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JS Kabylie of Algeria take on Congolese club AS Vita in the fourth round of matches in Group A of the CAF Champions League on Saturday, with both qualification places for the knockout phase still very much up for grabs. Moroccan champions Wydad AC currently top the standings with 6 points, two ahead of Petro de Luanda of Angola and… Read More

Hundreds of migrants have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the past few days in dozens of small boats. According to the Italian news agency Ansa, the Coast Guard rescued all the migrants aboard one of the boats that sank off the coast of Lampedusa. Between midnight and Thursday morning alone, nearly 900 migrants arrived on the Italian… Read More

Fighting erupted on Friday between M23 militiamen and government troops near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, where a European mercy flight arrived in the afternoon, sources said. The aid mission is the first in an airlift announced last Saturday by the European Union to help the beleaguered city. The plane landed on Friday afternoon, carrying 35 metric tons… Read More

Eleven soldiers and 112 “terrorists” have been killed in recent days during several anti-jihadist operations in Burkina Faso, the target of deadly attacks in recent weeks, the army general staff announced on Thursday. “Several large-scale operations were launched simultaneously (…) as part of the reconquest of the national territory wanted by the President of the Transition”, indicates an army press… Read More

Cyclone Freddy is on track to break the record for longest cyclone on record, the United Nations said Friday, as the deadly storm prepares to hit Mozambique again. “Freddy continues its incredible and dangerous journey,” Clare Nullis, spokeswoman for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), told reporters in Geneva. Freddy originated off the northern coast of Australia and what was then… Read More

Top state members have converged to tackle unique challenges faced by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at the highly anticipated LDCs conference. One of the central issues being discussed at the conference is the Doha Programme of Action, which aims to tackle the specific requirements and difficulties confronted by LDCs in various domains including trade. The private sector and small and… Read More

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday dissolved municipal councils months before they were due to be elected, further dismantling the systems of government developed after the 2011 revolution that brought democracy. The municipal councils will be replaced by “special delegations”, made up of civil servants and placed under the supervision of the governor of each region. According a statement by… Read More

Secretary General Fatma Samoura reached out to a female representative (player or coach) of each one of the eight nations who will be debuting at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on 20 July 2023 (Haiti, Morocco, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Vietnam, and Zambia).  The online conversations kicked off around the concept of “Beyond Greatness”, which is the competition’s… Read More

Jihadists in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state have killed at least 37 fishermen, militia sources and a local told AFP on Thursday, in the latest violence in the region. Boko Haram insurgents who operate in the area alongside rivals linked the Islamic State group, ISWAP, often target locals to steal or because they accuse them of spying for the military or… Read More

Idris Elba is bringing his beloved detective character from the small screen to the big screen for “Luther: The Fallen Sun.” Elba walked the carpet for the New York premiere on Wednesday (9 March 2023) night and talked about the ornery Detective John Luther starring in a feature film. “I think the biggest challenge was definitely trying to keep the… Read More