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.
In a post on its Farsi-language X account this morning,the Israel Defence Force (IDF) told Iranians near weapon factories or ‘their support facilities’ to ‘immediately leave these areas and not ret
Gazans inspect the site of an Israeli strike on the Bureij camp for refugees on Sunday (Picture: AFP via Getty)
Thousands of protesters are facing a struggle to stage a huge protest march near Egypt's border with Gaza.
'A war in the East that will destroy the West.'
Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal to Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar to immediately disclose the fate and location of Member of Parliament Ibrahim Al-Dressi,who has been miss
The UN Security Council has voiced grave concern over the escalating violence across Sudan,particularly in and around El Fasher,the capital of North Darfur. In a statement released on June 12,the Cou
The first group of South African National Defence Force soldiers who were deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to arrive back on home soil this week.
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM),an al-Qaeda affiliate,has emerged as the most powerful militant force in West Africa,now commanding up to 6,000 fighters and staging coordinated,high-impa
The mayhem led to a spate of arrests.
The rioting began after an earlier peaceful protest on Monday.
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