CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt hosted on Monday the draw for the African qualifiers of the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup, Costa Rica 2022. CAF will have two representatives for the final tournament of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022. However, a total of 40 teams decided to take part in the […]
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The race towards African Women Football showpiece, Total Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 kicked off on Monday, 10 May 2021. CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, hosted today the draw for the qualification series, that saw a record of 45 member associations taking part in the qualifiers’ series. Morocco, the host country of the […]
CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt hosted on Monday the draw for the African qualifiers of the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup, India 2022. CAF Director of competitions Khaled Nassar conducted the draw, assisted by Egyptian footballer Nadine Ghazy. 29 teams will take part in the qualifiers which will determine CAF’s three places in the U-17global […]
The National Assembly Joint Committee on IEC, Human Rights and Constitutional Matters, has on Friday 7th May 2021, engaged the people of West Coast Region on the Election Bill 2021. The engagement was aimed at feeling their pulses on the Election Bill 2021. The said Bill, once enacted, will be the guiding tool for the […]
The University of the Gambia (UTG) on Thursday the 6th May, gathered stakeholders to validate national languages curriculum to be introduced in the university by next semester. The validation event, which was held at the university campus at Kanifing, was initiated by the university and championed by the School of Arts and Sciences of the […]
Chad’s military claimed victory on Sunday in its weeks-long battle with northern rebels that led to the death of President Idriss Déby on the battlefield. However, the rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) said it was not aware of an end to the fighting. The group “will comment when it has […]
Residents of Botanic Area in Mzuzu on Friday held a peaceful demonstration to express their dismay over the delay in upgrading of the road from Luwinga to Mzuzu Technical College, which they say is crucial infrastructure for their livelihoods. The residents want government to honour its pledge by setting aside K3.5 billion which will help […]
… Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 asked for 45 days to present a report The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament seems to be differing with suggestions that Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe might have also benefitted from the Covid-19 funds when he was leader of opposition in Parliament. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) protested the appointment of […]
FIRST lady Monica Geingos says there has been a decrease to her assets since she took office in 2015. Six years ago president Hage Geingob and Geingos declared their assets at State House revealing that the first lady had between N$45 and N$60 million in equity. Geingos said this during an interview with The Namibian’s […]
THE Namibian government says it has noted with “grave concern” the rising tensions in East Jerusalem over the possible eviction of Palestinian families living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. “In this regard, Namibia expresses concern about the possible evictions and condemns the violence exercised by the Israeli police during the past days against Palestinian demonstrators […]
As Kenyans prepared for a rather dull Christmas marred by the Covid-19 pandemic, a family in Tabani village, Bungoma County, was worried about their kin. Unlike previous years where she either travelled home or sent goodwill messages, 47-year-old Sebezia Killong went silent. The family, which says their communication with her went off on December 22, […]
South Africa is the most carbon-intensive G20 economy with the highest coal reliance To hear President Ramaphosa’s 22 April address to the Virtual Leaders’ Summit on Climate Change, you’d think South Africa were going “above and beyond” when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Not so. SA’s long-awaited draft updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) […]
Freetown — Scientists have rediscovered rare wild coffee species in West Africa with tolerance to high temperatures and fine taste, potentially setting the region on course to staging a comeback in the global coffee industry, a study says. The rediscovery of ‘lost’ Coffea stenophylla in Sierra Leone after years of searching, the scientists say, could […]
When the Senate convenes tomorrow to take a vote on the Bill to change the Constitution, focus will be on Deputy President William Ruto’ allies in the House. After last week’s shock in which some Tangatanga MPs in the National Assembly went against the grain and voted in support of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) […]
Professional sport is a giant pyramid and what we generally see is its tip. We don’t see the mother working three jobs to feed her child’s sporting dream, or the coach who takes a talented player under his wing. First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. I’ve played in a few golf pro-ams […]
‘Sport can unite people like nothing can,’ says Temba Bavuma, the first black African to lead the Proteas’ limited-overs teams. But, he tells Jon Cardinelli, winning is the only way the Proteas are going to effect significant change First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Off the field, Temba Bavuma has worked tirelessly […]
Bargny — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and her grandmother and mother processed fish. Like generations of women, she now helps support her family in the small community of Bargny by drying, smoking, salting and fermenting the catch brought home […]
The enormity of gender-based violence (GBV) nationally and globally, cannot be gainsaid whether relying on anecdotal or scientific evidence. The rather dated information from the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey shows that one third of women aged 15 to 49 have experienced one or another form of GBV. Additionally, a 2016 study by the National […]