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Nineteen people were killed on Wednesday in central Somalia in a double car bombing claimed by radical Islamists Al-Shabab, a commander of a local militia allied to the government told AFP. “Nineteen people, including members of the security forces and civilians, died in the explosions. The terrorists blew up two cars near a military base in Mahas,” said Mohamed Moalim Adan. A police spokesman said the vehicles exploded in a neighborhood full of civilians just after the dawn prayer. According to witnesses, several people were wounded in the attack in Hiran region, including soldiers and journalists who were embedded with…

A day after the death of Brazilian football legend Pelé, former Congolese defender, Maurice Filankembo, recalls a friendly match between his national team and Pelé’s club side, Santos FC, played at Brazzaville’s Stade Massemba-Débat in 1967. At his home in Libreville, Gabon, he remembers how he felt when ‘King’ Pelé swapped shirts with him. “He came towards us, and he comes, he pats me, he takes off his shirt, he gives it to me. He asks me for mine” he recalls, “we hug, but I wasn’t in myself anymore! The king, the king of football, comes to my home after…

Hundreds of Senegalese demonstrated in Dakar on Friday to demand legal action after numerous irregularities were found in a report by the Court of Auditors on the management of anti-Covid funds, an AFP journalist noted. The crowd gathered at the Place de la Nation in Dakar, under the call of a dozen civil society organisations, shouting “To the thieves” and “You will not digest our billions! A large police force was deployed around the square to supervise the rally, which was authorised by the prefect and supported by the opposition, which has repeatedly denounced the authorities’ “theft” in recent days.…

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95. Benedict stunned the world on Feb. 11, 2013, when he announced, in his typical, soft-spoken Latin, that he no longer had the strength to run the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic Church that he had steered for eight years through scandal and indifference. His dramatic decision paved the way for the conclave that elected Pope Francis as his successor. The two popes then…

2022 was an eventful year for culture in Africa. From cinema to architecture and music, let’s shine the light on some of the most significant pieces of news in the world of art and culture of the past year. The ribbon was cut and “The Amazon” was unveiled in Cotonou. Covered in bronze with an overall height of 30-meter the eponymous statue was inaugurated in the Beninese capital. The monument pays tribute to the women fighters known as Agoodjié. Until the end of the 19th century, they belonged to the elite corps of the royal army of Dahomey, a kingdom…

After an impeccable World Cup performance, Moroccan players Sofiane Boufal and Azzedine Ounahi are still reluctant to return to their respective football clubs Sofiane Boufal’s side, Angers FC sit at the bottom of League one table and are in need of the winger despite his absence. Boufal has not yet mention his return date and is considered still in vacation amid rumours he might seek a deal out of his club. Meanwhile, Ounahi who also impressed many clubs is still undecided about his future. His impeccable performance especially in the midfield has attracted the interests of many clubs like Napoli.…

Tunisia’s finance minister unveiled a budget Monday aiming to use new tax revenues to claw the deficit back to near five percent of GDP, as the cash-strapped country awaits an international bailout. The 2023 budget comes as the North African country grapples with eye-watering public debt, shortages of goods from sugar to petrol and inflation at nearly 10 percent. The latest plans aim to cut the budget deficit from 7.7 percent of gross domestic product to 5.2 percent, Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri told journalists. The state, saddled with a crippling public wage bill and politically sensitive subsidies, is set to…

Fighting between the rebel M23 group and the army in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, continued on Monday, according to residents contacted by telephone by AFP from Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. According to the United Nations and the United States, the mostly ethnic M23 group is backed by neighboring Rwanda, which is mostly governed by ethnic Tutsis. The clashes began on Sunday in two clusters of villages called Bishusha and Tongo. “There was fighting between us and the M23 in Bishusha. Today, in Marangara, fighting continued between armed patriot groups and the M23, because our forces are…

Gambia’s security services have arrested two army officers who are suspected of being involved in a coup attempt against President Adama Barrow last week. The two, who have not been named, were arrested on Monday. On December 21st the government said it had arrested a group of soldiers in connection with the coup attempt. West Africa’s main regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), condemned the coup attempt in a tweet. AMN | Reporters | Agencies.

A passenger bus slammed into a parked truck on a highway in the Sudanese city of Omdurman early on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people, police said. The bus swerved off the road and hit a parked truck in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital, Khartoum, according to a police statement. At least 19 people were injured in the accident, police said. The bus was heading to Khartoum from Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, police said. Ambulances rushed to the scene to transfer the injured to the Omdurman hospital, while the dead were taken to the…