Children as young as 11 are being beheaded by Islamist (Isis-linked) militants in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado. This is according to the new report from the aid agency, Save the Children. The armed groups, locally known as al-Shabab (“young people” in Arabic), have been perpetrating terror for more than three years in the […]
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Whoscored.com, a statistical-based football website, has included Iheanacho in the latest English Premier League Team of the Week for his incredible performance against Sheffield United on Sunday. The Nigeria international was rated 10/10 after scoring his first Premier League hat-trick and helping the Foxes to a 5-0 win against the relegation-doomed Sheffield United at the […]
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An attempt to kidnap hundreds of schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria has been prevented by security agents, according to a statement issued by a state official on Sunday. This comes days after dozens of students were kidnapped in the latest mass abduction. The kidnapping of 39 students on Thursday was the most recent in a series […]
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Following the government’s ratification of a draft law, it is only a matter of time before Morocco fully legalises the medical use of Cannabis. However, the government on Thursday maintained that a ban be put on its recreational use. Moreover, the draft law for medical use still needs approval from the parliament. The move would […]
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One of Senegal’s biggest music stars over the last four decades, Thione Seck has been confirmed dead by his lawyer. The veteran singer died at the age of 66 in Dakar on Sunday. “He died this morning of an illness at the Fann hospital,” lawyer Ousmane Seye told AFP, thus confirming the reports in the […]
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The Nedbank Cup is now in the semi finals and the Chippa United will be hopeful in their quest for redemption when the Eastern Cape side travels to the nation’s capital to face Pretoria Callies. In the draw held in Limpopo on Sunday night saw the Gqebera side were pitted against Callies and coach Dan […]
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Veron Mosengo-Omba, a former Fifa employee has been appointed as the new General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football. Morocco’s Abdel Bah had occupied the role in an acting capacity since March 2020 until last week when he was replaced by the Swiss-Congolese. Mosengo-Omba left his role at Fifa as Chief Member Associations officer […]
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The traditional leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation, King Goodwill Zwelithini, has died at the age of 72, according to the official report issued by his family. This is after he was hospitalized for more than a month. In several reports made by the local media, Zwelithini had health problems related to diabetes. As the […]
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About 30 students have been abducted overnight by gunmen from a forestry college near a military academy in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. This is the fourth mass school abduction since December. Kaduna State’s Security Commissioner, Samuel Aruwan has confirmed that the students were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, in Kaduna. He, however, […]
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South Africa billionaire Patrice Motsepe has officially been elected as the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Mamelodi Sundowns owner Patrice Motsepe has officially been elected as the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The Mamelodi Sundowns owner was elected on Friday afternoon March 12 in Morocco after the […]
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