Senegal asks for postponement of qualifiers of 2023 African Cup of Nations

Senegal’s coach Aliou Cissé is calling for a postponement of the AfCON-2023 qualifying matches scheduled for September to allow African teams to better prepare for the World Cup in Qatar, from November 21 to December 18. “The best thing (to) help the five (African) selections that have qualified for the World Cup is to stop […]

British and Moroccan Armies Hold Joint Training Exercise

Soldiers from the “2nd Brigade of Parachute Infantry” of the Royal Moroccan Armed forces and the British Army’s Global Response Force are taking part in a three-week-long joint exercise near Marrakech. Dubbed “Exercise Jebel Sahara”, the drill provides British paratroopers an opportunity to learn from the Moroccan troops’ experience of operating in the hot, dry […]

Malawi mourns vice-president and 9 others killed in plane crash

Malawi’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima, and nine others were killed when a small military plane crashed in a northern mountainous region, the country’s president said in a live televised address on Tuesday. The wreckage of the plane was found after a search that lasted more than 24 hours since it disappeared on Monday (10 June) but […]