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Al Ahly moved within touching distance of reaching the African Champions League final for the third time in four years, producing an impressive display to beat Wydad Casablanca 2-0 at home in the semi-final first leg on Saturday. Mohamed Afsha capitalised on an error by Yahya Jabrane to put the visitors in front early in the first half before Ali… Read More

Crowds gathered to greet Limam Chafi on his return from exile in Qatar on Sunday. Chaffi, a sharp critic of former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz fled Mauritania after charges were pressed against him. Chaffi’s return points to changing political dynamics in Nouakchott. “We think it is a new page that is opening up in which all Mauritanians will have… Read More

Women Stand Up, Pandemic Stand Down! Kampala, Uganda is serving a healthy dose of Girl Power amid a covid-19 pandemic that sees several women — who found themselves in months-long lockdown and unemployed, take on both new careers and self-defence training by way of Diva Taxi, a new female taxi driver service in the city. Company founder, Gillian Kobusingye, is… Read More

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee made it through on Thursday to the final run-off to lead the World Trade Organization. Okonjo-Iweala, 66, served as her country’s first female finance and foreign minister, and has a 25-year career behind her as a development economist at the World Bank. If she wins, she would become the first African to… Read More

The Madagascan government announced on Sunday, the end of the state of health emergency which was introduced due to the (COVID-19) pandemic. According the president Andry Rajoelina, the country had 96% recovery rate. He attributed the recovery to some of the measures taken like the distribution of more than seven million doses of Covid-Organics distributed free of charge throughout the… Read More

Politics and Violence A volatile presidential race with the current head of state Alassane Ouattara seeking a controversial third term saw mounting political tensions culminate in fatal ethnic clashes since Friday. Pascal Affi N’Guessan, President of the Ivorian Popular Front and current presidential candidate, addressed his supporters, “This phase of civil disobedience aims to prevent the delivery and distribution of… Read More

Tense Political Atmosphere Guinean prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana seeks to quell mounting tensions and avoid a political crisis in light of the presidential election vote counting process — as he requests that candidates refrain from proclaiming victory before the actual results are announced in several day’s time. The main opposition rival Cellou Dalein Diallo is going head to head… Read More

Remembering the Sacrifices Thousands of Nigerians gathered on Sunday for a vigil to remember those who lost their lives at the hands of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) — a police unit accused of brutality and human rights crimes. Created in 1984 to combat growing robberies in Nigeria, the unit is now disbanded following one of the largest youth-led… Read More

It’s Cellou Dalein Diallo’s third time in the running to become Guinea’s next leader. The 68-year-old hopes this is the year he will succeed after voters cast their ballots in the first round on Sunday. Diallo is Guinea’s leading opposition politician and faces the incumbent President Alpha Conde yet again alongside 10 other candidates. Conde is running for a controversial… Read More

Guinea’s 82-year-old incumbent leader Alpha Conde is running for a third term in Sunday’s tense presidential election. His bid was made possible after he pushed through a new constitution in March, which he said was to modernise the country but it also allowed him to run for another term. The move sparked protests and subsequent crackdowns, which killed dozens. What… Read More