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[Premium Times] Díaz ended the tournament with five goals, a tally unmatched by any other player despite Morocco's eventual defeat in the final

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Dakar erupted into celebration late Sunday after Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations, the second time in the last four years that the team has won the title.

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BBC Africa Eye joins an anti-trafficking police unit in Sierra Leone helping a man look for his missing children.

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Brahim Diaz had the chance to win Afcon for Morocco, but his choice to try a Panenka ended up costing his side dearly as Senegal hit back to win the game in extra time.

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Lee James and guests reflect on a chaotic AFCON final, in which Senegal became champions.

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Senegal beat Morocco to win the Africa Cup of Nations for a second time - but only after the final was overshadowed when they temporarily refuse to play after the hosts are awarded a controversial stoppage time-penalty with the match 0-0.

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[CAF] Rabat -- Senegal 1-0 Morocco (AET), Pape Gueye, 93'

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Accra’s food and drink scene is being reinvented as chefs and mixologists embrace Ghana’s rich pantry of indigenous ingredients, from prɛkɛsɛ and Grains of

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[allAfrica] Uganda's most recent elections were officially declared ''peaceful'' and ''successful,'' yet for many Ugandans they felt anything but democratic. When a government claims a landslide victory but simultaneously shuts down the internet, suppresses protests, and moves to arrest its main challenger, citizens are right to ask uncomfortable questions. If the process was truly free and fair, why did it require so much force to sustain it?

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Pope Leo XIV made an appeal for peace on Sunday for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's army said it repelled a heavy attack by al-Shabaab on a military base in the Middle Shabelle region of southern Somalia, inflicting significant losses on the militants.

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[African Union] A. Introduction

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Supporters of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni celebrated in Kampala on Saturday after he was declared winner of a seventh term in office. But runner-up Bobi Wine has called the results "fake."

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[Nile Post] Incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been declared the winner of the 2026 presidential election after securing more than 50% of the votes cast in polls held countrywide on Thursday, January 15, 2026.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Uganda's long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of the country's presidential election, securing a seventh term in office amid strong opposition rejection, allegations of widespread malpractice, and a nationwide internet shutdown.

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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was in Somalia’s Las Anod on Friday, the first visit to the provincial capital by a head of state in more than 40 years.

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[Premium Times] According to Chelle, Saturday's victory should be seen as part of a bigger picture rather than a one-off success

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[Premium Times] Hossam Hassan described penalty shootouts as an unavoidable part of modern football

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Junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya was sworn in Saturday as president of Guinea after he overwhelmingly won last year's presidential election despite an earlier promise not to present himself as a candidate.

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Nigeria’s Super Eagles edged the Pharaohs to secure the bronze medal, capping a strong campaign with a podium finish.

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In eastern DRC, the armed group AFC/M23 says it will place the city of Uvira under the responsibility of the international community.