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Comoros: Polls open as President Assoumani seeks fourth term/in /by
Nearly 340,000 people are eligible to vote in the country of fewer than one million people.
DR Congo: Streets in Kinshasa flooded as heavy rain causes Congo river to burst its banks/in /by
“This is not the first time this has happened. It's the second time after the floods of 1961, but back then it wasn't dramatic compared with today, when there are more houses (affected) than then.” Rolly Peki, resident of Kinshasa
AFCON 2023: Ivory Coast beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 to start off campaign/in /by
Ivory Coast hasn't hosted the Africa Cup since 1984, when it started by beating Togo 3-0 in the opening match. It won the tournament in 1992 and 2015.
AFCON 2023: Celebration in Abidjan as Ivorian elephants coast to victory in group A opener/in /by
The hosts will play Nigeria in their second Group A game on Thursday January 18.
Continent counts down hours to AFCON 2023 kickoff/in /by
The Africa Cup of Nations host nation, Ivory Coast, get the tournament underway on Saturday when they face Guinea-Bissau in Group A
South Africa’s ruling ANC marks 112th anniversary with eye on election/in /by
The ANC is the party of South Africa's first democratically-elected president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. It was at the forefront of the country's liberation struggle against racial segregation and the white minority government
WHO declares Cape Verde free of malaria/in /by
The historic milestone makes Cape Verde only the third country in the African region to achieve elimination status of the disease, following Mauritius and Algeria
AFCON: Sadio Mane’s Senegal hope to repeat history in Ivory Coast/in /by
The Lions of Senegal will begin their title defense on Monday against Gambia. Their fans back home expect nothing but a repeat of the heroics in Cameroon in 2022
South Africa says Israel “dismally failed” in its defence before the ICJ/in /by
On the final day of the preliminary hearings in the Israel genocide case, Israel's defence focused on the brutality of the Oct. 7 attacks. The president of the ICJ said it would rule on urgent measures “as soon as possible.” A ruling in the merit of the case could take years.
Kenya law society protests Ruto’s judiciary critique/in /by
The president of the Law Society of Kenya maintains that William Ruto’s remarks could throw the country into anarchy