Road crash in Senegal kills 19, firefighters say
Dakar – Nineteen people were killed on Monday when a bus and a truck collided in northern Senegal, firefighters... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Tear gas fired as influential Malian imam returns
Bamako – Followers of an influential Malian imam on Sunday called for the country’s ruling junta to explain the... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Four Mali police killed in ambush
Dakar – Four gendarmes were killed and three others injured on Sunday after being ambushed in western Mali, a... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Inflation bites into Sierra Leone’s all-important ‘cookeries’
Freetown – Jariatu Kargbo hauls a wooden spoon longer than her arm through a vat of rice as customers... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
African players in Europe: Highly rated Osimhen strikes twice
Paris – Victor Osimhen confirmed his reputation as one of the top forwards in the world by scoring twice... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Detained US citizen in Iran goes on hunger strike to seek release
Washington – A US citizen jailed in Iran announced a seven-day hunger strike starting Monday as he implored President... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
German defence minister Christine Lambrecht quits as pressure grows for Ukraine aid
Berlin – German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday after coming under months of heavy criticism over Berlin’s... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Egypt hands businessman life sentence over rare protests
Cairo – An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
Coach Shukri Conrad tasked with restoring South African Test fortunes
Johannesburg – Cricket South Africa on Monday announced Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter as coaches of the country’s Test... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
DRC church bomb attack claimed by ISIS group
Beni – At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a church... Read more
16 Jan, 2023
