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UN Names Experts For DR Congo Massacres Probe

The United Nations named three international experts on Wednesday to investigate atrocities in the Kasai region of the...

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Bissau Clinic Eases Life As An Amputee For Senegalese DJ

Senegalese rapper and DJ Louis Bernard Diedhiou was just a young teenager on the day in 2001 when his love of megastar...

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CAS To Hear Referee Lamptey’s Case On July 25

Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has set Tuesday, July 25, 2017 for the hearing of the suspension case involving...

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Senegal’s Supreme Court Rejects Bail For Divisive Mayor

Senegal's Supreme Court rejected bail for Dakar's popular mayor on Thursday, preventing him from campaigning in...

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Ghana Rugby Seizes Opportunity To Qualify For World Tournament

The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has been drawn to take part in the Rugby Afrique Men’s Sevens Tournament that...

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Peace Deal Eludes Senegal’s Casamance, 35 Years On

In Senegal's southern Casamance region, new houses dot a landscape once dominated by abandoned ruins full of bullet...

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AfroBasket 2017 Groups Released

Co-Host of this year’s African Nations Championship (AfroBasket) Tunisia has been handed a relative easy group for...

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US Opposes Seat For DRCongo At UN Rights Council

The United States on Wednesday berated African countries for backing a bid by the Democratic Republic of Congo to win a...

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No Award For Ghana At 2017 AMAA – See Full List of Winners

The 2017 edition of the African Movie Academy Awards was held over the weekend at the Eko Hotels and Suits in...

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Senegal Football Club Suspended After Stadium Tragedy

Senegal's US Ouakam team was suspended from the country's football federation on Monday after accusations its...

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E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...

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Senegal: Demba Diop Stadium Collapse Kills Eight

A wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring almost 90. It fell in...

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Eight Dead In Wall Collapse At Senegal’s Demba Diop

Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened...

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Senegal Suspends Sports Events After Football Deaths

Senegal on Sunday suspended all sports and cultural events until elections at the end of the month, a day after eight...

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Eight Dead At Senegal Football Stadium

Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened...

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Eight Dead In Senegal Stadium Crush

Eight people were killed during Senegal's football league cup final in Dakar on Saturday in a stampede that broke out...

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Rapper Akon To Buy 50% of African Music Download Service

Senegalese-American rapper Akon announced Saturday he would purchase 50 percent of African music download service Musik...

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Oladipo, Lowry, Porzingis Join NBA’s Africa Game Lineups

NBA standouts Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo and Kristaps Porzingis were among the players named by the league Thursday to...

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Chinese Man Arrested In Botswana Over Donkey Skin Trade

A Chinese man alleged to be involved in Botswana's illegal donkey skin trade has been arrested after being found with...