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The Final Draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025 was held on Monday evening in Rabat at a colorful ceremony attended by President of the Confederation of African Football Patrice Motsepe, the heads of the football federations of the 24 countries to participate in the AFCON 2025, and several personalities […]
This year, Africa is poised for modest economic growth, with recovery driven by the continent’s major economies, says a new UN report, with the AfDB projecting an annual growth rate of 4.3%, up from 3.7% last year. Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa are expected to spur economic growth on the continent in 2025, according to […]
A significant shift in West African regional dynamics is unfolding as the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) coordinates its collective withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The foreign ministers of Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali convened in Ouagadougou to establish a unified approach to their impending departure from the regional organization. […]
President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said that the Morocco-2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) draw will be “exciting,” and that this 35th edition will be the most successful in the competition’s history. “The 2025 AFCON draw, which will be held on Monday evening in Rabat, will be exciting. Everyone expects […]
The United Nations chief announced he has appointed Hanna Serwaa Tetteh of Ghana as the global body’s new envoy to Libya, replacing Senegal’s Abdoulaye Bathily who stepped down last April. The former foreign minister of Ghana, who more recently has been Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s special representative to the Horn of Africa, is the 10th person […]
Tunisian lawmakers are currently deliberating a controversial draft law that would allow the deportation of “irregular” migrants to their home countries, as tensions rise around anti-migrant sentiment and xenophobic conspiracy theories. This proposal comes after the Government claimed to have successfully repatriated over 7,000 migrants “voluntarily” last year. However, human rights groups have voiced concerns, […]
The WTO chief has called for an end to attacks on health care workers and facilities in war-torn Sudan, as about 70 people, including patients, were reportedly killed and dozens injured in a drone attack on a hospital in El-Fasher, in Sudan’s western Darfur region, blamed on rebel forces. The United Nations said Sunday (26 […]
A landmark underwater rail tunnel project connecting two continents has entered a crucial new phase as engineering feasibility studies commence, marking a historic step in Mediterranean infrastructure development. The ambitious infrastructure project, which will link Morocco and Spain through the Strait of Gibraltar, has selected a world-leading tunneling technology firm, Herrenknecht Iberica, to conduct the […]
At least 20 Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer, have been reportedly killed as suspected Islamist militants targeted an army base in the remote Malam-Fatori town in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state. The attack that is believed to have been carried out by fighters from the ISIL-affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) occurred on Friday (24 […]
NBA Africa and EVOSPORT, a subsidiary of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), launched an initiative in Paris last week to promote youth basketball in Morocco. The collaboration between these institutions will see the launch of the first NBA basketball school in Morocco and four Jr. NBA leagues, UM6P said in a press release, noting that […]