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Morocco’s King Mohamed VI said Saturday that Western Sahara is “not negotiable”, as tensions flared with Algeria over the disputed territory. “Today as in the past, Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara will never be up for negotiation,” the king said in a televised speech. Morocco sees the former Spanish colony as its own sovereign territory while Algeria backs Western Sahara’s… Read More

Their names are Michael Olunga, Baghdad Bounedjah, and Andre Ayew and they are all top scorers in the Qatari league. The others are Mali’s Check Tidiane Diabaté who has 6 goals for Al Gharafa, and Yohan Boli, the Ivorian striker who features for Al Rayyan. While the competition resumes only at the end of December, it is these players that… Read More

This episode of Inspire Africa is produced in partnership with the Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) > On this episode of Inspire Africa, we discuss “Women’s health at the heart of development in the Sahel”. First in Ivory Coast with the SWEDD centers of excellence and safe spaces. Then in Burkina Faso and Mali where men in husbands’… Read More

Voters in the restive southeastern Nigerian state of Anambra go to the polls on Saturday amid a massive police deployment, in a key test of electoral credibility ahead of a presidential race less than 18 months away. More than 30,000 police have been deployed to Anambra, the heart of a region where an outlawed separatist movement has been blamed for… Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago Under construction for two years at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard, the “Wonder of the Seas”, the largest cruise ship in the world, leaves the port of Saint-Nazaire. She will temporarily join the port of Marseille, before setting sail for Asia in 2022 More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago French Catholic bishops kicked off their annual conference on Tuesday, set to pour over a shock report last month that detailed massive child abuse of 216,00 minors spanning 70 years. The 120 bishops from across France are to devote nearly half their week-long meeting to “the fight against violence and sexual aggression directed at minors”,… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown. The… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Norway ‘s capital was lit up by the Fjord Oslo Light Festival on Saturday (5 Nov. 2021) as light based works of art glowed through the winter night across the city. The harbour and main square saw various works of art which aimed to bring light anf focus to some of the issues facing the… Read More

South Africa entered new political territory on Thursday as most voters turned against the ruling African National Congress for the first time in the democratic era. The ANC won 46 percent of the ballots cast nationally, down from 54 percent in the last municipal elections five years ago. It is the first time the party of Nelson Mandela has received… Read More

A massive explosion at a petrol station in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, killed at least 80 people, burning people in cars and streets nearby, a rescue worker and nurse said Saturday. “We recovered 80 bodies from the site of the accident last night with our ambulances,” the rescue worker from the Red Cross told AFP, adding rescue operations… Read More