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Hosts Morocco set up Senegal Afcon final showdown
AFP, Published on 15/01/2026
» RABAT - Hosts Morocco will play Sadio Mane’s Senegal in this weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations final after both emerged victorious in tense last-four ties on Wednesday as Mohamed Salah’s dreams of winning the title were again dashed.
India bank on formidable home Test record in South Africa series
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» KOLKATA — Shubman Gill's India will look to extend their Test domination at home when a two-match series begins against world champions South Africa on Friday in Kolkata.
'I know it's immoral': Child labour still common in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» KARACHI - From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.
Elgar bids to bow out on winning note and seal series win
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» CAPE TOWN - Dean Elgar will bid to bring the curtain down on his Test career by skippering South Africa to victory in the second and final Test against an India side who are likely to make at least two changes.
Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024
AFP, Published on 28/05/2023
» MOGADISHU - Somalia's government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024.
Cockfighting still a popular blood sport in southern Iraq
AFP, Published on 27/02/2023
» BASRA (IRAQ) - Two vicious roosters circle a filthy carpet in southern Iraq, facing off for a cockfight that has drawn dozens to a dimly lit cafe in the port city of Basra.
Vast cemetery in Iraq echoes 14 centuries of life and death
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» NAJAF (IRAQ) - Tombstones stretch as far as the eye can see across Iraq's Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries.
Ghana braces as Sahel war spills into Gulf of Guinea
AFP, Published on 06/02/2023
» BAWKU (GHANA) - Standing near the dried river bed that marks Ghana’s northern border, Alima can see her hamlet, lying in Burkina Faso less than two kilometres (1.2 miles) away.
Tunisians shun vote for powerless new parliament
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» TUNIS - Tunisians on Saturday overwhelmingly boycotted an election for a new parliament which will have virtually no authority following a power grab by President Kais Saied in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
Somalia appeals for international help after deadly blasts
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» MOGADISHU - Somalia's president has issued an urgent plea for international help for wounded victims of devastating car bombings at the weekend that claimed the lives of 100 people.