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Reactions have began to follow the UN probe which links France to the recent airstrike that killed 19 civilians gathered for a wedding in Mali. The report pulished on Tuesday has prompted a strong denial from France. Dr Hamadoune Dicko, is the président of the Jeunesse Tabital Pu laaku a rights group based in Mali. “Thank God, the Minusma has… Read More

Karim Benzema will face trial in October for his alleged involvement in blackmailing former France teammate Matthieu Valbuena over a sex tape, the Versailles prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Benzema will stand trial from Oct. 20-22 on the charge of complicity in attempted blackmail. He denies any wrongdoing. The Real Madrid striker is suspected of pressuring Valbuena in 2015 to… Read More

The Portugal captain’s armband which Cristiano Ronaldo slammed into the ground after his apparent winning goal was disallowed in a World Cup qualifier against Serbia was put up for auction on Tuesday. A charity group which is trying to collect money for the surgery of a 6-month-old boy from Serbia with spinal muscular atrophy got the armband from a stadium… Read More

The Mozambican city of Pemba, capital of northern Cabo Delgado province, awaits the arrival of potentially thousands of people who fled an attack by Islamic State-linked militants on the town of Palma near the Tanzanian border. But several thousands of people remain behind, looking for a way out of the conflict. The Islamic State group on Monday released a video… Read More

Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Ethiopia have confirmed their participation in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) finals in Cameroon. Ethiopian match versus the host Ivory Coast was brought toa ahalt when the Ghanaian referee collapsed in the 80th minute. The visitors refused to continue the match given that the fourth official who was to take over was an Ivorian. The… Read More

The Tanzanian Parliament has confirmed the appointment of the country’s Finance Minister Philip Isdor Mpango as the new vice-president. Mpango’s nomination was announced by Parliament Speaker Job Ndugai ahead of his approval by the MPs. A total of 363 MPs voted to endorse Mpango after nomination by President Samia Suluhu. Mpango will be sworn in on Wednesday and will fill… Read More

Hundreds of flamingos wade past waste in the murky waters of the vast Sijoumi lagoon, a critical wetland in the heart of Tunisia’s capital threatened by overexpansion. Once set apart from the city, today half of Tunis’ residents live on the banks of the “sebkha”, or mudflat, where more than 100,000 birds of around 100 different species spend winter. The… Read More

Some 7,000 ex-residents of a slum in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, destroyed by fire last week, require emergency assistance, the country’s disaster management agency said on Monday. “We need help to provide shelter, food, water and clothing to the victims of this disaster,” said agency boss Sinneh Mansaray, addressing the partners as well. international private and public organizations from Sierra… Read More

Malawi on Monday evening beat Uganda 1-0 to secure a place in the 2021 AFCON competition which comes up in Cameroon next year. Richard Mbulu scored after 16 minutes, a goal enough to put to rest the qualification dreams of the Ugandan cranes. The exit for Uganda is the third big surprise in the qualifiers. It follows the non qualification… Read More

Former U.S. President Barack Obama took to the social media to mourn his step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, who died at a hospital in Kenya at the age of 99. Sarah was the second wife of President Obama’s grandfather Hussein Onyango Obama, a herbalist and a village elder who fought for the British in Burma, now called Myanmar. She helped raise the… Read More