Mon 07 February 2022: The final between Senegal and Egypt was remained 0-0 after extra time, but Senegal held their calm to beat Egypt on penalties and win their first ever Africa Cup of Nations trophy. When Senegal edged Egypt in possession and talisman Sadio Mané was awarded a penalty, it appeared like Senegal would […]
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Sun 06 February 2022: Britain’s Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak has reportedly admitted to attending Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lockdown birthday party in 2020 but refused to say what happened when he entered the room and claimed that he was in the Cabinet Room for a Covid meeting. Johnson’s five aides, including longstanding policy chief […]
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Sun 06 February 2022: The US is trying to make essential preparations for large-scale refugee and migrant crises that could occur as a result of the escalation of the situation in Ukraine, according to US broadcaster Fox news reported Sunday, citing a source familiar with the matter. According to the source, European governments are also […]
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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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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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Sun 06 February 2022: The United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hired former Brexit minister Steve Barclay as the new chief of staff in an attempt to rebuild his scandal-hit team. After a series of controversies at Downing Street and some resignations by key staff members, Johnson is looking forward to making more changes […]
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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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Sun 06 February 2022: Thousands of people protesting vaccine mandates have marched in cities throughout Canada, as protests over COVID-19 restrictions spread from the nation’s capital. On Saturday, police reported some 5,000 people demonstrated in Ottawa, with hundreds more in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, as well as Quebec City, Fredericton, and Winnipeg. “We’re all sick […]
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Military personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps board a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on February 3, 2022. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sat 05 February 2022: The first US troops reinforcing NATO partners in Eastern Europe landed at Rzeszow military base in southeastern Poland on Saturday, […]
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Sat 05 February 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief met with China’s premier to discuss COVID-19, particularly the stalling inquiry into the pandemic’s origins. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Li Keqiang met on Saturday as the origin of the coronavirus strained relations between China and the West. The WHO director-general, who is in Beijing for […]
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