Africa

[ad_1] Dozens of people are feared dead after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria.The boat was ferrying more than 300 passengers on the River Niger when it overturned on Tuesday night, said Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) head Abdullahi Baba Arah.Around 60 dead bodies have been recovered from the scene, local council chairman Abdullahi Muregi was quoted as saying by Nigerian media.Mr Arah's statement said 150 people had been […]

[ad_1] Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano have started closing down sports betting shops, which they say are operating illegally.“As you know betting is forbidden in Islam,” Mujahid Aminudeen, deputy chief of the Sharia police force, known as the Hisbah, told the BBC.The crackdown was prompted by complaints from community leaders and parents, worried about the growing number of gambling addicts, he said.On the first day of raids, […]

[ad_1] Aliou Cisse has been relieved of his position as Senegal coach after nine and a half years in charge of the Teranga Lions.The 48-year-old guided the West Africans to their first continental title, winning the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in February 2022.Although his previous contract ended in August, he remained in charge for Senegal's two 2025 Afcon qualifiers last month, a 1-1 draw with Burkina Faso […]

[ad_1] The case of two black women who were allegedly shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer and two of his workers has caused outrage in South Africa.Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were allegedly looking for food on the farm near Polokwane in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province in August when they were shot.Their bodies were then alleged to have been given to pigs in an […]