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Apr 12, 20242 min read
Athletics - Kenya's Kipchoge eyes historic Olympic marathon hat-trick
PARIS - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge expects to make history with his third consecutive Olympic marathon gold medal at this year's Games in...
Apr 10, 20241 min read
UK and Rwanda look forward to first migrant deportation flights in spring
LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are looking forward to the first flights under Britain's...
Apr 8, 20242 min read
Briton becomes first person to run length of Africa
Extreme marathon runner Russ Cook completed his run across the entire length of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday after travelling through 16...
Apr 8, 20241 min read
At least 94 dead in Mozambique after unlicensed ferry boat capsizes, official says
MAPUTO -At least 94 people died, including children, and 26 are missing after a ferry boat capsized off the northern coast of...
Apr 8, 20245 min read
Exclusive-Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say
NAIROBI - A prominent Chadian opposition leader, who was killed in February by government troops, appears to have been shot in the side...
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Factbox-Main companies operating in Senegal's oil, gas and mining sectors
DAKAR - Senegal's newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Wednesday said his government would conduct an audit of the West...
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Faye sworn in as Senegal president, cites 'profound desire for change'
DAKAR - Senegal's once jailed opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in on Tuesday as the West African nation's fifth...
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Senegalese firebrand Ousmane Sonko to head new government
DAKAR - Senegal's new prime minister Ousmane Sonko is a firebrand politician who rallied Senegalese youth to enable the election of his...
Apr 4, 20241 min read
Senegal President Faye appoints ally Sonko as prime minister
DAKAR - New Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime...
Apr 2, 20243 min read
Egypt's Sisi starts third term pledging more investment, social spending
CAIRO -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for his third term on Tuesday in the country's new capital, the largest of...
Apr 2, 20241 min read
South Africa bus crash kills 45 Easter pilgrims from Botswana
MAMATLAKALA, South Africa -A bus crash in northern South Africa killed 45 pilgrims travelling from Botswana for Easter festivities on...
Apr 1, 20242 min read
US urges UN Security Council action to get aid into Sudan from Chad
UNITED NATIONS - The United States warned on Thursday that it would push the U.N. Security Council to take action to get aid to starving...
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