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Kenya submits a bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships as it seeks to become the first African nation to stage the flagship event.
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Heavy snow, hail, rain and icy conditions are causing major disruption across several provinces in South Africa, with a number of key roads closed. Motorists are being urged to drive with extreme caution.
Cameroon shocked defending champion Nigeria and Malawi stunned Ghana to reach the semifinals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday and seal World Cup qualification.
Madagascar’s High Constitutional Court has validated a law allowing the state to reclaim land still registered in the names of foreign settlers from the colonial era, reviving a long-running land dispute while putting sovereignty and access to property ownership at the heart of the reform.
The army says it was involved in fierce fighting but disputes that Islamists took control of the garrison.
Nigeria must go "back to the drawing board" after missing out on automatic qualification for the 2027 Women's World Cup, says keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.
Messi and his family had traveled from Miami on a private plane and were escorted by a police motorcade to a Rosario cemetery, where a private family wake was held before the burial early on Sunday. Messi's father Jorge Messi died Saturday at a hospital in Rosario at age 68.
Months after passing a law upping the penalties for homosexual relations, Senegal is intensifying its crackdown on same-sex relations. On Friday, the public prosecutor’s office said 71 men have been arrested and charged with “unnatural acts.”
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The family of Moroccan footballer Faten Al-Azizi is mourning her death after she drowned attempting to swim from Fnideq to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in
Cameroonian President Paul Biya's two-month absence from the country has fuelled questions over who is running the government, particularly after a major
Ms Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean - two-third of Fugees - performed all of their landmark album "The Score," as Hill's Diaspora Calling! festival made its UK debut on Friday.
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has urged Parliament to pass disputed electoral reforms that would lower the presidential victory threshold, introduce proportional representation and reserve 30 percent of political leadership positions for women.
Africa’s lions are running out of space. Habitat loss, shrinking prey populations and growing conflict with communities are putting the continent’s big cats under mounting pressure, with retaliatory killings and poisoning posing an added threat to their survival.
Congolese authorities have released a boat detained earlier this week over fears passengers might be carrying the Ebola virus.
Kenya has formally bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, aiming to become the first African nation to stage track and field’s flagship event.
Former Benin President Patrice Talon has returned to the country’s political arena less than three months after leaving office, becoming president of the
Africa’s largest economies are increasingly seeking to manufacture solar equipment domestically, driven by industrial ambitions and concerns about dependence
Madagascar’s High Constitutional Court has approved a law allowing the state to reclaim land still registered to foreign settlers from the colonial period.
South Africa’s proposed restrictions on corporate cross-border stablecoin transactions have triggered opposition from cryptocurrency companies that warn the
The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat has awarded a 20-year, $3.1 billion concession to Nigerian firm Bergmans Security Consultants and Supplies
Spain’s renewed engagement with Algeria has again highlighted the longstanding rivalry between Algeria and Morocco, centered largely on the dispute over
