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Deposed Guinean president Alpha Condé left his country on Monday. The 83 year-old-man flew abroad for medical care, however, no details were disclosed on his diagnosis. Witnesses at the airport in Conakry confirm that the former president’s plane was en route to Abu Dhabi. The junta, which calls itself the National Rally Committee for Developmen, had announced earlier this month… Read More

Group-stage matches come to an end on Tuesday January 18, for groups B and C. In group B, Senegal and Guinea will each have to win their final game in order to secure their places in the next round. The Teranga lions will meet Malawi in Bafoussam. If the Senegalese, Malawi still has a strong card to play. Guinea will… Read More

For the very first time, the Belgiann Centre for fine arts located in Brussels will hold an exhibition on the movie titled Kinshasa Now. On January 24, the museum will organize a talk that will see movie director Marc-Henri Wajnberg and Congolese artists like Freddy Tsimba who are commited to the care of street kids in Kinshasa discuss on the… Read More

Gabon released Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mario Lemina to return to their clubs on Monday after they were diagnosed with heart lesions at the African Cup of Nations. Aubameyang Gabon’s captain and striker for Arsenal in the Premier League, together with Lemina, a midfielder with French club Nice, have departed from Cameroon. The Gabon Football Federation said the two players will… Read More

The CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be held in Yaounde on Tuesday, with Rwanda’s Salima Rhadia Mukansanga becoming the first woman to referee a match at the tournament. “It is the first time that an all-female team will referee a match of the CAN,” the Confederation of African Football said in a statement. Mukansanga, 35, will take charge… Read More

Seven people were killed as they demonstrated on Monday in Sudan. As crowds of people marched chanting slogans and waving flags activists said Sudanese security forces opened fire on the protesters killing 7 and injuring several others. Monday’s deaths bring to at least 67 the number of people killed in near-daily demonstrations but the deadly security clampdown hasn’t deterred protesters… Read More

Libya is likely to conduct its general elections in June after missing the December deadline to elect its first president since the 2011 ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. U.N.’s special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams who has been pursuing this agenda told the Associated Press late Sunday that it is still “very reasonable and possible” for the… Read More

Mamelodi Sundowns are in the process of completing a record transfer. The South African champions are set to sign 25-year-old Bolivian international Erwin Saavedra. According to South American media reports, the transfer fee would be in excess of $1 million (R18 million), the highest in the Premiership. Even in previous record-breaking transfers, the Pretoria club had not invested such a… Read More

Reigning champions Algeria are in danger of an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations after a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of outsiders Equatorial Guinea in Douala on Sunday. Esteban Obiang’s 70th-minute goal gave Equatorial Guinea the victory and brought Algeria’s 35-game unbeaten record crashing to an end. ” It ends (Algeria’s unbeaten run). What do you… Read More

Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday. Keita’s rule was riddled with lots of controversies and criticism especially from the opposition before he was toppled through a coup in 2020. In the weeks before the 2020 coup, he had been struggling with protests fuelled by his handling of a jihadist… Read More