SALAH WEEPS AS MANE’S SENEGAL BEAT EGYPT ON PENALTIES TO WIN 2021 AFCON

Mon 07 February 2022: Cameroon: Senegal won their first Africa Cup of Nations title with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out triumph over seven-time winners Egypt, with Sadio Mane scoring the winning spot-kick after missing one in the early minutes of the game. On Sunday at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon’s Yaounde, Mane made history for […]

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‘I’M HERE FOR SALAH, MANE’: HOW CAMEROON IS PREPARING FOR THE AFCON FINAL

Sun 06 February 2022: Yaounde, Cameroon – In July 2019, Senegalese journalist Bamba Kasse saw his country’s football fans dejected, frustrated and disappointed at the Cairo International Stadium as their national team, Lions of Teranga, lost to Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final. “Everyone was disappointed,” Kasse told Al Jazeera. “It was not […]

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TUNISIAN PRESIDENT KAIS SAIED DISSOLVES TOP JUDICIAL WATCHDOG

Sun 06 February 2022: Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a judicial council that deals with the independence of judges. Last July, Saied, who had dissolved the government and suspended parliament, declared the Supreme Judicial Council was a “thing of the past” on Sunday. He also accused members of the council of collecting “billions” in […]

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PALESTINE URGES AFRICAN UNION TO DO AWAY WITH ISRAEL’S OBSERVER STATUS

Sun 06 February 2022: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh urged the African Union to withdraw Israel’s accreditation, bringing simmering tensions to a head as the 55-member bloc opened a two-day summit in Ethiopia. Even as the continent reels from a spate of military coups and the coronavirus pandemic, the relationship with Israel was expected to figure […]

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ALGERIA SLAMS AFRICAN UNION ON ISRAEL’S OBSERVER STATUS

Sat 05 February 2022: Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has denounced an African Union decision to grant Israel an observer status as a “double mistake”. “We were not the ones who initiated the granting of observer status to anyone,” Lamamra said in an interview with Radio France International and France 24 satellite channel in the […]

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‘GUNS-FOR-HIRE’: UN REPORT ACCUSES UAE OF FUNDING SUDANESE MERCENARIES IN LIBYA

Sat 05 February 2022: According to a study released Friday by the United Nations, providing mercenaries in Libya’s internal conflict has become the major source of cash for armed groups from Sudan’s own war-torn Darfur region. The guns-for-hire deals were enabled by the United Arab Emirates, according to a report written by UN experts in […]

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COVID-19 CASES HIT PLATEAU IN SA, AS INFECTIONS RISE IN SCHOOL-AGE KIDS

Fri 04 February 2022: The number of COVID-19 infections has reached a plateau, with the increase in infection rates driven by school-age children, Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, announced on Friday. According to the Minister, the past 14 days have given a “confusing” picture and shown a slow drop in infections. “The picture has been that of […]

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