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Ghana coach fired after team’s AFCON exit

Chris Hughton has been fired as Ghana coach following the team’s early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations.

AFCON: Cameroon through to last-16 after win over Gambia

Cameroon have qualified for the last-16 in AFCON, after a thrilling match against Gambia on Tuesday.

47 journalists jailed in sub-Saharan Africa

CPJ expresses concern about the lack of global attention to the plight of this correspondent for Jeune Afrique and Reuters, as well as all other journalists incarcerated in African prisons.

Wooh sends Cameroon into Africa Cup last 16

Cameroon defeated Gambia 3-2 to stave off an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations

Antony Blinken arrives in Nigeria, third stop on African tour

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Tuesday as he continued his tour of four African countries.

Egypt begins construction for first nuclear power plant “El Dabaa”

"The crisis our world is witnessing today in the international supply chain of energy emphasizes the importance of the strategic decision the Egyptian state have taken in reviving Egypt's peaceful nuclear program to produce electricity as it contribute...

Al-Shabaab militants killed in US military strike

The U.S. Africa Command, based in Stuttgart, Germany, stated that the strikes were carried out at the request of Somalia's government in a remote area approximately 35 kilometres northeast of the port city of Kismayo on Sunday.

Spain’s supreme court rules govt broke the law when it sent child migrants back to Morocco

Spain’s Interior Ministry defended sending the unaccompanied children back across the border, arguing that they wanted to go home. Spanish officials denied accusations by rights groups that the returns breached international law.

Equatorial Guinea captain emerging as unlikely hero at Africa Cup with 5 goals

Emilio Nsue, a 34-year-old right back for a third-division team in Spain, is emerging as one of the unlikely heroes of the Africa Cup of Nations.