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UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 results Group B Shakhtar Donetsk 0-6 Borussia Monchengladbach Lokomotiv Moscow 1-1 Atletico Madrid Group A Red Bull Salzburg 2-6 Bayern Munich Real Madrid 3-2 Inter Milan Group C Manchester City 3-0 Olympiacos Porto 3-0 Marseille Group D Atalanta 0-5 Liverpool Midtjylland 1-2 Ajax Sourced from Africanews Read More

Pangolins Need Protection Pangolins, the world’s only mammals with scales. Unique creatures sometimes called scaly anteaters. Not well known and yet among the most poached and illegally trafficked animals in the world and nearing extinction because of high demand for their scales in Asian traditional medicine. Going for around 20,000 USD, many poaches ruthlessly hunt them for profit. Professor Raymond… Read More

Rival Libyan military officers began talks Monday on home soil for the first time following a ceasefire agreement last month, discussing implementation of the deal. “A lot of progress was made today,” Stephanie Williams, the UN’s acting envoy to the troubled North African nation, said at the end of the first day of talks. “The courage and determination… between those… Read More

Claims of Bias The defence lawyers of Omar al-Bashir doubled down on their allegation of bias and ineligibility against the prosecutor general Tagelsir al-Hebr of the ousted Sudanese president’s case. Bashir found guilty last December of corruption and currently on trial since July 21st for undermining constitutional order and the use of military force to commit a crime could face… Read More

Ivory Coast’s government on Tuesday accused the opposition of “plotting” against the state after it vowed to set up a rival government following bruising presidential elections won in a landslide by the incumbent, Alassane Ouattara. The standoff pitched the West African nation deeper into a three-month-old crisis that has claimed several dozen lives, triggering EU appeals for calm and dialogue.… Read More

The widow of the former Rwandan president, Agathe Habyarimana, suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, arrives at a Paris court with her lawyer to be questioned in the investigation into the role played by former policeman Paul Barril at the time of the massacres. The widow has been living since 1998 in France, which has refused to extradite her… Read More

Cameroon’s standup comedy scene has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years. Young comedians have mostly been entertaining their fans through social media – recording and uploading humorous videos on Facebook and getting their followers laughing. Now, they are performing in concert halls before live audiences. “Usually I see this in other countries, in Europe in fact. It’s a pleasure… Read More

Polls have opened across the US after a long and bitter campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic. Americans are voting in one of the most divisive presidential polls in decades. The elections have Democrat Joe Biden vying to take over the White House from incumbent Republican Donald Trump. Biden is however not new to the White House. He served as vice… Read More

It came as no surprise for all Ivorians. Ivory Coast’s electoral commission officilly announced early this morning President Alassane Ouattara had overwhelmingly won a third term in office with over 94% of the votes, after his two main opponents boycotted the election over claims his candidacy is illegal. According to election officials, turnout was 53.9%, but the opposition maintains only… Read More

Ugandan opposition leader and popular singer Bobi Wine has been arrested just after he was confirmed as a candidate in next year’s presidential election. The local NBS Television, reporting from the scene, said the singer was put into a police van amid violent scuffles between police and his supporters. Wine on Monday had gone to the nomination centre in Kyambogo… Read More