Oliver Meth JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Xenophobic tensions are brewing in Johannesburg spurred on by political parties. This week saw smaller parties, Patriotic Alliance (PA), ActionSA and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) grandstanding ‘attacking foreign national owned stores and vendors’. All three of these parties have campaigned on the promise of a ‘borderless Africa’ during […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga is the first woman to referee an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match. She oversaw the Group B clash between Guinea and Zimbabwe in Yaoundé on Tuesday. On Monday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) statement said that Mukansanga will officiate the match with two female assistant referees, Carine Atemzabong of Cameroon […]
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Wayne Lumbasi A second 1-1 draw of the season against Brighton leaves Chelsea 12 points back of Manchester City. This also leaves the blues a distant third behind Liverpool and Manchester city. Brighton remain unbeaten in six games in all competitions and continue to grow confidence and class under Graham Potter. The blues found it hard […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Ghana suffered a humiliating group stage exit at the Africa Cup of Nations. The four-time champions were beaten by debutants Comoros in a shocking 3-2 defeat. Comoros took the lead after four minutes when Ben Mohamed drilled the ball low into the bottom corner of the goal. Things got to worse when the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The host nation Cameroon 🇨🇲 maintained their unbeaten run in the tournament on Monday. They finished as group leaders with seven points after three matches. The Indomitable Lions took the lead when Captain Vincent Aboubakar drilled home his fifth goal of the tournament after 39 minutes. He drilled a low shot into the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Robert Lewandoski has won the Best Fifa men’s player award for the second year in a row at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday evening. He won ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi. Lewandoski broke two Bundesliga records by scoring 41 goals for Bayern in its title-winning 2020-21 season […]
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Wayne Lumbasi LeBron James apologized to Los Angeles Lakers fans for the team’s disappointing play and promised that “we will be better” “#Laker Nation I apologize and I promise we will be better” James said via twitter. Half of the 2021/2022 season is already over and lakers have a 21-22 loss record in the western conference, including three straight defeats. […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Equatorial Guinea inflicted a first defeat in 36 games on Algeria this past Sunday to leave the reigning champions in serious danger of a group-stage exit. Esteban Obiang, scored the 70th-minute goal that gave his side a 1-0 win in Douala as Algeria lost for the first time since October 2018.This has ended […]
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Staff writer The Pan-African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS) finally launches in Accra Ghana. The theme of the event was “Connecting Payments, Accelerating Africa’s trade.” PAPSS will enable merchants to trade with ease, taking out the laborious currency exchange exercise which is dogged with currency fluctuations and multilayered exchanges. The number of currencies in Africa […]
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Staff writer The deadliest fire in nineteen years engulfed an apartment in Bronx, NY, killing 19 confirmed Africans mainly immigrants from The Gambia 🇬🇲 yesterday. All the victims hail from the same town, Allunhare in The Gambia. The entire country of The Gambia is reeling in a state of shock. “When this news broke in […]
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