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The United States recorded its first case of polio on Thursday for almost a decade, according to New York State health authorities. A person residing in the county of Rockland, 48 km north of Manhattan, tested positive for the disease, his case indicating “a chain of transmission coming from an …

Sacked after the Afcon 2021, the former coach of Cameroon, Antonio Conceiçao, seized FIFA which decided in favor of the Portuguese technician. The umbrella body of world football heavily condemned Cameroon. FIFA motivates its decision by non -compliance with the commitments of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot). Fecafoot will therefore …

Armed men shot dead, Moses Maluleke, mayor of a town in northern South Africa and wounded his son during a raid at their home on Thursday night, according to police. Mr. Maluleke, 56, mayor of the municipality of Collins Chabane in the province of Limpopo, died after being killed by …

Heavy gunfire was heard early on Friday at the main military base outside Mali’s capital Bamako before easing after about an hour, in what residents of the camp said they believed was an attack by Islamist militants, several media reported. Helicopters have been circling overhead and there are reports that …

At least 17 people, including five police officers were killed in the Nigerian state of Katsina, during distinct attacks of armed men, local authorities said. About 300 armed men on motorbikes targeted a police post in Kankara on Wednesday, shooting the officers dead. They also killed at least three people …

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the White House announced. However, he only shows “mild symptoms” of the disease. The 79-year-old Democrat has “started taking Paxlovid”, Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill, and will isolate himself at the White House until he tests negative again, his spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre …

A court has slapped a man with three life sentences after finding him guilty of raping his biological daughters, News Agency of Nigeria reported. On Thursday, July 14, Justice Abiola Soladoye, who presided over Nigeria’s Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Court, sentenced Michake Ogbar, describing his conduct as a “disgrace …

Technology giant Meta removed thousands of posts targeting Kenyan users on its social media platform Facebook for violating its policies ahead of the August elections. Four years ago, bosses at the now-defunct British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica were apparently caught on camera boasting of the control they had exerted in …

The United Nations mission in Mali (Minusma) expressed in a press release its regrets, following the expulsion of its spokesperson, Olivier Salgado, in this West African country. Mr Salgado angered Mali’s leaders by saying they had been informed of the arrival of Ivorian soldiers, whom the army-led government accused of …

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will welcome the leaders of the African continent in mid-December as part of the first major summit organized by the United States for Africa. In a statement, President Biden said the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, scheduled for 13-15 December will underscore the importance …