Rabat (AFP) - The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will expand from 16 to 24 teams and be staged in June and July, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Thursday. The tournament has traditionally been held in January and February, with the timing of the tournament a source of frustration to European clubs forced to release players i ...
Algiers (AFP) - The Algerian-backed Polisario Front movement seeking independence for disputed Western Sahara on Thursday denounced as unjust a Moroccan court's decision to sentence a group of Sahrawis to prison. On Wednesday a court in Sale near Rabat sentenced 23 Sahrawis to prison terms ranging from two years to life over the killing of 11 ...
Khartoum (AFP) - A reduction in fighting in Sudan's Darfur, where a brutal conflict has killed thousands, prompted the UN to downsize the number of peacekeepers deployed there, a top UN official said Thursday. In June, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that will cut the number of troops and police serving in the joint Afri ...
Al-Hoceima (Morocco) (AFP) - Police in the northern Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima on Thursday fired tear gas to disperse protesters and stop them marching in defiance of a government ban. Organisers from the Al-Hirak al-Shaabi movement dubbed the demonstration the million-man march and said they would go ahead with it despite an injunction. A ...
Dakar (AFP) - Senegal's Supreme Court rejected bail for Dakar's popular mayor on Thursday, preventing him from campaigning in upcoming legislative elections and likely sparking further tensions with supporters of his rival, President Macky Sall. Mayor Khalifa Sall (no relation) was arrested more than four months ago on corruption charges and has ...
Nairobi (AFP) - Tanzanian opposition number two Tundu Lissu was arrested on Thursday, three days after having called President John Magufuli a dictator , party sources said. No reasons were given for the arrest of Lissu, a member of parliament, the Chadema opposition party chief whip and a leading lawyer. Government spokesman Hassan Abbas ga ...
Southport (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Ernie Els fired a warning that he can still make his presence felt at a major as he shot a two-under-par 68 in the opening round of the British Open at Royal Birkdale on Thursday. Els started his day with a birdie at the par-four 1st -- where there have been some ugly scores in the opening round -- and he built ...
Vienna (AFP) - Austria's foreign minister Sebastian Kurz called on Italy Thursday to stop migrants from reaching the mainland by halting the ferry services from the islands where they first land. Kurz said he had told his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano that rescue missions in the Mediterranean cannot be seen as a ticket to central Europe , ...
Abidjan, Cote d rsquo;Ivoire, 20 July 2017 ndash;After bidding a fond farewell to its outgoing members, the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) warmly welcomed two new additions to its Management Board ndash; Rafique Mahomed and Bruce Montador ndash; during a Board meeting held on Thursday, 13 July. The ALSF rsquo;s Management Board ...
Nairobi (AFP) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday called on Burundians who have fled their country to return home, after talks with President Pierre Nkurunziza who was making his first foreign trip in more than two years. The visit -- kept secret up to the last moment -- was aimed at reviving dialogue on Burundi's enduring political ...
Washington (AFP) - Two of six teens from Burundi who were reported missing in Washington after taking part in an international robotics competition have been seen crossing into Canada, police said Thursday. Police posted photographs of the six -- four young males and two females -- who participated in the First Global Challenge robotics meet -- ...
Paris (AFP) - AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN report Thursday proclaiming the scales have tipped . Not only are new HIV infections and deaths declining, but more people than ever are on life-saving treatment, according to data published ahead of an AIDS scien ...
Rome (AFP) - Italian police are investigating football clubs for allegedly getting young African players false papers in a probe that could involve Serie A teams, national media reported Thursday. The inquiry centres on AC Prato, which plays in the Lega Pro league, amid suspicions managers favoured the illegal entry into Italy of African minors ...
Al-Hoceima (Morocco) (AFP) - Protesters prepared to march in the Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima on Thursday in defiance of a government ban, the latest in a series of demonstrations that have shaken the country's north. The North African country's Rif region, where residents have long complained of neglect and marginalisation, has seen repeated pro ...
Toubacouta (Senegal) (AFP) - In Senegal's southern Casamance region, new houses dot a landscape once dominated by abandoned ruins full of bullet holes, though the spectre of a 35-year conflict still haunts its villages. Separatist rebels of the Mouvement des Forces Democratiques de Casamance (MFDC) began fighting for independence more than three ...
Paris (AFP) - AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN report Thursday proclaiming the scales have tipped . Not only are new HIV infections and deaths declining, but more people than ever are on life-saving treatment, according to data published ahead of an AIDS scien ...
Sydney (AFP) - All Blacks star fly-half Beauden Barrett's return boosts defending champions Wellington Hurricanes against the ACT Brumbies as New Zealand look to underline their dominance over Australian sides in Friday's Super Rugby quarter-final. Four Kiwi teams are in this weekend's playoffs with the Canterbury Crusaders hosting the Otago Hig ...
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