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Football: does the Euro 2024 ball favour attackers?/in /by
Adidas' Fussballliebe, meaning "love of football" in German, is the official ball of the European Championship . The players seem to have quickly mastered it, as evidenced by the many astonishing and long-range goals they have scored.
Kenya: Demonstrators blockade streets in rally against finance bill/in /by
Thousands of mostly young protestors gathered near the parliament complex in Nairobi as lawmakers sat to approve the finance bill. It proposes a string of new taxes and levies which the goverment are necessary to pay off debt and fund social services
‘Don’t forget Sudan,’ says UN Refugee chief as war displaced face hunger/in /by
Earlier in June, the U.N. reported the number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million
Delegates announce $1.2 billion in funding to produce vaccines in Africa/in /by
French President Emmanuel Macron said the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator would be “an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market”.
“African Symphony”: when classical music meets legendary African hits/in /by
Beninese star Angelique Kidjo took up the challenge to celebrate African legends like Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti and stars from the younger generation that includes Burna Boy, Rema, Nomcebo Zikode and Nomcebo Zikode with a classical orchestral twist.
London exhibition celebrates supermodel Naomi Campbell’s career/in /by
Naomi in Fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum is running from 22 June to 6 April 2025.
Chad joins other countries in eliminating sleeping sickness/in /by
Chad became the first country in 2024 to be recognized for eliminating a neglected tropical disease, becoming the 51st country globally to achieve this milestone, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Kenya: More protests over controversial tax bill/in /by
Demonstrators took to the streets of Nairobi and other cities across the country on Thursday saying the proposed tax hikes will raise the cost of living.
Chad: Residents react after deadly military ammunition depot blast/in /by
“At one point, we thought it was over for us," a resident named Ahmet says. 46 people were being treated for various injuries after the explosions jolted residents from their sleep late Tuesday (Jun. 18) in the Goudji district of the capital, N’Djamena.
Celebrations after Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as SA’s president/in /by
Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president on Wednesday in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria, after his reelection with the help from a coalition of parties, a first in the country's 30-year rule.