ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Nigeria’s “Super Eagles” have been dealt a further injury blow ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations finals after striker Umar Sadiq was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee problem.
Residents of the cultural capital Abidjan are getting ready to host the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Ivory Coast. Alice Rizzo of Reuters has more.
TRIPOLI — Protesters have threatened to shut down two oil and gas facilities near the Libyan capital Tripoli, with one group campaigning against corruption issuing a 72-hour ultimatum that ends on Friday.
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it was holding discussions with Egypt on policies that would make the country's $3 billion IMF program successful, but that additional financing would be "critical."
ABIDJAN — Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet said he and his players feared for their lives after the plane taking them to the Africa Cup of Nations finals made an emergency landing, delaying their arrival at the tournament in the Ivory Coast.
MOGADISHU - Al Shabaab militants captured a United Nations helicopter carrying two Somali men and several foreigners when it made an emergency landing in an area controlled by the Islamist group, a military official said on Wednesday.
GENEVA — Morocco won a vote on Wednesday to lead the United Nations Human Rights Council after a heated showdown with South Africa, that left the two nations debating over fitness to preside over the human rights body.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday pledged support for Egypt's economy and reforms after meeting with the North African nation's authorities in Washington.
JOHANNESBURG — Global diamond giant De Beers said it will go ahead with a planned $1 billion investment to extend the life of its flagship Jwaneng mine in Botswana, even as last year's downturn in gem demand persists.
GENEVA — South Africa and Morocco are at loggerheads over the presidency of the United Nations' top human rights body ahead of a vote on Wednesday, with the former saying Rabat has committed violations in Western Sahara and has no credibility to lead the body.
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's legislation to block further court challenges to the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda will return to parliament next week.
BRUSSELS - Last year was the planet's hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world's warmest in the last 100,000 years, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with top Egyptian finance officials in Washington on Tuesday, the Treasury Department said, amid talks between Cairo and the International Monetary Fund on additional financing help.
JOHANNESBURG — The International Monetary Fund's executive board has completed the third review of Mozambique's three-year loan program, allowing for an immediate disbursement to Maputo of about $60.7 million, the fund said.
HARARE— Zimbabwe produced 30 metric tons of gold in 2023, 15% less than the previous year, official data showed on Monday, as electricity cuts and currency volatility impacted output.
AMMAN/CAIRO/JERUSALEM -The top U.S. diplomat swept through the Middle East on Sunday, warning that the Gaza conflict could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts, although Israel's leader vowed to continue the war until Hamas was eliminated.
KINSHASA — The Congolese election commission said it had canceled votes cast for 82 out of 101,000 candidates in legislative and local polls held in December for their involvement in alleged fraud and other issues that disrupted the general election.
PRETORIA — South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius' release on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, provoked a raw response in a country scarred by violence against women.
CAIRO — Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Friday vowed to continue a nine-month conflict between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, rejecting the latest peace efforts.
HARARE — The World Food Program is planning to feed 270,000 hungry Zimbabweans over the next three months, an official said on Friday, as the country braces for a poor harvest due to an El Nino-induced drought.
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