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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah scored the only goal of the season in his 50th Champions League match against Inter Milan. It was a chance to make an even bigger impact in a season of high-flying football. Mohamed Salah’s second goal of the season was the only one of his kind in Milan’s Giuseppe Meazza stadium, and it was the only one… Read More

EU and African leaders meet for a two-day summit starting Thursday, seeking to reboot ties with pledges of major investment in the face of competition from China and Russia. Relations have been hampered by a raft of problems: from disputes over coronavirus vaccine supplies to curbing illegal migration, a wave of coups in Africa, and the growing clout of Russian… Read More

Bengal tigers abandoned 15 years ago by a travelling circus, who have since been living in a rail car in San Luis, Argentina are finally being rescued by Four Paws International. The global animal welfare organization announced it has reached an agreement with local authorities to take them to a sanctuary in South Africa in the coming weeks. Two of… Read More

French president and European allies announced their withdrawal from Mali, on Thursday, vowing to remain in Sahel. **According to the French general staff, around 2,500 to 3,000 French soldiers will remain in Sahel following their withdrawal from Mali that should take place within a 6-month period.** France and European allies are to withdraw troops from Mali. French President Emmanuel Macron… Read More

Tunisian General Labour Union opened its 25th annual congress in Sfax to elect a new leader, as the current Secretary-General Noureddine Taboubi runs for a new mandate “Sfax is hosting today the 25th congress of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT). We hope that this congress will be a point of departure for unity, solidarity, for Tunisia’s pride, its dignity… Read More

Burundi has secured a place at their first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after beating Djibouti 6-1 in their second-round play-off first leg. unranked by FIFA, the Swallows, which are now 90 minutes away from the 2022 Nations Cup as they work to reach their first major international tournament. After beating Ethiopia 6-0 over two legs in the first round,… Read More

Nigeria’s state-run oil company said it had started a 24-hour distribution of petrol to service stations to end a week-long scarcity that has caused traffic snarls in major cities. The fuel shortage which started last week in the commercial city of Lagos and administrative capital Abuja has caused long queues with few petrol stations selling the product. Transport fares have… Read More

Germany’s BioNTech, which together with Pfizer developed the first mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus, unveiled mobile vaccine production units housed in shipping containers on Wednesday, aimed at bringing manufacturing to Africa. “The question was, can we make the process compact enough to fit in a container?” the CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, told AFP. The vaccine-maker aims to… Read More

Both missed out on the African Cup of Nations (CAN) in January but are hoping to bounce back on the European stage: strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) and Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) have revenge on Thursday in the Europa League with the first leg of the play-off between Barcelona and Napoli. In this double-header, the winner of which will qualify for the… Read More

“We have wandered enough, suffered enough, we are finally going to settle here and prepare the future of our children,” like Hama Dawa, thousands of Malian refugees in Niger are trying to integrate into local communities, as they are unable to return to their country, which is still hit by jihadist attacks. “Returning to Mali is not on the agenda.… Read More