Football: Rafael Leão victim of racist insults on Instagram
AC Milan striker Rafael Leão has hit out at "narrow-minded" people after becoming the latest victim of racial abuse, as the problem continues to plague Italian football.
Kenyan police officers arrested over human smuggling claims
The operation uncovered 37 Ethiopian nationals, believed to be victims of human smuggling and trafficking.
Sierra Leone becomes latest country to join Fifa’s Football for Schools programme
The programme aims to make the game more accessible to young people by incorporating football activities into the education system.
Haiti: Widow of slain president and 2 powerful officials among dozens indicted
Martine Moïse, who was injured in the attack, is accused of complicity and criminal association and of giving contradictory statements.
The suspects in a Kenyan doomsday cult are ordered to be hospitalized after a hunger strike
At the law courts in the coastal town of Mombasa, Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku directed Paul Mackenzie, his wife Rhoda Maweu and others charged with 238 counts of manslaughter to be escorted to hospital for an immediate doctors' examination.
‘The DRC crisis, one of the most neglected in the world’ says UN
the crisis in the DRC is one of the most severe, complex, prolonged, protracted and neglected in the world. The resurgence of hostility in eastern DRC, especially in North Kivu, is deeply concerning, and violent clashes between the group called M23 and the Congolese armed forces, FARDC in acronym,
Zimbabwe starts an emergency polio vaccination drive after detecting cases caused by a rare mutation
Zimbabwe starts an emergency polio vaccination drive after detecting cases caused by a rare mutation
The United States tells Rwanda and Congo they must ‘walk back from the brink of war’
The United States told Rwanda and Congo on Tuesday that they "must walk back from the brink of war," the sharpest warning yet of a looming conflict between the African neighbors.
DRC: at least 24 dead in 2 ADF attacks
Extremist rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have killed at least two dozen civilians in separate attacks this week, local authorities and a civil society group said Tuesday.
South Africa sets May 29 elections that could be the most pivotal since apartheid ended
South Africa will hold pivotal national elections May 29 as polls show the ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for the first time since it came to power with the fall of apartheid 30 years ago.