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Tunisian female tennis player Ons Jabeur qualified on Tuesday for a semi-final at Wimbledon, the legendary London tournament. Jabeur, who has been ranked second in the world for the past ten days, is the first African to reach the semi-finals. Not since South Africa’s Amanda Coetzer reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament in 1997 has a player from… Read More

Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC has died. Nigerian authorities announced the 63 year old’s death early Wednesday, hours after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari and giving the main speech at an energy summit in Abuja. The reason for his death which occured late Tuesday was not immediately known. Barkindo who began his career… Read More

The campaign for the referendum on Tunisia’s new constitution started on Sunday, though Tunisians are divided about the content of a controversial draft released last week. The referendum is scheduled for July 25, exactly a year after Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament and seized power. He said the move was necessary to “save the country” from political and economic… Read More

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) is investigating the outcome of two matches that produced an unbelievable total of 187 goals. On Sunday, Kahunla Rangers shattered Lumbebu United 95-0 as Kono’s Gulf FC thrashed Koquima Lebanon 91-1. Both teams were in contention for promotion. With equal points, everything had to be decided on goal difference. Given the extent of the… Read More

French forces in the Sahel will switch operating mode after they leave Mali, acting more “in support” of local forces rather than substituting for them, their commander says. After nearly a decade fighting militants in Mali, France is pulling its troops out of the country after falling out with its military junta. President Emmanuel Macron announced the withdrawal in February,… Read More

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he met Sudan’s coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Nairobi on Tuesday and that both committed to “dialogue” to resolve any differences. Their talks follow a clash in a volatile border region last month in which Khartoum said that Ethiopian forces had captured and killed Sudanese troops — claims denied by Addis Ababa. “We… Read More

Zimbabwe’s central bank says it will start issuing gold coins as legal tender in late July, as the country battles to control soaring inflation that has considerably weakened the local currency. The gold coin is named ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’, after Victoria Falls, and can be converted into cash according to the apex bank. The latest measure comes as the country’s inflation rate more… Read More

Animal markets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum are teeming with livestock, just days before Muslims mark Eid al Adha or the feast of sacrifice. But the celebration comes at a time many in the country are struggling to make ends meet and there are not many buyers. “The market was stagnant, but the demand and mobility increased a little a… Read More

A Ugandan soldier on Tuesday “inadvertently” shot and killed two Congolese and Ugandan soldiers in Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they are operating to neutralise the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) group. “A soldier of the 2nd class of the UPDF (Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces) inadvertently shot this morning in Bulongo/Rwenzori at two of his comrades,… Read More

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday that he had met Sudan’s strongman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane in Nairobi on the sidelines of a summit of the East African organisation Igad, days after a new border incident between the two countries, which have several disputes. “We both agreed that our two countries have many things to work on peacefully,”… Read More