More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict along with other crises — and the outlook is “bleak” for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a UN-backed report said Friday.It was the sixth consecutive annual increase in the number of people hit with “high levels” of acute food …
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Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed said Friday his refusal to play a crucial game in his team’s battle against relegation on the final day of the Ligue 1 season, which will see all clubs mark the international day against homophobia, was motivated by religious convictions.”Certain deeply rooted values, linked to my origins and my faith, make …
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Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane are expected to beat Tanzanian rivals Simba in the two-leg CAF Confederation Cup final, but coach Mouin Chaabani wishes they were not the favourites. “There are no winners in football before matches are played,” the 43-year-old Tunisian told reporters ahead of the first leg in Berkane on Saturday.”Simba have a proud …
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Rwanda’s biggest national park announced on Thursday it will be receiving 70 white rhinos from South Africa later this month, in the country’s largest such transfer ever.The animals, which can weigh up to two tonnes, are set to travel some 3,400 kilometres (2,100 miles) to their new home in Akagera National Park.”This event marks a …
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Faced with the loudest calls yet for a return to civilian rule since the army took power in a coup, Mali’s junta has tightened its clampdown on criticism by dissolving political parties.After years of repression under the junta, the move has prompted fears that the unrest-plagued west African country’s military rulers wish to hold on …
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South Africa’s premier agricultural fair showcased livestock, massive tractors and rows of pick-up trucks Thursday, a paradise for Afrikaner farmers who are divided over President Donald Trump’s claims of persecution. In trademark khaki shorts and caps, hundreds of farmers gathered at the annual Nampo show in Bothaville, some 220 kilometres (135 miles) south of Johannesburg, days …
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South Africa Rugby president Mark Alexander on Thursday hailed deceased former Springbok winger Cornal Hendricks as a “remarkable athlete”.The 37-year-old, who scored five tries in 12 Test appearances, died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack.”We are deeply saddened by the passing of Cornal Hendricks, a remarkable athlete who represented his country in sevens and …
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At 17, Joyce Malindi won her first beauty contest under the suffocating limits of apartheid South Africa. Fifty-five years later, she was back on the catwalk, silver curls gleaming and brown clogs clicking, in a pageant for grandmothers only.The event in the Tokoza township outside of Johannesburg featured prayers, speeches and a performance against domestic violence, …
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Brazilian Arthur Sales scored twice as Mamelodi Sundowns won 3-0 at Chippa United on Wednesday to clinch an eighth straight South African Premiership title.The South American came off the bench at Buffalo City Stadium in coastal city East London to score the last two goals after 69 and 89 minutes.South African international Iqraam Rayners had …
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An appeals court sentenced Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for abuse of office and illicit enrichment.Aziz, who came to power in a 2008 coup, had appealed his original five-year sentence after his conviction two years ago of using his power to amass a fortune. The former …
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