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Nigeria: A new football pitch for Kebbi’s youth/in /by
The project was undertaken by the Nigerian Football Federation NFF and funded by the FIFA. The NFF aims to develop football in the state bordering Niger and Benin and which is home to over 4 million people. The new facility is available for young boys and girls to use and a blessing for players.
UN rights body approves tighter scrutiny of abuses in Sudan/in /by
During the opening speech of the session, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk accused both sides of violating international humanitarian law
Africa prepares for space industry boom [Business Africa]/in /by
Long considered a latecomer, Africa is launching itself into space with ambition and drive. The African space industry is expected to top $22 billion by 2026. In 2022, countries allocated a total of $539 million to their respective space programs
Sudan: paramilitaries bivouac in deserted houses/in /by
Since the start of the bloody conflict between two rival generals in Sudan, Mohammed had been holed up in his home with his family, amid the din of explosions, until the day the paramilitaries came to dislodge him.
A Ghanaian painter and her blue girls take on forced marriage/in /by
Around the age of 13, my mother wanted to give me to a man who could have been my father, I refused": At 26, Ghanaian painter Awanle Ayiboro Hawa Ali made forced child marriage her "fight".
Ghana: Nine pupils confirmed dead as boat ferrying them capsizes/in /by
Bodies of eight of the kids found earlier were sent to the Korle Teaching Hospital morgue.
Report accuses Zuma’s daughter of promoting Russian military on Twitter/in /by
The UK-based Centre for Information Resilience says pro-Russia tweets by Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla were at the forefront of Moscow’s drive to sway public opinion to its side in South Africa and beyond
Zambia’s Hichilema discusses debt, economic ties in France/in /by
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema was greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday (May 10). The leaders discussed Zambia’s debt restructuring program under the Common Framework. They also talked about enhanced trade and investment.
Malian soldiers killed in ambush/in /by
The soldiers were ambushed on Monday in this area near the town of Badala, near Kita, some 130 km from the capital, the police source told AFP without specifying the nature of the attack and the identity of the assailants
Senegal: President gets involved in land dispute causing tensions in Dakar/in /by
The Senegalese president Macky Sall intervened personally, according to his services, to try to settle this week a land dispute between a traditional community of Dakar and the State, source of violent clashes.