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All is set for hosting of AFCON 2023- Ivorian Football Federation/in /by
".COCAN's mission is first and foremost to organise and deliver the operations and infrastructure needed to ensure the success of AFCON 2023. Above all, to unite the general public and the nation's economic forces around this major event; to build a legacy in terms of services and infrastructure .."
Uganda accuses U.S. of pushing ‘LGBT agenda’ using aid after new round of sanctions/in /by
Uganda's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the AFP that there was no doubt regarding the fact that “some groups in the U.S.A and in the West” seek to bring [Africans and Ugandans] “to accept same sex relations using aid and loans”.
UK Prime Minister and opposition spar over Rwanda deportation deal/in /by
At Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament, Britain's Rishi Sunak faces criticism from the opposition Labour Party over his controversial plan to fly migrants to Rwanda in a bid to deter illegal immigration.
Nigeria’s chief of army staff visits scene of deadly drone strike/in /by
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja visited local community leaders on Dec. 05 to apologise for the accidental strike and seek an enquiry to prevent similar mistakes. Emergency officials and residents say 85 people, many of them women and children, were killed.
Basketball helping to bring peace in South Sudan/in /by
South Sudan descended into a bloody civil war shortly after independence in 2011, following a political disagreement between President Salva Kiir and his then Deputy Riek Machar that killed about 400,000 people, according to the UN
China helps launch Egypt’s MISRAT-2 satellite/in /by
Egypt's space agency chief has hailed cooperation with China, following the launch on Monday of a remote-sensing satellite into orbit from a centre in northwest China.
Ethiopia: more than 50 civilians killed in November attacks/in /by
More than 50 civilians were killed in attacks in Ethiopia in November, denounced the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Wednesday, two weeks after negotiations between the government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) ended without agreement.
Nigeria: UN calls for “impartial” investigation after deadly drone attack on civilians/in /by
The United Nations on Wednesday called for an "impartial investigation" after a Nigerian army drone strike accidentally killed at least 85 villagers celebrating a Muslim holiday on Sunday
Mali and Niger simultaneously denounce double taxation agreements with France/in /by
In a joint statement on Tuesday, the military regimes of Mali and Niger announced that they were denouncing their double taxation agreements with France, continuing the unraveling of ties with Paris and the tightening of their relations.
COP 28: Youth delegation uses song in fight for climate justice/in /by
Jesse David of the Pan African climate justice alliance wrote a song that rang out and brought in a crowd on onlookers on Wednesday. "The main goal of writing this song is just to show that the youth have a voice in the climate discourses,” David said. “We have a voice and ought to be heard.”