Morocco through to Cup of Nations
Only Senegal sit above Morocco among African teams in the FIFA world ranking.
Author: Leah Ngari
Why Mali’s economy could quickly get strangled
ECOWAS imposed a drastic embargo on trade and financial transactions on Mali last week.
Rwandan public sector workers told to get vaccinated or resign
Around a hundred Rwandan fled across the border to DR Congo in recent days to escape the vaccine rules.
Sierra Leone to increase women’s participation in politics
President Julius Bio says the country will move to a system of proportional voting.
Ethiopia accuses WHO chief of backing rebels in Tigray
Tedros this week described conditions in the Ethiopian region as “hell” and said the government was preventing medicines and other life-saving aid from reaching locals.
Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara shot at least 7 times
Sankara and 12 of his colleagues were gunned down by a hit squad on October 15 1987.
Eliud Kipchoge seeks Olympic marathon hat-trick at 2024 Games in Paris
Kipchoge made history in October 2019 when he smashed a two-hour marathon barrier.
Rwandans ‘flee’ to DR Congo over COVID-19 vaccination rules
Rwanda has enforced some of the strictest anti-COVID containment measures in Africa.
One of widows of South Africa’s Zulu king launches legal succession bid
King Goodwill Zwelithini died in March last year at age 72 leaving behind six wives and at least 28 children.
Three people including two children die after church collapses in Nigeria
Since 2005, at least 152 buildings have collapsed in Lagos.
