Aska Makori
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Mane and Salah renew rivalry with top African award up for grabs
Salah lifted the award in 2017 and 2018 and the victory of Mane the following year raised to four the number of winners from Liverpool with another Senegalese, El Hadji Diouf, topping the 2002 vote.
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Showdown looms as Kenya rivals pick same venue for final election push
Two other candidates have been cleared to contest the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta, who must stand down after serving the maximum of two five-year terms.
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Kenya rejects blame over Omanyala US visa debacle
Kenyan authorities have rejected blame over a US visa hitch that may have robbed African 100-metre champion Ferdinand Omanyala of a chance of a medal at the World Championships in Oregon. Many in Kenya were…
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Tunisia opposition chief hit by anti-terror probe ahead of key vote
Ghannouchi, 81, has been under investigation since June amid allegations of corruption and money laundering linked to transfers from abroad to the charity Namaa Tunisia, affiliated with Ennahdha.
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DR Congo leader’s brother-in-law accused of stealing church land
In 2019 “a group of people” came to the land, part of a larger church plot which hosts a major seminary, and wrongfully claimed to own it, he added during a press conference at the…
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South Africa arrests 13 police officers over lockdown violence
Police violence during the pandemic confinement, triggered national outrage and some protests in 2020, with rights groups reporting an increase in the use of lethal force.
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US says two jihadists killed in air strike in Somalia
US President Joe Biden in May ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat Al-Shabaab
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Chinese man charged with human trafficking in Malawi
He is alleged to have produced dehumanising videos of the children in the districts of Lilongwe and Mchinji in central Malawi.
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Tunisia soldier killed in border clash with smugglers: ministry
Fuel, food products, electronic equipment and other products are smuggled across the border regions between Libya, Tunisia and Algeria
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22 dead, 33 injured in Egypt bus crash: authorities
Some 7,000 people died in road accidents in the country in 2020, according to official figures
