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Egypt Fire Coach After Afcon Disappointment

[ad_1] Egypt has parted ways with head coach Rui Vitoria after the national team's underwhelming performance at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) confirmed on Monday. Vitoria's dismissal follows Egypt's dramatic penalty shootout defeat to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 16, dashing their hopes of a record-extending eighth AFCON title. The team's lackluster group stage performance, marked by three draws, further fueled frustrations, prompting apologies from the EFA to the Egyptian fans. […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: Burna Boy Makes History With Dazzling Grammy Performance

[ad_1] Burna Boy performed at the Grammy Awards for the first time, with his representatives noting he is the first Afro-fusion artiste to do so in a press release distributed prior to Grammy night. Though Burna is largely associated with the more widely known genre of Afrobeats -- which itself is often a fusion of genres such as highlife, hip-hop, R&B, and more -- he has long attempted to differentiate himself by referring to his own music as Afro-fusion. Other […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

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Nigeria/Cote d’Ivoire: Onigbinde Hails Nwabali’s Superb Goalkeeping

[ad_1] The Technical Adviser of Doma United, Coach Akinade Onigbinde, has lauded Super Eagles new number one goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali on his brilliant goalkeeping at the ongoing Africa Cup of nations (AFCON) in Cote d' Ivoire. The Chippa United of South Africa keeper has so far kept four clean sheets at the championship to draw plaudits from Nigerian football fans. Although he was injured in the Round of 16 victory against Cameroon, the former Lobi Stars and Katsina United keeper […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: Hage Geingob – Namibian President Who Played a Modernising Role

[ad_1] Hage Gottfried Geingob served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death on February 4 2024. He was Namibia's first prime minister from 1990 to 2002, and served as prime minister again from 2012 to 2015. Geingob was born on 3 August 1941. He joined the ranks of the national liberation movement South West African People's Organisation (Swapo during its formation in 1960. As the official statement declared: The Namibian nation has lost a distinguished servant […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: South Africa’s Military Is Expected to Do More Than Ever With Tighter Budgets – How the Force Has Declined Over 30 Years

[ad_1] The South African National Defence Force marks 30 years this year, having been established on 27 April 1994. It's as old as the country's constitutional democracy, the result of a negotiated political settlement that ended apartheid. The defence force consists of the army, air force, navy, and military health service. It's an amalgamation of the former apartheid era South African Defence Force, the militaries of the former nominally independent Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Ciskei and Venda, and the former liberation armies […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Entertainment

Africa: Grammy Awards 2024 – ‘Afro Beat’ Gets Due Recognition After 65 Years

[ad_1] For the first time in its 65-year  history, the prestigious Grammy Awards in the US has created the 'Best African Music Performance category', specifically recognizing the song of the year from the continent. The Grammys, organized by the Recording Academy, typically focuses on achievements in the US music industry but has expanded its scope to embrace the global impact of African music. The 66th Grammy Awards nominations featured prominent Africans musical talents like Davido, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, alongside […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Entertainment

Zimbabwe: Musicians Sing About Neglected Tropical Diseases

[ad_1] Gloria Muruva — In a bid to raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), some musicians have collaborated on a song that was being played to mark Neglected Tropical Diseases Day last week. World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day was celebrated internationally on all social media platforms on the 30th of January under the theme "Unite, Act and eliminate" and it was officiated by Dr Thoko Elphick Pooley, the international head of uniting to combat NTDs. Musician Dereck Mpofu collaborated […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: Exiting Ecowas and Its Implications for Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, West Africa

[ad_1] "ECOWAS, under the influence of foreign powers, betraying its founding principles, has become a threat to its member state..." Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso said. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso last week announced they wanted nothing to do with the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, further deepening tensions between the bloc and countries currently led by juntas. The 15-nation regional economic bloc was established in 1975, "To promote cooperation and integration ... to raise the living standards of its peoples, and […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: Updates On 66th 2024 Grammys Winners List

[ad_1] The 66th 2024 Grammys is ongoing today, February 4th, 2024. SZA has the most nominations with a total of nine, followed by Phoebe Bridgers, recording engineer Serban Ghenea, and Victoria Monét, who each have seven. Jack Antonoff, Jon Batiste, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift have six nominations each. The Recording Academy has added three new categories for the 2024 edition. These categories are African music performance, alternative jazz album, and pop dance recording. […]

todayFebruary 5, 2024

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