Posts By AFP
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783Premier LeagueArteta says Arsenal fuelled by anger of injustice ahead of Man City clash
Arsenal received an apology from the body in charge of referees after Brentford's goal was wrongly awarded because of a failure to...
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665Africa39 dead and scores injured in Senegal bus accident
Images of the tragic incident showed the completely mangled front end of a white bus, with blood-flecked seats, personal items and a...
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912FootballFrance not worried about hostile atmosphere ahead of World Cup final
Argentina have the backing of a majority of neutrals as Lionel Messi bids to win his first World Cup in probably his...
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821FootballUganda Cranes pulls out of CHAN over lack of funds
The tournament is due to be held in Algeria next month but the Ugandan team will not be participating because of the...
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635SportsUS journalist Grant Wahl dies while covering World Cup match in Qatar
Wahl, 48, reportedly collapsed while covering the extra time of the Argentina-Netherlands game and was taken to a hospital. It was unclear...
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796FootballWorld Cup: Ramos bags hat-trick as Portugal crush Switzerland to reach quarters
Goncalo Ramos justified the shock decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo by scoring a hat-trick on his full debut as Portugal demolished Switzerland...
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981AfricaOver 300 dead in east DR Congo grave massacre
Around 300 people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel...
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861FootballRonaldo eyes World Cup quarters as Morocco dare to dream
Ronaldo was hogging the headlines at the tournament even before he kicked a ball after launching a tirade against Manchester United and...
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1.1KFootballMorocco Beat Belgium 2-0 in latest World Cup upset
Morocco pulled off a surprise 2-0 win over Belgium at the World Cup on Sunday to edge closer to a place in...
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1.2KAfricaTeodoro Obiang wins sixth term as E.Guinea ruler
Obiang, 80, who seized power in a 1979 coup, is the longest-ruling head of state in the world excluding monarchs. He has...
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1.0KFootballMessi brilliance restores Argentina’s World Cup hopes with 2-0 Mexico win
The Group C win puts Argentina firmly back on track for a place in the last 16 following their shock-opening loss to...
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877AfricaICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Joseph Kony
Kony launched a bloody rebellion more than three decades ago seeking to impose his own version of the Ten Commandments in northern...
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904FootballIran sink 10-man Wales in late World Cup drama
Rouzbeh Cheshmi and Ramin Rezaeian scored to give Iran a famous win, which moved them into second place in the group behind...
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859FootballJapan Stun Wasteful Germany In Dramatic World Cup Comeback
Germany's World Cup future is now on the line, with games to come in Group E against Spain and Costa Rica.
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691NewsEbola trial vaccines heading to Uganda – WHO
WHO boss said committee of external experts had evaluated candidate vaccines and determined "all three should be included in the planned trial...
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783CourtEx-lawmaker gets 50 years in jail for husband’s murder
The former congresswoman was also found guilty of trying to murder her husband with poison on at least six previous occasions, as...
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942AfricaDR Congo jets bomb M23 rebels base as war looms
On Tuesday, a Congolese security official who asked for anonymity said war planes were bombarding the rebel-held Tchanzu area of North Kivu...
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884AfricaRwanda accuses DR Congo jet of violating airspace
Kinshasa has accused Kigali of backing the M-23 rebel group, whose offensives have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of...
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1.2KAfricaThousands protest Rwanda, Uganda in eastern DR Congo city
Protesters chanted for weapons to fight Rwanda, as well as slogans hostile to Uganda, which some also accuse of backing the M23.
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650AfricaCriminals target chicken feet sellers in Jo’burg, kill 7
Police spokeswoman Brenda Muridili said they had information that "four suspects tried to rob the street vendors selling chicken feet".
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799World NewsElon Musk completes Twitter takeover, fires top executives
Musk sacked chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as the company's chief financial officer and its head of legal policy, trust and...
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925NewsBoris Johnson returns to launch comeback for PM race
Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from a holiday to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative leadership...
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1.3KFootballPICTORIAL: A Preview of Qatar’s eight 2022 World Cup stadiums
The 2022 World Cup finals, the first to be held in the Arab world, kick off in a month's time on November...
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529NewsWHO says clinical trials soon for Ebola virus in Uganda
Kampala last month announced Uganda's first fatality from the highly contagious disease since 2019, with a statement issued by the WHO saying...
