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A 79-year-old British man has died after being struck by a vehicle linked to Kenyan President William Ruto’s motorcade in Nairobi, Kenya. According to reports, the driver, who was behind the wheel of a support vehicle in the convoy, failed to stop but was later arrested and released on bail. …

In Cameroon, the government has announced the dismissal of almost 5,000 civil servants and public employees, with a view to improving control over the number of staff on state payroll. The dismissals come in the wake of mass desertions from the ranks of the civil service, with civil servants leaving …

An Egyptian wrestler and strongman on Thursday set a new Guinness World Record by pulling a 279 tonne train using only his strength and his teeth. Ashraf Kabonga also known as Ashraf Mahrous pulled the locomotive and several carriages nearly 10 metres along the tracks at the Ramses Station in …

Bestine Kazadi, the first Congolese woman to join the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has done her country proud. Alongside Samuel Eto’o, Congolese Bestine Kazadi joins the comex and is set to inherit the position of 5th vice-president of CAF in charge of women’s soccer. She …

French soccer legend Thierry Henry has surprised the soccer world by naming FC Barcelona winger Raphinha as the favorite for this year’s Ballon d’Or. Already a scorer in the first leg, Raphinha shone again in Spain, scoring twice to help the Blaugrana to a 3-1 win and a place in …

In Togo, over the past few days, highly sensitive videos showing graves with their heads cut open have been circulating on social networks, arousing curiosity and questioning among Togolese internet users. The phenomenon is becoming increasingly recurrent, particularly in cemeteries reserved for Muslims. It involves mortal remains deprived of their …

Tanzania announced the end of the Marburg virus epidemic on Thursday, after 42 days with no new cases reported. With no new cases detected since the death of the last confirmed patient on January 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the conclusion of the epidemic. “10 people have died, …

Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, announced during the presentation of the 2025 budget to Parliament the government’s decision to abolish several so-called harmful taxes, in order to boost household purchasing power and support the country’s economic fabric. These include the 10% tax on betting winnings introduced in 2023 …

Pakistani security forces announced the release of 155 hostages, while 27 assailants were killed in an ongoing operation to rescue passengers held hostage after a train ambush in the southwestern province of Baluchistan. The militants, affiliated to the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility for taking another 214 passengers …

At least 25 people have been killed after a boat capsized in southwest Congo, many of them soccer players, according to reports. The players were returning from a match in Mushie city in Maï-Ndombe province on Sunday night when the vessel capsized on the Kwa River, said Alexis Mputu, the …