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Hundreds of people gathered outside State House in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Friday for the funeral of footballer Christian Atsu who died last month in the earthquake in Turkey. Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, was also present. Atsu’s widow, Marie-Claire Rupio, was overcome with emotion as she paid tribute to her husband. The 31-year-old spent most of his career playing… Read More

Gabon’s transport minister, Brice Paillat, resigned Thursday (Mar. 16), the presidency announced, a week after a ferry disaster claimed the lives of at least 21 people, with another 16 still missing. Relatives of the victims, opposition politicians and campaigning groups, had made repeated calls for the minister to depart. The government had already suspended four senior figures inside the merchant marine and… Read More

Senegal on Thursday repatriated 76 compatriots from Tunisia and neighboring Libya, the government announced on Friday. It is the latest sub-Saharan country to repatriate nationals after Tunisian President Kais Saied said on February 21 that the presence of Tunisian nationals in the country was a threat to the country’s security.  He said the presence of “hordes” of illegal immigrants from… Read More

Nearly a month after the presidential elections, Lagos will head to the polls on Saturday to either retain its incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, or elect a new one. The governor elect will have to tackle numerous issues such as security, traffic and corruption. “For Lagos, I think majorly what we need to work on is security and the traffic. There… Read More

As the search for dead bodies in Blantyre, Malawi continues, local authorities have brought on search dogs to support a team of soldiers and local people. “The search for dead bodies is faster today than yesterday because of the sniffer dogs that have come. We are able to see what is happening because of the dogs,” explains Kondwani Chilimba, relative to… Read More

Omar Zlitni holds a decades-old, black-and-white photo of himself as a boxer in his prime, posing in shorts and a training vest before Libya’s then-dictator, Moamer Kadhafi, banned his beloved sport. Boxing was “in his blood”, said the 63-year-old Tripoli resident who proudly keeps the image as his phone’s wallpaper. In 1979, he was just 19 when boxing, along with… Read More

Moroccan authorities have charged eight suspected collaborators of French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier in a sexual abuse and trafficking case, lawyers for the complainants said Thursday. Bouthier, 76 and one of France’s richest men, is being held in Paris on suspicion of child rape and trafficking. The case in Morocco opened in June 2022 when four former employees of a… Read More

Five young Iranian ladies who danced to Nigerian Afrobeat singer and rapper, Rema’s song ‘Calm Down’ have been allegedly arrested. The video of the five girls went viral on Tuesday for dancing to Rema’s hit song without headscarves. The footage showed the women dancing and slightly showing their stomachs, near highrise buildings in the Tehran residential district of Ekbatan to… Read More

Over half a million people have been displaced towards camps by the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic. The deplorable living conditions in the camps has enticed several people to return to their homes, as is the case for Jean Bako. “We have been here for five years. Many have lost their homes, their families, and some of… Read More

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for more security cooperation and trade with South Africa. Hassan, Tanzania’s first female leader, met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the capital Pretoria on Thursday where her delegation of Cabinet ministers discussed trade opportunities and possible agreements with their South African counterparts. This is Hassan’s first official visit to South Africa since… Read More