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Egyptian President Abel Fattah El-Sissi met Monday with Polish President Andrey Duda in Cairo. The North African leader is hosting his counterpart for a three-day state visit. Topics on the agenda included strengthening economic and scientific cooperation as well as the next UN summit on climate scheduled in November in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Cheikh. “We welcomed Poland’s offering… Read More

**Moroccan fans came out to the streets shortly after Wydad AC of Casablanca were crowned the CAF Champions League winners on Monday night. The club beat Egypt’s Al Ahly 2-0.** For the Wydad Casablanca fans, victory never felt so sweet. The Moroccan club won Monday its third African Champions League title. Beating Egyptian club Al Ahly at home. “We are… Read More

A hundred people were killed a week ago in clashes between gold miners in a remote desert region of northern Chad. According to the Minister of Defence, General Daoud Yaya Brahim the clashes started on May 23 with clashes “from a banal dispute” between two gold miners. Clandestine mines The region, in the vast mountainous and desert massif of Tibesti,… Read More

Authorities in Gabon have launched an operation in search of weapons and game belonging to potential poachers. The operation is a response to reports of increased poaching activity in some areas. The anti-poaching unit was formed two years ago and results from a partnership partnership between Gabon’s ministry for Water and Forests, a Belgian NGO called Conservation Justice and a… Read More

The eleven babies who died in a fire on Wednesday evening at the public hospital in Tivaouane (western Senegal) were buried on Sunday in the city’s cemetery, the mayor of Tivaouane says. According to the families’ wishes, the eleven babies were buried in the same ceremony. The burial took place “behind closed doors”, Tivaouane mayor Demba Diop Sy told AFP.… Read More

Wydad Casablanca has a new hero in Zouheir El Moutaraji, whose brace gave them a third African Champions League title in the final against Al-Ahly Cairo (2-0), in a crazy atmosphere at home on Monday. A sumptuous shot (15th), a goal of hunter in two times (48th), the N.7 of the Reds of Casa made twice explode the Mohamed V… Read More

The Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, made its debut in Africa in the port of Dakar where it will stay for four weeks to train health professionals, an AFP journalist noted on Monday. Senegalese President Macky Sall formally welcomed the Global Mercy on Monday morning at a ceremony attended by Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Comoros… Read More

African Union chair Macky Sall on Sunday called for “calm and dialogue” between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda after both sides accused the other of supporting rebel groups operating along their shared border. “I am gravely concerned by the rising tension between Rwanda and the DRC,” Macky Sall said in a tweet in response to the escalation… Read More

Investigations are ongoing in Burkina Faso’s Perkoa zinc mine as two more dead bodies have been recovered bringing the total of victims to six. Two miners are still missing. Unexpected torrential rains flooded the mine six weeks ago trapping eight miners working at a depth of more than 500 metres. Despite diminishing hopes rescue efforts continue and experts have been… Read More

Egyptian giants Al-Ahly will this Monday play their most important match this season when they meet Wydad of Morocco in the final of the CAF Champions League. The Reds are looking to win the Champions League for a record 3 times in a row with their South African coach Pitso Mosimane. If they achieve the feat, it will also be… Read More