Africa

[ad_1] This year’s Africa Safer Internet Day is scheduled to be held on February 6. Child Online Africa, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and other partners made the announcement in a statement. Themed “Empowering Minds, Protecting Rights: Creating a Safer Digital Africa,” this year’s event according to the organisers “aims to empower everyone especially young people by positioning them to […]

[ad_1] The United Nation has said that about 2,000 U.N. peacekeepers will start withdrawing from eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo by in April. This would be the first phase of the peacekeeping mission’s planned withdrawal from the country. “We have a ceiling of 13,500 troops authorised by the Security Council, as of April 30th, with the start of the withdrawal underway, we will reach 11,500,” Bintou Keita, […]

[ad_1] Alongside the establishment of local academies and infrastructure, Souleymane Diallo, a part-time coach of national age groups and a research professor at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, says a pathway has been created to move talent from youth international level to the senior side."Senegal has an extraordinary potential of players and we're being patient with the generations," Diallo told BBC Sport Africa."At grassroots level, we have a […]

[ad_1] Jamiro Monteiro put Cape Verde ahead in the 17th minute at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny StadiumCape Verde upset Ghana with a stoppage-time winner to go top of Group B at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.Garry Rodrigues tapped into an empty net in the 92nd minute after a mix-up in the Black Stars defence.Jamiro Monteiro had put the islanders ahead and Ghana then had a goal ruled out for offside […]

[ad_1] Egypt captain Mohamed Salah has finished as a runner-up at the Africa Cup of Nations twice, at the 2017 and 2021 finalsMohamed Salah's injury-time penalty spared Egypt's blushes against Mozambique in their Group B opener at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.A regulation victory looked on the cards when Mostafa Mohamed put the Pharaohs ahead after just 89 seconds.Quickfire second-half goals from Witi and Clesio gave the Mambas hope […]