Africa

[ad_1] Voting for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024 is open.Fans from across the world can vote for their favourite from the five-player shortlist of Barbra Banda, Aitana Bonmati, Naomi Girma, Caroline Graham Hansen, Sophia Smith.The award was first given out in 2015, making this its 10th year.Voting closes at 09:00 GMT on Monday, 28 October 2024 and the winner will be announced on Tuesday, 26 November on […]

[ad_1] PA MediaSophie heard harrowing first-hand experiences from women during her visit to ChadThe Duchess of Edinburgh has described distressing scenes of sexual exploitation, after meeting refugees from Sudan's civil war who had fled to neighbouring Chad."People are having to exchange food and water for sex, for rape. That is violence that is being enacted through conflict. It is being used as a bargaining tool," said Sophie, after a visit […]

[ad_1] SpaceXSenegal's first satellite hitched a lift on a SpaceX launcher in AugustOne by one, the satellites – each of them encrusted with a hodge-podge of solar panels and other gizmos – detached from their mothership.They had blasted off from Earth just an hour earlier, on 16 August. The 116 satellites onboard the launch vehicle were mostly designed and built by Western nations and businesses – but one of them […]

[ad_1] Burkina Faso and Cameroon have both booked places at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with two rounds of qualifying to spare.Burkina Faso became the first side to reach the finals in Morocco following a 2-0 away win against Burundi on Sunday.The Stallions are guaranteed a top-two finish in Group L after taking 10 points from the first four rounds of matches.Mohamed Konate put the West Africans ahead early […]