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The true champions of CHAN will be the well behaved fans
Harambee Stars' Daneil Sakari and Ryan Ogam during training/ HANDOUT There’s something different in the East African sky. It’s not the familiar hum of boda bodas on dusty streets or the afternoon buzz of a Nairobi market. It’s a quiet pulse, like...

UNDP trains journalists on fact-checking, conflict-sensitive reporting
By Regina Atule Tamale, Aug 01, GNA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Government of Japan has held a two-day training for selected journalists and bloggers on fact-checking and conflict-sensitive reporting....
Curious Kids: Who was the first pirate?
Brandon Prins, University of Tennessee Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Who was the first pirate? – Yandel R., age 11, Lakewood...

Celebrating Abdulsamad Rabiu at 65
Obinna Chima The Chairman of the BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, who turns 65 on Monday, stands as one of Africa’s most accomplished and quietly impactful industrialists. Rabiu, through his chains of businesses, has not only shaped industries but...

Nigerians need to rally round President Tinubu now
The Fulani ethnic group we know in Nigeria is historically a nomadic people. But even when they can conveniently pass for a minority group in the country, they have continued to play a rather outsized role in Nigerian society and politics. Their...

Echoes of Fulladu 2: Zainabou and the Maabos
- Advertisement - Nata’s new home stood just a few hundred metres from her mother’s yard, yet it felt worlds apart. The narrow port carved into the back fence of the compound connected them in the way a forgotten path might link two estranged...

Berlin Art Week 2025: Hotel, Bar & Restaurant Guide
Aug. 1, 2025 Berlin Art Week is coming up September 10th to 14th. Whether you’re on a budget or ready to splurge, we’ve shortlisted some of our top suggestions for beautifully designed places to stay, eat and drink during Berlin’s biggest art week...

Kenya prepares to host historic CHAN PAMOJA 2024 final amidst unprecedented prize money and a brand-new trophy
The excitement is palpable as Kenya, alongside co-hosts Tanzania and Uganda, gears up for the historic CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024. This year’s tournament, which kicks off today, promises to be an unforgettable event,...

Zoo kills 12 healthy baboons 'it didn't have space to house' before feeding them to predators
A zoo in Germany said it killed 12 baboons and fed them to zoo predators on Tuesday in a rejection of protests from animal protection groups. Seven protestors were detained when, in a last effort to stop the killings, they scaled the zoo wall. The...

DR Congo Leopards in the shadow of war, show resilience
DR Congo national football team the Leopards arrive at JKIA on July 31, 2025 for CHAN 2024 The story of the DR Congo national football team fondly called Leopards, is one of rare pride, joy, and heartbreaking contradiction. In a country burdened...

Losses, Lamentations as Drought Ravages Farming Communities in Taraba
Felix Yupenda depends entirely on his harvests to sustain his family. He is a local farmer in Wukari, Taraba State, North East Nigeria, who grew up on the farm and has worked there for over 30 years. “I learnt how to cultivate yam and cassava from...

ECOWAS, AU don’t have solutions to Africa’s problems – Primate Ayodele
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has revealed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) don’t have solutions to the problems facing the African continent. In a...
Elders and the burden of wisdom: Reflections from West Africa and The Gambia
- Advertisement - By Abdoulie Mam Njie The scheduled Sahel Governance Forum in Banjul on July 30–31, 2025, brings together a distinguished assembly of former heads of state, diplomats, and thought leaders from across West Africa. As the region...

AU Commission President: Morocco Emerges as ‘True African Hub’
Marrakech – The President of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, declared Morocco has developed into a “true African hub” through its active economic diplomacy. “Morocco has distinguished itself by developing economic...

Ivory Coast: From Paris to Petrobras
Ivory Coast is thriving economically as French troops exit. But Ouattara’s potential fourth term and regional shifts cast shadows on its future. President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara arrives in Paris, France in 2019. French troops are...

Trees, tresses and teamwork: Africa's top shots
ShareSave A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Branches graze the top of this mural in eastern Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday. Guinea's Alexandra Mansare-Traoré, 25, competes at the World Aquatics...

France Pulls Its Soldiers Out of West Africa
As France focuses on Russia as its primary threat, France’s blue, white, and red drapeau tricolore comes down across West Africa. Paris is leaving its former colonies at the mercy of Russian mercenaries and local Islamic terror groups. In quick...

Angola’s MPLA regime kills 22 anti-austerity protestors, arrests 1,200
At least 22 people have been killed, hundreds injured, and more than 1,200 arrested in some of the largest protests Angola has seen since the end of its civil war in 2002. The protests erupted in response to austerity measures imposed by the...

Celebrating green African heritage
Following African emancipation from slavery, descendants of those freed over a century ago celebrate a holiday recognising this part of our history. After decades of adaptation to a land thousands of kilometres from home, many families still...

History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump’s Brain Drain
Since President Donald Trump has taken office, elite Americans and academics are leaving the country. A quarter of those who responded to a recent poll said they would like to move outside the country in the next five years. And European countries...