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Former Senegalese PM Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare in police custody

Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare was taken into police custody on Thursday (Mar. 9) after asking President Macky Sall if he donated money to a French political figure. A Defense lawyer told the press that Soumare had been taken into custody "at the request of ...

Ghana: Soldiers train in US counterterrorism exercises ‘Flintlock’

The Flintlock 2023 drills, a two-week training, are being staged in Ghana and Ivory Coast and will run until March 15. On Thursday (Mar. 9) troops trained on board Spanish ship Audaz.
Flintlock, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual special operations e...

Son of ex-athletics chief Diack gets five years in prison for corruption

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former global athletics supremo Lamine Diack, had his five-year prison sentence for corruption involving Russian doping cases confirmed by a Paris appeals court on Thursday.

Idris Elba premieres ‘Luther’ film, talks being famous for not playing Bond

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 L...

Jihadists kill 37 fishermen in north Nigeria, say militia

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

FIFA Sec Gen. Samoura reaches out to women in the upcoming World Cup

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

Gabon: At least two dead and 28 missing in mini ferry sinking

"This intrusion resulted in a loss of control of the vessel. Authorities have been alerted and rescue is on the scene, passengers are being rescued,"

Amnesty denounces the blocking of access to several social networks in Ethiopia

Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Ethiopian authorities to lift the blocking of access to several social networks, including Facebook, Telegram, TikTok, and Youtube, which have been inaccessible since February 9 in Ethiopia.

Uganda presents anti-gay bill in parliament with tough new penalties

"There is an outcry of homosexuality related issues. The basic unit of the society is the family if you destroy the family you have destroyed the society so there is nothing more important than having stable, solid and grounded families" - Asuman Basal...

Tunisian president denies racism accusation after migrant crackdown

Tunisia's leader hosted Wednesday (Mar. 8) the Ecowas chairman amid racism accusations following Kaies Said's February 21st speech on undocumented migrants. From the Carthage palace, the one who'd linked migrants to violence and crimes denied racism; i...