time African Female Player of the Year has featured in six… Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a ‘state of siege’ in violence-hit eastern provinces. Hundreds of people have been killed and many displaced in mineral-rich Ituri and North Kivu provinces due to a surge in attacks in recent months Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi visited French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris last Tuesday and already warned him about the armed… Read More

The political appeasement gestures multiplied on Friday in Côte d’Ivoire where exiled supporters of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo returned after ten years of exile, at the same time as the release of a hundred prisoners accused of violence related to the 2020 presidential election was announced. Six supporters of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, including former party officials, landed in Abidjan… Read More

Chadian opposition politician, Yaya Dillo Djérou, says that he supports a peaceful transition of power. Although seemingly wary, he requested on Sunday that the ruling military council arrange talks with opposition camps in their proclaimed spirit of inclusion. “For us, it is hard to accept that this new regime is taking power in the name of the rule of law.… Read More

Almost five years have passed since the Eséka railway accident in Cameroon that took 79 lives and left around 600 people injured, Thursday saw this same previously suspended express train between Douala and Yaoundé back on the rails via a safety test run overseen by transport authorities. The train has since been doubled in size with sixteen cars instead of… Read More

The draw for the 2020-21 Total CAF Confederation Cup (CAF) was conducted on Friday at their Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. CAF Director of competitions Samson Adamu assisted by Cote d’Ivoire legend Abdoulaye Traore ran the drawing process that revealed some thrilling encounters in the road to the final. The current champions Al Ahly will face the South African Mamelodi Sundowns.… Read More

Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from West Africa by a British colonial expedition and subsequently sold to collections around the world, including German museums, authorities said Friday. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas welcomed a deal reached with museums and authorities in Nigeria to work on a restitution plan for a substantial… Read More

The construction of more factories in the pharmaceutical sector in Africa is one of the priorities in the cooperation between the African Union and the European Union. In Luanda, during a visit to the Covid-19 vaccination centre, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, said that the strong European bloc is working with African countries to achieve this goal.… Read More

Seventy-seven migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Friday by activists and brought to the non-profit rescue ship, Sea-Watch 4. The group said they had rescued 44 migrants on Thursday, bringing the total on board to 121. The Italian Ministry of the Interior reports that 9,013 migrants have arrived in Italy by sea as of April 30 in… Read More

Yvonne Nour is grieving. Her son Adoussama Balam was killed by Chadian security forces as they tried to stop demonstrations against army rule. As young men responded to a call by opposition leaders to stage protests demanding a return to civilian rule, the military junta headed by a youthful general responded with teargas and live ammunition, killing at least five… Read More