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Tunisia: New head coach for national football team

The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) has officially named on February 11 Sami Trabelsi as the new head coach of the national football team, the Carthage Eagles, replacing Faouzi Benzarti, whose contract was terminated last October. Trabelsi, a former Tunisian international with over 80 caps, will begin his second tenure as head coach after previously managing […]

Ghana dethrones South Africa to become Africa’s top gold producer

Ghana has reclaimed its top position as Africa’s premier gold producer, surpassing South Africa, after large-scale mining companies in the West African country increased gold production from 2.2 million ounces in 2012 to 3.08 million ounces last year. After a temporary setback in 2021 due to a sharp decline in output, Ghana has reclaimed its […]

Egypt establishing Sinai buffer zone

The Egyptian military has begun operations to set up a 500meter wide and 10kilometre long buffer zone on its border with Gaza. Bulldozers have knocked down some of the houses in the area but residents are complaining that they have neither received eviction notices nor compensations. According to sources, the operation is aimed at reducing […]