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With shouts, songs, cries and tears, Moroccans exploded with joy Tuesday as their football team beat Spain to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time. “There were millions behind Morocco – this team represents a spirit, a union,” said Imad Ait Ounejjar, from a noisy, crowded restaurant in the coastal city of Casablanca. “This victory is… Read More

A month after the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, COP15 on Biodiversity kicks off in Canada. The objective for the 196 countries present is to halt the decline of life. And the call for action is urgent. According to the latest World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, wildlife populations have on average declined by 69% since 1970.  The current rapid… Read More

Germany is becoming a key destination for disillusioned young Tunisians. Europe’s biggest economy, with its low birth rate, is crying out for labour, and many Tunisians, exhausted by years of economic crisis, see an opportunity for a legal path to emigration. Numbers are small but rising fast. Germany granted 5,474 work permits to Tunisians from January to October — up… Read More

Cameroon football legend Samuel Eto’o has apologised for his violent attack on a Youtuber, a video of which has gone viral on social media since Tuesday morning. The images show the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation dryly hit in the face by a cameraman, falling backwards. The incident was recorded shortly after Brazil’s 4-1 victory over South Korea… Read More

The Atlas Lions of Morocco have beaten Spain to qualify for the quarter final of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup,- the first time ever. They become only the fourth African team to reach that stage after Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010. After a goal less tension soaked 120 minutes of football, both matching each… Read More

In this episode of Inspire Africa, Barbara Loundou first takes you to DRC. A young engineer in Goma has designed a portable iron that works with a rechargeable battery. It’s a very practical solution for people who live in areas with no electricity or with frequent power cuts. Also, would you sit on a bench and confide in a caring… Read More

The U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Somalia warned on Tuesday the country was undergoing a “catastrophic emergency” due to the most severe drought in the nation’s history. Speaking during a joint meeting of the League of Arab States and the United Nations, Adam Abdelmoula said Somalia was suffering from its fifth consecutive failed rainy season with a sixth failed season predicted… Read More

The Community of East African States (EAC) announced Tuesday that armed groups and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will hold peace talks in January in eastern DRC, following three previous meetings in Kenya. This announcement was made at the end of the third session of the “inter-Congolese dialogue”, which brought together for eight days in Nairobi… Read More

Ghana asked investors to exchange around $9 billion in domestic debt for new bonds on Monday (Dec.5) to ease a crunch in payments as the government negotiates an IMF bailout during its worse economic crisis in decades. Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta said the debt exchange starting Monday would seek to exchange around 137 billion cedis or $9.7 billion in current… Read More

Tanzania’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday, November 9 and has directed that the budget instead be used to build dormitories for children with special needs. The 61st Independence Day event was to cost $445,000, but the money will be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools around the country. Tanzania’s minister of… Read More