Maputo (AFP) - Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi and the nation's opposition chief Afonso Dhlakama met Sunday for the first since 2015, a step toward peace after years of instability. The men spoke in the remote Gorongosa mountains, where Dhlakama retreated in October 2015 with 800 former fighters demanding a greater share of power. The two ...
ABOARD the MS AQUARIUS (AFP) - Fishermen at a Tunisian port on Sunday prevented a ship carrying far-right anti-immigration activists from docking, dealing a fresh blow to a controversial mission aimed at disrupting the flow of migrant boats from north Africa to Europe. Faced with the prospect of being blocked by the fishermen in Zarzis, the ship ...
Yaoundà (AFP) - A suicide bomb attack in the far north of Cameroon killed eight people, local officials and security sources said Sunday. The attack happened on Saturday evening at the village of Ouro-Kessoum, two kilometres from the Nigerian border, said the head of a local security committee who asked to remain anonymous. There were eight ...
ABOARD the MS AQUARIUS (AFP) - Tunisian fishermen vowed Sunday to block a ship carrying far-right activists from docking at their port, dealing a fresh blow to their mission to disrupt the flow of migrant boats from north Africa to Europe. The C-Star, a boat chartered by anti-immigration group Generation Identity , passed through waters off Lib ...
Bamako (AFP) - The United Nations said Saturday it was investigating mass graves found in a northern Mali town along with a slew of human rights abuses committed by armed groups vying for control of the area. The pro-government Platform group has clashed repeatedly with the former rebels of the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA) since Jun ...
Christchurch (New Zealand) (AFP) - The Canterbury Crusaders were feted Sunday as one of the most successful sporting franchises as New Zealanders put aside provincial loyalties to praise the eight-time Super Rugby champions. The Crusaders' 25-17 victory over the Golden Lions in Johannesburg was the first time a team had crossed the Indian Ocea ...
New York (AFP) - Somalia is rarely described as on the musical vanguard but there was a time, before its turmoil, when the Horn of Africa nation bustled with an electrifying mix of the world's sounds. A new album aims to bring a wider audience to the music of Somalia through the restoration of dusty cassette recordings from the 1970s and 1980s, ...
Dortmund (Germany) (AFP) - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang said on Sunday that he was the subject of a big-money offer from China, but his club Borussia Dortmund insist he will not leave this season. Aubameyang, who is under contract until 2020, confirms in Sunday 39;s edition of Die Welt that there was an offer from an unnamed Chinese club, but Dort ...
Washington (AFP) - Germany's Alexander Zverev dominated Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in a showdown of top-10 rivals to reach the ATP and WTA Citi Open final against South Africa's Kevin Anderson. Zverev, ranked a career-best eighth this week, dropped only seven points on his serve and never faced a break point in the 63-minute affa ...
Washington (AFP) - Germany's Alexander Zverev dominated Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in a showdown of top-10 rivals to reach the ATP and WTA Citi Open final against South Africa's Kevin Anderson. Zverev, ranked a career-best eighth this week, dropped only seven points on his serve and never faced a break-point in the 63-minute affa ...
Washington (AFP) - South Africa's 45th-ranked Kevin Anderson, seeking his first crown in nearly two years, upset American Jack Sock 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to reach the ATP and WTA Citi Open final. The lanky 31-year-old from Johannesburg saved all three break points he faced in the second set with aces in advancing to Sunday's championship match again ...
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