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South Africa goalkeeper and captain Ronwen Williams should be made his country’s finance minister to “save the economy”, jokes Bafana Bafana defender Grant Kekana.

Ivory Coast interim coach Emerse Fae praises the team’s “mental strength” with one of sport’s great comebacks in the offing for the hosts at the… Read More »Ivory Coast ‘mental strength’ praised as redemption awaits

The results of by-elections triggered under controversial conditions give Zanu-PF a super-majority.

New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) predict a 77% increase in cancer cases globally by 2050. The report points to air pollution as… Read More »Air pollution a factor in spiking cancer cases, report says

Opposition parties prepared to demonstrate on Sunday after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25, sparking a… Read More »Senegal faces opposition backlash after President Sall postpones presidential vote

A number of photos and videos that circulated on social media and were picked up by pro-democracy media outlets show the aftermath of an air… Read More »How ‘Myanmar Witness’ documented a deadly air strike denied by state-owned media

There is an unfamiliar air of serenity in El Salvador’s capital, where voters head to the polls Sunday without the specter of gang violence and… Read More »‘Peace, tranquility, freedom’: El Salvador looks set to re-elect popular ‘dictator’ Bukele

Rising cases of femicide reveal entrenched sexist attitudes in the East African nation.

The death toll from a strike on a bakery in the occupied eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk has climbed to 28 people, including a child,… Read More »Death toll from strike on bakery in occupied eastern Ukraine rises to more than 20

Ivory Coast produce another amazing Africa Cup of Nations escape act as Oumar Diakite’s 122nd-minute winner sends the 10-man hosts into the semi-finals.