Victor Wembanyama has been named captain of France for four games in August, marking a new leadership role for the NBA star as he returns to the national team. The 22-year-old will lead a squad featuring veterans Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier in World Cup qualifying.
READ MORECampaigning for Nigeria’s general election got underway on Wednesday and voters are already making one thing clear: they want straight answers from the candidates about how they’ll improve the lives of citizens.
Sudan’s army says 318 Rapid Support Forces fighters, including four commanders, have defected and joined its ranks in the latest apparent surrender by paramilitary personnel. The move comes as defections increase and fighting continues to devastate the country more than three years into the war.
Ethiopia heads to the polls with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed widely expected to win amid low-key campaigning, opposition weakness, and ongoing security tensions.
Burkina Faso’s military junta has closed the capital’s main Sunni mosque after nearly 100 supporters of a detained preacher were arrested following protests, deepening concerns over growing repression under the country’s military rulers.
Eighty-year-old Laurent Gbagbo was re-elected as leader of the PPA-CI party at its congress this week.
Cape Verdeans headed to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections marked by uncertainty, with five parties competing and Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva seeking a rare third term in a country long praised for its political stability.
Felicien Kabuga, once among Rwanda’s richest businessmen and later accused of helping finance the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, has died in detention while awaiting further legal proceedings before a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague.
The latest member announced for the impeachment committee that will hold President Cyril Ramaphosa accountable over the Phala Phala saga is BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane.
The DA has appointed Glynnis Breytenbach as its new chief whip.
Morocco took part in the latest large-scale regional security operation “RAMZ”,coordinated by Interpol in the MENA region. This operation,first of its kind in the region,has led to the arrest of 20
The Secretary General of the Arab Interior Ministers Council,Mohammed Ben Ali Koman,affirmed on Sunday in Rabat that Morocco’s pioneering initiative establishing Open Days for the General Directorat
Head of the Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch health surveyed *the Kingdom’s reform agenda during a panel on health sovereignty,held part of the Africa Forward summit hosted by Kenya May 11-12.
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