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Africa: Sudan FA Ministry Summons Kenyan Ambassador, Hemedti Visits South Africa

[ad_1] Port Sudan / Nairobi / Pretoria — Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Ali El Sadig announced yesterday that Sudan summoned the Kenyan ambassador to Sudan to protest against the official reception for Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Commander Mohamed 'Hemedti' Dagalo, organised by the Kenyan government on Wednesday. Hemedti also met the sultan of the Fur tribe in Nairobi. Continuing his Africa tour, the RSF commander visited South Africa yesterday. The minister said in a statement to the Sudan News Agency […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024

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Africa: Bad Case of Déjà Vu As Former Oil Executive to Lead COP29 Climate Negotiations in Azerbaijan

[ad_1] This week, it was announced that Azeri Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev, who spent over 20 years at Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas company SOCAR, has been appointed as the president of this year's UN climate talks. The decision means oil executives will lead consecutive UN climate talks after Sultan Al-Jaber, boss of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ran COP28. Last year at least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024

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Africa: Meet the Top 10 Highest Goal Scorers in Afcon History

[ad_1] The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have seen some gracious players grace its podium, picking up the golden boots for their high number of goals while on parade for their national teams. With the AFCON 2023 in Cote D' Ivoire less than a week before commencement, we take a look at the top 10 highest goal scorers in AFCON history. Samuel Eto'o - 18 goals (Cameroon) 2. Laurent Poukou - 14 goals (Ivory Coast) 3. Rashidi Yekini - Nigeria […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024

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Anthony Joshua: Briton to face ex-UFC fighter Ngannou in Saudi Arabia, confirms promoter Hearn

[ad_1] Joshua is a two-time heavyweight championAnthony Joshua will fight former UFC star Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia, says promoter Eddie Hearn.Joshua, 34, was set to face Deontay Wilder after beating Otto Wallin, but the American's loss to Joseph Parker scuppered plans for their big showdown.Hearn posted "it's a done deal" on X on Friday, and added: "Anthony Joshua v Francis Ngannou collide on a huge night in Riyadh, Saudi […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024

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Senegal: Impact of court ruling on Sonko’s presidential run

[ad_1] The presidential ambition of Senegal’s main opposition politician Ousmane Sonko has been dealt a blow after he lost a court appeal in his defamation conviction. The Supreme court of Senegal ruled to uphold the six-month suspended sentence following a more than 12-hour hearing. The ruling puts Sonko’s presidential ambition ahead of next month’s election in limbo. “The sentence and fines have been confirmed. Sonko lost on all counts,” State […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024

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Afcon 2023: Zambia can lift title on return to finals, says captain Lubambo Musonda

[ad_1] Zambia have not won a match at the Afcon finals since lifting the trophy in 2012Zambia are capable of winning the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations despite missing the past three tournaments, according to captain Lubambo Musonda.But the country have failed to win a match at the finals since that triumph, suffering group-stage exits in 2013 and 2015 and then failing to qualify three times in a row."The […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024

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Africa: Fairer Global Tax Won’t Be Enough to Cure Africa’s Chronic Capital Deficit

[ad_1] The UN has decided an intergovernmental authority should set international tax rules and curb illicit financial flows. On 22 November 2023, a coalition of 125 mostly developing countries led by Nigeria won an important United Nations (UN) General Assembly vote on drafting a convention on international rules on tax and combatting illicit financial flows. The UN vote was a victory for African tax activists who have long demanded that the international community wrest control of global tax reform from […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

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Africa: Judge Dikgang Moseneke to Help Preside Over South Africa’s Contentious Genocide Case Against Israel At ICJ

[ad_1] The former deputy chief justice will be an ad-hoc judge only on this case. Former deputy judge president Dikgang Moseneke has been appointed as an ad-hoc judge to join the 15 regular judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) later this month when it hears South Africa's application for Israel's military assault on Gaza to be declared as genocide. Moseneke will be on the bench when the court decides on whether or not to order Israel to cease […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

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