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26, January 2024
Football: Jurgen Klopp to step down as Liverpool manager at end of season 0
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is to step down from the role at the end of the season. Klopp took over as Reds boss in October 2015 and his contract was due to run until 2026. He led Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years in 2019-20, having won the Champions League the previous […]
25, January 2024
Cameroon designer brings African couture to Paris Fashion Week 0
Imane Ayissi is on a mission to put authentic African textiles in the spotlight but faces an uphill battle as a pioneer African couturier at Paris Fashion Week in France. The bark of the Obom tree, kente cloth from Ghana and kapok fibres from Burkina Faso are some of the textiles — little-known in Europe […]
25, January 2024
UN peacekeepers honor Cameroon colleague killed last week in CAR 0
UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) paid tribute on Wednesday to peacekeeper Emmanuel Steve Atebele of Cameroon, who was killed last week by an explosive device, a UN spokesman said. The Jan. 15 bombing attack in Mbindali in Ouham-Pende Prefecture also wounded five other peacekeepers. But they are all now in stable condition, […]
25, January 2024
Schools reopen in Southern Cameroons 0
In the early morning in Buea, the chief town of Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of the Southwest, 18-year-old Carine and her younger sister, Judith, are getting ready for school. But for these teenagers, it has been a long time coming. Judith is 15 but is still in primary school. Carine was supposed to be in […]
24, January 2024
South Africa expects ICJ judgment on Israeli genocide in Gaza on Friday 0
South Africa expects the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule this Friday on whether it will grant emergency measures to stop the Israeli genocidal campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip, a report says. News website News24, citing two sources close to the matter, reported on Wednesday that a South African government delegation had touched […]
24, January 2024
Clash of the Titans: Nigeria to face Cameroon in AFCON last 16 0
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the Round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations on Saturday. The fixture was confirmed after the Cameroonians rounded off the group stage with a pulsating 3-2 victory over the Gambia on Tuesday night. By the win, they finished Group C […]
24, January 2024
Francis Ngannou capable of ‘massive upset’ against Joshua 0
Francis Ngannou can cause a “massive upset” by defeating Anthony Joshua in their heavyweight showdown in Saudi Arabia, according to veteran promoter Frank Warren. British boxer Joshua heads into the March 8 fight looking to back-up his commanding stoppage-win over Sweden’s Otto Wallin in December as he continues his quest to become a three-time world […]
24, January 2024
Historic Mauritania victory condemns Algeria to shock AFCON exit 0
Former champions Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday after losing 1-0 to Mauritania, who are 75 places lower in the world rankings. Captain Mohamed Delllah Yaly scored after 37 minutes in Bouake for the Group D outsiders, who will fill one of four places reserved for third-placed finishers in the […]
23, January 2024
Martin Luther King Jr’s youngest son Dexter Scott dies of cancer 0
Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, has died at the age of 62, the King Center in Atlanta said. Family members said he died after a battle with prostate cancer. “He transitioned peacefully in his sleep at home with me in Malibu,” his wife, Leah Weber King, said in […]
26, January 2024
Indomitable Lions face Super Eagles amid multiple clashes of AFCON champions 0
by soter • Africa, Headline News, Sports
The clashes of champions pit Nigeria against Cameroon, Egypt against Democratic Republic of Congo, title-holders Senegal against Ivory Coast and Morocco against South Africa. None of the other four matches feature a former winner, but 2015 semi-finalists Equatorial Guinea will attract attention after topping a group including more fancied Nigeria and Ivory Coast. Looks at […]