Egypt registers first female coach to train men’s professional soccer team

Former Egyptian female soccer star Faiza Heidar has been tasked to train fourth division side Ideal Goldi, becoming therefore the country’s first female technician to coach a men’s professional team.   The former captain of Egypt’s female national soccer team is the only Egyptian woman to be certified by England’s Premier League to coach across […]

Rwanda’s fugitive ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide

One of the last at-large suspects of the Rwandan genocide — a former police chief, Fulgence Kayishema — has been arrested in South Africa. He has allegedly orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 Tutsi refugees in 1994. The 62-year-old Kayishema was indicted by a UN tribunal on Rwanda in 2001 but has been on the […]

Sudan accuses Haftar’s Libyan forces of cross-border assault in escalating regional conflict

The Sudanese military has accused on June 11 Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar of direct involvement in a deadly cross-border assault that it says struck Sudanese army positions in the sensitive border triangle shared with Egypt and Libya. The Sudanese army alleges the attack was carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), aided by Haftar-linked […]