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South Africa’s soccer president Danny Jordaan arrested on fraud and theft charges

Jordaan is accused of using about R1.3 million ($72,372) of South African Football Association (SAFA) funds to hire a PR firm and a private security company for his personal benefit.

Panelists call for climate momentum on Africa to be maintained

Panelists at this year’s Africa Climate Summit called to maintain and amplify momentum from last year’s event, at which leaders called for initiatives to advance green development on the continent in a document called the Nairobi Declaration.

World’s oldest active footballer to return for 40th season at age 58

Nicknamed ''King Kazu'', Kazuyoshi Muira intends to play again next season for his fourth-tier Japanese club Atletico Suzuka, the Kyodo news agency reported this week

Senegal’s legislative elections: Prime minister calls for retaliation against “attacks” on supporter

Prime Minister Sonko urged his supporters to “avenge” alleged attacks attributed to the supporters of his rival, Barthélémy Dias, mayor of Dakar. The opposition condemned his statement as an “incitement to murder.”

World’s longest detained journalist wins rights prize

He was arrested in 2001 after his newspaper published letters demanding democratic reforms.

Ghana’s Supreme Court restores NPP’s Parliamentary majority ahead of December election

The case was brought to the apex court by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the leader of the NPP caucus in Parliament, who sought to overturn Speaker Alban Bagbin’s ruling.

Libyan protesters block oil valves demanding release of kidnapped General

Al-Whayshi was kidnapped last Wednesday, and his captors have not been identified. Local leaders in Zintan have accused the Dbeibah government and the Presidential Council of being responsible for the incident.

International flights cancelled due to Indonesia’s volcanic ash

International airlines cancelled flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali after further eruptions of a volcano that spewed ash clouds

Delegates express cautious optimism on second day of climate summit

Wednesday’s agenda also includes an update on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, an idea modeled on predecessor treaty movements that sought to build international support for controls on nuclear weapons, plastic pollution and chemical weapons

UN Official: Allies fueling Sudan’s war are ‘enabling slaughter’

Last month, the RSF rampaged through the province of Gezira, attacking towns and villages, killing dozens of people and raping women and girls, according to the U.N. and local groups.