Moscow (AFP) - Arturo Vidal's late header helped Chile to a 2-0 win over Cameroon in their Confederations Cup Group B opener in Moscow on Sunday. Chile dominated an entertaining, but goalless, first half as Eduardo Vargas saw his strike ruled out by the video assistant referee. The Copa America champions had to wait until the 81st minute thou ...
El-Fashir (Sudan) (AFP) - The top US envoy in Sudan began Sunday a four-day trip to Darfur to assess security in the war-torn region as the UN prepares to downsize its 17,000-strong peacekeeping force. The visit of Steven Koutsis, Washington's charge d'affaires in Khartoum, also comes just weeks before President Donald Trump's administration dec ...
Moscow (AFP) - Arturo Vidal's late header helped Chile to a 2-0 win over Cameroon in their Confederations Cup Group B opener in Moscow on Sunday, as the video assistant referee played a prominent role. Chile dominated an entertaining, but goalless, first half as Eduardo Vargas saw his strike ruled out by the video assistant. The Copa America ...
Abidjan (AFP) - Ivory Coast international Cheick Tiote, whose sudden death in China at just 30 years old shocked his country, was laid to rest Sunday as he was hailed a worthy son of the African nation. Tiote, a 52-time capped player who featured at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, was honoured with a military funeral at the Williamsville cemeter ...
Bamako (AFP) - Suspected jihadists crying Allahu Akbar stormed a tourist resort popular with foreigners on the edge of the Malian capital Bamako on Sunday, briefly seizing hostages and leaving at least two people dead. The assault on the Kangaba Le Campement resort comes after a similar strike less than two years ago on a luxury hotel in Bamak ...
Bamako (AFP) - Suspected jihadists stormed a tourist resort popular with Westerners outside the Malian capital Bamako on Sunday, the country's security ministry said. Security forces were battling the attackers at the Kangaba resort after the assault, with nearby residents reporting hearing shots while smoke billowed into the air, with at least ...
Bamako (AFP) - A tourist resort popular with Westerners in the Malian capital was under attack on Sunday, according to witnesses and an AFP journalist. Malian troops and soldiers from France's Bakhane counter-terrorist force headed to the site on the edge of Bamako, where nearby residents reported hearing shots fired while smoke billowed into th ...
Nairobi (AFP) - The editor-in-chief of a Tanzanian newspaper suspended last week after linking two former presidents to controversial mining contracts said he has since faced threatening anonymous phone calls. Tanzania's information ministry on Thursday imposed a two-year suspension on the Mawio weekly, a frequent critic of the government, after ...
Durban (South Africa) (AFP) - The South African media applauded the resurgent national rugby team Sunday after they clinched a series victory over France in Durban, with special praise reserved for flanker Siya Kolisi. A 37-15 second Test victory at Kings Park stadium Saturday gave the Springboks a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series, whi ...
Dakar (AFP) - Corner shops, markets and street traders are still the traditional way most Senegalese do their shopping, but micro-businesses are turning to digital means of tracking clients in the west African nation's informal economy. Amadou Bawol Bah, like many owners of the corner boutiques in Senegal, used to have a large ledger he filled ...
Cotonou (AFP) - In Benin's economic capital of Cotonou, as in many other African cities, finding a house, office or restaurant is often like a treasure hunt. Luck, if not a miracle, is required as easy clues such as street names, even where they exist, are usually not posted and address numbers are rarely marked. Most people in Cotonou formul ...
Lusaka (AFP) - Nearly a year after coming to power in a contested election, Zambian President Edgar Lungu is facing a growing chorus of criticism over his government's moves to clamp down on dissent. Zambia eminently qualifies to be branded a dictatorship, the country's religious leaders said in a rare statement on Friday, the latest sign that ...
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