Tag: AGV

Manchester United’s midfielder Paul Pogba attended a charity football match aimed at raising funds to provide clean drinking water in Guinea. While Paul Pogba did not take part in the game held over the weekend in France, his brothers Florentin Pogba and Mathias Pogba played. Paul Pogba said at the event: “Before being footballers, we are men, we are humans,… Read More

Outgoing president of Guinea-Bissau Jose Mario Vaz broke down as he delivered his new year’s address. Vaz said he was happy that he was leaving behind a stable country. Vaz’s crisis-hit tenure which began in 2014 is due to end shortly. He lost a first-round vote to front-runners Domingos Simoes Pereira and Umaro Sissoco Embalo – both were his former… Read More

Winding down the 2019 clock, here at Africanews we relive what made top news across the continent. This section of our 2019 Review returns to some of the top quotes that newsmakers made. We help you with a context and in most cases when the statements were made. It ranges from swipes at internet and social media to issues of… Read More

Chaka Chaka denies deportation Celebrated South African musician and global children’s ambassador Yvonne Chaka Chaka tpok to social media to set the record straight on her reported deportation. Chaka Chaka issues reassurances about her wellbeing, and explained why she would not be performing at the Kampala concert. ‘‘I took a decision not to appear this evening at Enkuka, because there… Read More

Authorities in Angola have ordered the freezing of assets held by former president Eduardo dos Santos’ daughter, Isabel, her husband and a business associate as part of a corruption probe, a copy of the order seen by Reuters shows. The asset freeze follows an injunction application by the government, which is seeking to recover around $1 billion of funds that… Read More

While official results of Guinea Bissau’s presidential election are not expected until Wednesday, a former army general and ex-Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo claims he is on course to win the election. His opponent and candidate of the ruling PAIGC party, Domingos Simoes Pereira urged the nation to await official results, saying there is ‘ a lot of fake news… Read More

Mauritius closed its only airport at midday on Monday and the Indian Ocean island nation’s stock exchange was shut for the day after the meteorological service warned that tropical storm Calvinia could intensify into a cyclone. The meteorological service declared a class III alert. Africanews correspondent Mohammed Yasine Mohabuth tells us what is happening on the ground. @NyashaKMutizwa Read More

The Algerian army faced a plot in 2019 aimed at destroying the country, according to the army chief of staff Saïd Chengriha. Chengriha said that the plot was aimed at “striking at the stability of Algeria, undermining the pillars of the state and pushing it into a quagmire of chaos and violence”. The military leader, however, did not elaborate on… Read More