Water’s role vital in peacebuilding: UAE

Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, led the UAE’s participation in a series of high-level engagements in Geneva aimed at advancing global cooperation on water, climate resilience, and...

SHOCK – Young Senegalese goalkeeper kidnapped and killed in Ghana

A young Senegalese goalkeeper, Cheikh Touré, has been heartbreakingly killed in Ghana. According to reports, Cheikh Touré was found dead in Ghana, with the Senegal Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs confirming the news....

Negotiations in Washington: The non-negotiable demand of the new government to the IMF

After discussions held in Washington on the sidelines of the latest Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank, Senegal is preparing to receive a mission from the International Monetary Fund this week to continue negotiations. According to Edward...

Senegalese goalkeeper Cheikh Touré found dead in Ghana amid suspected scam n

A Senegalese goalkeeper, identified as Cheikh Touré, has been found dead in Ghana, according to confirmation from Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs. Preliminary investigations by the Ministry suggest that Touré may have...

Public finance reforms gain momentum

… ACBF partners gov’t to build next generation of public finance leaders Ongoing public finance reforms have received renewed momentum through a strategic partnership between the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the Government of...

The 10 nominees for the 2025 African Player of the Year - Mohamed Salah, Achraf Hakimi, Victor Osimhen & Co.

All players revealed ©TM/IMAGO Africa is a continent with an ever-growing affect on top level football, with many of the best club's greatest stars emerging from that continent. From those players, the contenders on the 10-man shortlist for the...

‘This is rigged’ – Ghanaians question CAF over Black Stars’ nomination for award

Some Ghanaian football fans have raised concerns over Ghana’s nomination in the Best National Team of the Year category by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The Black Stars were nominated for the continental award and will be competing...

Suriname’s Coming Oil Boom

As Paramaribo, Suriname, flooded with shin-high water during a rainstorm in June, hundreds of taxis jostled for space on a recently paved street on the outskirts of the capital city. Passengers in suits disembarked alongside an overgrown canal....

GAMBIA ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR WOMEN’S AFCON QUALIFIERS

- Advertisement - Coach Mariama Sowe has officially named her 23-woman squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya. The Queen Scorpions will first play away on 24th October before hosting the return leg in Thies, Senegal,...

Phillis Wheatley, the first Black nature poet

Who are the true pioneers of nature poetry? Before William Wordsworth’s imagination had wandered, lonely as a cloud, and before John Keats’s nib had quivered with notions about nightingales, a Black woman named Phillis Wheatley was circulating a...

Jude Bellingham 'one of the most complete players in the world' as star finally grabs first goal of season

Jude Bellingham finally broke his goal drought on Wednesday night, finding the net for the first time this season as Real Madrid edged past Juventus 1-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu. The moment arrived just after half-time when Vinícius Júnior dazzled...

Dangote Refinery Targets 1.4 Million BPD Output To Become World’s Largest, Plans Stock Market Listing

The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is set to more than double its current refining capacity to about 1.4 million bpd, becoming the world’s largest refining facility and surpassing the 1.36 million bpd refinery in Jamnagar, India....

Death Toll From Rift Valley Fever Outbreak at 33

SENEGAL – The Rift Valley fever outbreak have killed at least 33 people in Senegal and Mauritania since September, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday. Data released by Yap Boum II, deputy...

Canal Street Chinatown raid: Who are the nine illegal aliens arrested, what are their past crimes? Details here

The immigration enforcement operation on Manhattan's Canal Street on Tuesday saw nine illegal aliens get arrested, the Department of Homeland Security said. Federal authorities, on Wednesday, said that 14 people, including demonstrators who were...

Senegalese teenage goalkeeper dies in Ghana

A Senegalese goalkeeper, Cheikh Touré, has reportedly been found dead in Ghana, according the country's Foreign Affairs Ministry. Preliminary investigations by Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs revealed that the...

Howard University Gambian scholar publishes a literary memoir

- Advertisement - The red earth of Fulladou, the cold winds of Scandinavia, and the echoes of history collide in a powerful new memoir by Amat Tidjaann Jeng, a Gambian scholar at Howard University. His debut book, Between Two Horizons, is a deeply...

India gains regional support in dispute over Asia Cup 2025 trophy

The latest round of qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has confirmed several new entrants, with Qatar, Cape Verde and South Africa grabbing global attention as the newest nations to secure their spots in next year’s expanded...

Tanzanian trio nominated for CAF awards

EGYPT: THREE Tanzanian footballers have been named among the continent’s top performers ahead of the 2025 CAF Awards, with Shomari Kapombe, Winfrida Gerald and Esther Maseke drawing attention for their inclusion on the final shortlists. Kapombe,...

Harambee Starlets gear up for Gambia's Queen Scorpions

Harambee Starlets celebrate after scoring in a past match. [Harambee Starlets,X] After weeks of intensive training, Harambee Starlets are now tying up loose ends ahead of tomorrow’s Women Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) qualifier against Gambia....

Why one of the world’s greenest countries is betting its future on oil

This story is a partnership between Grist and Foreign Policy, with support from the Pulitzer Center. As Paramaribo, Suriname, flooded with shin-high water during a rainstorm in June, hundreds of taxis jostled for space on a recently paved street...