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AFCON 2023: Ivory Coast beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 to start off campaign

Ivory Coast hasn't hosted the Africa Cup since 1984, when it started by beating Togo 3-0 in the opening match. It won the tournament in 1992 and 2015.

AFCON 2023: Celebration in Abidjan as Ivorian elephants coast to victory in group A opener

The hosts will play Nigeria in their second Group A game on Thursday January 18.

Continent counts down hours to AFCON 2023 kickoff

The Africa Cup of Nations host nation, Ivory Coast, get the tournament underway on Saturday when they face Guinea-Bissau in Group A

South Africa’s ruling ANC marks 112th anniversary with eye on election

The ANC is the party of South Africa's first democratically-elected president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. It was at the forefront of the country's liberation struggle against racial segregation and the white minority government

WHO declares Cape Verde free of malaria

The historic milestone makes Cape Verde only the third country in the African region to achieve elimination status of the disease, following Mauritius and Algeria

AFCON: Sadio Mane’s Senegal hope to repeat history in Ivory Coast

The Lions of Senegal will begin their title defense on Monday against Gambia. Their fans back home expect nothing but a repeat of the heroics in Cameroon in 2022

South Africa says Israel “dismally failed” in its defence before the ICJ

On the final day of the preliminary hearings in the Israel genocide case, Israel's defence focused on the brutality of the Oct. 7 attacks. The president of the ICJ said it would rule on urgent measures “as soon as possible.” A ruling in the merit of th...

Kenya law society protests Ruto’s judiciary critique

The president of the Law Society of Kenya maintains that William Ruto’s remarks could throw the country into anarchy

Host Cote d’Ivoire to play Guinea-Bissau in AFCON opener Saturday

The opening match will pit host and two-times AFCON winner Côte d'Ivoire against Guinea-Bissau on January 13.

The fixture will kick off at 8 pm local time and will be played at the newly built Ébimpé Alassane Ouattara stadium.

IMF expects “resilient global economy” in 2024 despite lower average growth rates

Africa is projected to be the second-fastest-growing economic region in the world in 2024 after the Asia Pacific region. The Fund will update its global growth forecast and unveil the World Economic Outlook report in Johannesburg in late january.