Cape Verde’s national football team, known as the Blue Sharks, continued to make waves in the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with an impressive 3-0 victory over Mozambique at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan on Friday. This win solidifies their spot in the competition’s Round of 16, following …
Read More »King Charles III to have prostate operation next week, Kate recovers from abdominal surgery
King Charles III and the Princess of Wales are both dealing with medical issues that will force them to delay previously planned public engagements over the coming weeks. Charles will undergo a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate next week, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. The palace said the king’s …
Read More »AFCON: Senegal starts title defense with 3-0 win over Gambia
Lamine Camara scored twice as defending champion Senegal started the Africa Cup of Nations with a comfortable 3-0 win over Gambia on Monday. Camara’s second strike was arguably the goal of the tournament so far, a shot inside the right top corner from around 20 meters (yards) in the 86th …
Read More »South Africa says Israel “dismally failed” in its defence before the ICJ
On the final day of the preliminary hearings in the Israel genocide case, Israel’s defence focused on the brutality of the Oct. 7 attacks. The team presented chilling video and audio to a hushed audience. It said Friday (Jan. 11) that it takes measures to protect civilians, such as issuing evacuation orders …
Read More »Five countries support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
The International Court of Justice is scheduled to commence the hearing of the case in which South Africa accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza starting this Thursday. Currently, five countries, among which the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, along with Jordan, Turkey, and Malaysia, have openly expressed their support for …
Read More »Jay-Z, Jeymes Samuel premiere biblical epic ‘The Book of Clarence’
Jay-Z and Jeymes Samuel have gone from the Old West with their 2021 movie “The harder they fall” to the New Testament with the “Book of Clarence”. The rapper-turned-producer and the musician-turned-writer-director premiered their latest collaboration on Friday (Jan. 05) in Los Angeles. “I just want to have fun. I …
Read More »DR Congo: Opposition candidate petitions court to challenge Felix Tshisekedi’s victory
An opposition candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has filed a petition before the Constitutional Court against the victory of Félix Tshisekedi’s in the country’s presidential election. According to provisional figures from the electoral commission,(CENI) incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi won the election with over 73% of the vote, …
Read More »President Felix Tshisekedi declared winner of DRC election
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country’s election commission said Sunday. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due …
Read More »Nigerians demand clampdown on counterfeit products
As the rest of the world gears up for the beginning of a new year, many Nigerians have continued to demand that a national investigation be launched into the rise in counterfeit goods in the market by relevant agencies. Many have gone online to call on the National Agency for …
Read More »DR Congo presidential election: partial results give Tshisekedi a clear lead
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission (Céni) on Monday continued to release partial results from the December 20-21 presidential election, with incumbent leader Félix Tshisekedi leading by a wide margin -over 80% of the vote. The results announced so far relate to 1,876,827 voters, out of a total of …
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