Gabon: Ali Bongo dismisses Vice-President, forestry minister

President Ali Bongo Ondimba Tuesday dismissed his Vice-President and the minister of forestry, a statement of the presidential office said without elaborating on the rationales. Maganga Moussavou has been Vice President of the Central African country since 2017 after the restauration of the position. Moussavou, from the opposition lost to Ali Bongo during the 2016 […]

Morocco’s Atlas Lions record first loss under manager Vahid Halilhodzic

The recently appointed manager of Atlas Lions, Vahid Halilhodzic, Tuesday recorded his first defeat at the helm of the Moroccan national football team after a loss to Gabon 2-3 in a friendly at home. Captain Nourdin Amrabat managed to level the score 2 times but the Atlas Lions could not match the Black Panthers who […]

$1bn more needed to avert famine in Somalia by year’s end, warns UN

At least US$1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year, the UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths predicted on Tuesday (6 September). Speaking from Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, he said that, according to a new report from an authoritative panel of independent experts, there will be […]