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The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was in Guinea on Friday (September 30) as questions persist about the country’s ability to host the African Cup of Nations as planned in 2025, a Guinean sports official said. Motsepe was due to meet the leader of the junta Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, from 3.30pm local time (and GMT) before leaving… Read More

Somali activists, Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman, have won the 2022 Swedish Right Livelihood Award – considered by some as an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize – for their courage in promoting human rights and peace in the face of the ongoing terrorism and gender-based violence in their country. The NGO praised the mother and daughter team for using… Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago On Thursday, September 29, many Russian men were waiting at the Russian-Georgian border checkpoint to try to leave Russia. They were not sure if they could go into exile, but they wanted to try. In Russia, at the border with Georgia, a line of thousands of vehicles is visible since the announcement of the “partial… Read More

In Uganda, concerns are growing around the latest outbreak of Ebola that has already caused seven deaths and 35 recorded cases. The outbreak is centred around the community of Madudu in the Central District of Mubende. “We are looking at the possibility and probability that actually there was an earlier spread that passed unnoticed, like it happens in this and… Read More

Last updated: 51 minutes ago Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to annex parts of Ukraine into Russia, defying Western powers. In a ceremony in the Kremlin’s opulent white-and-gold St. George’s Hall, Putin and the Russian-installed leaders in the four regions of Ukraine put their names on treaties for them to join Russia, in a sharp escalation of the… Read More

Burkinabes woke up Friday to heavy military presence on the streets of Ouagadougou.  Gunfire rang out early in the capital, sparking coup fears.  The whereabouts of the country’s leader, Col. Damiba, is still unknown but a statement from the presidency’s social media cited a “crisis within the army”.  According to local journalist Simon Gongo, soldiers from the elite corps rebelled.… Read More

Cameroonian born Joël Embiid who acquired French citizenship two months ago, was sworn in two weeks ago in Philadelphia as an American citizen. “I’ve been here for a long time,” Embiid told The Associated Press on Thursday (Sept. 29) at training camp at The Citadel. “My son is American. I felt like, I’m living here and it’s a blessing to be… Read More

The Bié Province in central Angola has long been a commercial centre and a highly fertile region for agriculture. It was also a key flashpoint in Angola’s fight for independence and later its civil insurgency. Following the conflict, it was crucial to generate employment both for veterans and for the youth. Daniel Kavinhanha is the manager the new Peace Prize… Read More

Fuel prices in Ethiopia rose by about 20% on Thursday (September 29), less than three months after a previous 30-40% hike, as part of the phasing out of government subsidies for petroleum products. Faced with soaring crude oil prices this year, which are widening the state’s deficit, the Ethiopian government decided to phase out all fuel subsidies in July. “Although… Read More

Gunfire rang out early Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital and the state broadcaster went off the air, sparking fears of a mutiny nine months after a military coup d’etat overthrew the country’s president. It was not immediately known where Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba was in the West African country. He had given a speech the day before in… Read More