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Around 300 Tunisian football fans, who have for weeks threatened to illegally emigrate to Italy in protest over sanctions against their club, boarded fishing boats Thursday and headed out to sea. Brandishing Tunisian flags and those of their team, Croissant Sportif Chebbien (CSC), they chanted as they sailed out of Chebba port, accompanied by the coast guard, AFP said. The… Read More

An imminent change of leadership at the White House for the next four years as Joe Biden wins the US presidency. Where does this leave Africa when the new administration begins? South Africa looking to a future of recovery, and reconstruction for its economy, worsened from the impact of Covid. Leans more towards China. And the rise in the use… Read More

After months of closure, schools have reopened Thursday in Senegal. Unicef had deplored in early October that only one country in three from West and Central Africa has managed to reopen its schools for the start of the school year 2020-2021 on schedule. Most of the students sitting Thursday in groups under the courtyard of an elementary school in Mbao,… Read More

A surprise U-turn as Ziad Takieddine withdraws accusations against French Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. The latter was under investigations for the suspicious financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by Libya. The right wing in France has thus called on the judiciary to establish ‘’responsibility’’ in what it sees as a machination against the former French president. Guillaume Peltier, a member of… Read More

Angolan police fired live ammunition and used tear gas against youths protesting against poverty Wednesday in Luanda. Protests against the government, usually met with violence, have been going on for several weeks in Luanda, motivated by high unemployment, the cost of living, and state corruption. Protesters, supported by UNITA, the main opposition party, also called for local elections, which had… Read More

Mozambique continue their quest to qualify for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations when they play Cameroon on Thursday. This would be a crucial game if Cameroon were not automatically through as tournament hosts – these are the top two in Group F, the pair having four points from their two games. Both sides have issues to deal with.The Indomitable… Read More

South Africa on Wednesday opened its borders to international travel, over 7 months after ports of entry were closed to non-essential travel prevent the spread of coronavirus. President Cyril Rampahosa said in a speech to the nation that visitors would be required to follow relevant health protocols. He said businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector would greatly benefit from… Read More

Libya’s warring sides agreed in UN-led talks on Wednesday a plan to hold elections within 18 months, as diplomatic efforts grow to end a decade of violence in the North African country. Delegates from across Libya “reached a preliminary roadmap for ending the transitional period and organizing free, fair, inclusive and credible presidential and parliamentary elections,” interim UN envoy Stephanie… Read More

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara met with a main opposition rival on Wednesday and promised to pursue talks aimed at calming a standoff over the October 31 election, which has ignited clashes killing scores of people. Ouattara met with opposition candidate and former president Henri Konan Bedie in Abidjan. The election handed Ouaterra a third term, which some say violates… Read More

A suspected financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, made his first appearance at a UN court in The Hague on Wednesday after decades on the run. Felicien Kabuga’s a suspected financier of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, which saw 800,000 people murdered, according to the UN. Kabuga, now in his 80s, is accused of crimes against humanity including genocide. UN… Read More