Rwandan referee Salima Mukansanga among the six women selected for the 2022 World Cup
Six women will be among the 105 referees at the upcoming Men’s World Cup in Qatar for the first time, Fifa announced Thursday. Three of […]
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Senegal: Two majority MPs convicted of trafficking in false passports
Mamadou Sall was sentenced to two years in prison, including six months, and Boubacar Biaye to two years and five months. The case has been […]
Rihanna launches her beauty products on the African market
The successful Barbadian pop star and entrepreneur launches her cosmetics line Fenty Beauty on the continent at the end of May. The commercial offensive shows […]
Justice postpones risky decision against the mayor of Dakar
A Dakar court under heavy police protection on Wednesday postponed by four months its highly sensitive decision against the mayor of Dakar, on appeal for […]
Togo reopens its land borders after two years of closure
Togo reopened Tuesday its land borders with Ghana, Benin and Burkina Faso, closed for more than two years because of the coronavirus epidemic, the government […]
Portugal’s José Peseiro new Nigeria coach
The Portuguese Jose Peseiro has been appointed head of the Nigerian national team, announced Sunday the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) in a statement. Mr. Jose […]
Attempted putsch aborted in Mali, says junta
Mali’s transitional authorities claim to have foiled a coup attempt on the night of Wednesday, May 11, to Thursday, May 12. “A small group of […]
Marc-Vivien Foé Prize: Ivorian Seko Fofana succeeds Gaël Kakuta
Seko Fofana was elected best African player of the French soccer championship (Ligue 1) 2021-2022 by a jury assembled by RFI and France 24. In […]
Guinea-Bissau: President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dismisses the Minister of Economy
Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dismissed Thursday the Minister of Economy and entrusted his post temporarily to the head of government, according to an […]
Global Coalition against ISIS concerned about collusion between separatist groups, like the polisario, and terrorism in Africa
Participants in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which convened in Marrakech on Wednesday, expressed concern over the proliferation of separatist […]