Africa

[ad_1] Sudan have only featured once at the Afcon finals since 2013, and reaching the 2025 edition in Morocco would be all the more remarkable given the ongoing conflict in the country and the fact the side have been forced to hold their home qualifiers at neutral venues."It puts us on the brink of a historic qualification," Sudanese journalist Abdul Musa told the BBC World Service."Everybody knows the situation back […]

[ad_1] A highly anticipated museum housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts has opened the doors to some of its galleries.More than 20 years in the making, the sprawling 120-acre Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza, will showcase more than 100,000 objects, including treasures from the tomb of King Tutankhamun.The boy-king's priceless collection is yet to be displayed, but visitors can now see items varying from […]

[ad_1] A fuel tanker exploded overnight in northern Nigeria as it was surrounded by a crowd of people who had rushed to the scene of an accident to collect leaking petrol.At least 94 people were burnt to death as fire engulfed the overturned vehicle, which had crashed, the police told the BBC.Fifty others injured in the explosion have been taken to hospital in the nearby town of Ringim in Jigawa […]