WAFCON: Super Falcons fans optimistic about the team’s performance/in /by
Nigeria's Super Falcons began the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament with a 3-nil victory over Tunisia on Sunday.
China expands visa-free travel to 74 countries, Africa left out/in /by
With most tourists from the Global North now able to travel visa-free, China has yet to grant a single African country visa-exempt status.
Eastern Libyan authorities deport EU ministers, commissioner/in /by
A statement from the prime minister of the eastern part of Libya, Osama Hammad, said the interior ministers of Italy, Greece, Malta and the EU migration commissioner, Magnus Brunner, were “persona non-grata” after they were denied entry shortly after their arrival in Benghazi
First Malaria treatment for babies approved/in /by
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Spanish police reveal Jota was driving above speed limit when he crashed/in /by
Spanish police believe Liverpool player Diogo Jota was driving over the speed limit when he and his brother died in a car crash last week.
Catholics in eastern Congo honor beatified anti-corruption martyr/in /by
Pope Francis recognized Floribert Bwana Kositi, a customs officer killed in 2007 for refusing a bribe, as a martyr of the faith late last year, setting him on the path to beatification and to possibly becoming Congo’s first saint
Football: Mbappé drops criminal complaint against PSG/in /by
Kylian Mbappé has withdrawn his moral harassment complaint against his former employer, Paris Saint-Germain. The player had demanded €55 million in unpaid salaries and bonuses from the club for the past year.
Leaders of five African countries head to Washington to meet Trump/in /by
The meeting on Wednesday is being described as President Donald Trump's first major diplomatic outreach to Africa since returning to office. The invitation includes heads of state from Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon and Mauritania.
30% on South African imports: Ramaphosa hits back at new Trump tariffs/in /by
As the only sub-Saharan country on the list of latest trade tariffs the Trump administration threatens to impose, South Africa could be hit with 30% tariffs on its exports to the US from 1 August.
Amnesty International denounces lack of investigation into activists’ abduction/in /by
Activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah have been missing since 9 July 2024. Amnesty International has demanded action from the authorities and denounced a "climate of terror" as the junta in power has stepped up disappearances of critics and activists.