Africa

Burkina Faso is the first country to announce its final 27-man squad for AFCON 2023 after coach Hubert Velud named the players who will represent the country at the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations

The coach of Guinea-Bissau's national football team, Baciro Candé, said that his greatest 'ambition' as coach of the Djurtus is to win the African Cup of Nations, to be played in Côte d'Ivoire, between January and February 2024

The refugee rights situation in the Dzaleka refugee camp is at risk after the government expelled a refugee rights organisation that was providing independent oversight of the human rights situation in the camp, says Human Rights Watch

The bishops' conferences in West Africa, in Benin, Nigeria and Burkina Faso-Niger, are issuing notes and press releases to shed light on Pope Francis' opening to the blessing of same-sex couples: the African bishops' line seems to be wait-and-see

With only 5 psychiatrists for a population of over 8 million, international and local charities have trained dozens of women, including 150 hairdressers, and teached them to detect possible signs of mental disorders among their clients

The armed forces have been ordered by President Yoweri Museveni to reactivate Local Defence Units to be deployed in several national parks in western Uganda following increased insecurity in the area

According to the Commune Urbaine d'Antananarivo, there are 4.500 buses per day in the 6 arrondissements of the city, with little more than 350 km of road available for vehicles, and around 200.000 private cars, creating a growing traffic jam

A petition calling for the dismissal of Bong County Election Commission magistrate has received thousands of signatures after the recent discovery of multiple levels of fraudulent activity and discrepancies found during the recount of 5 polling stations

Maternal mortality remains a major problem for women of reproductive age: the current maternal mortality ratio for Lesotho is 566/100.000 live births, a figure classified as very high and higher than the regional average of 545/100.000 live births

In Central Darfur, particularly in the town of Zalingei and its suburbs, forests are being cut down at an unprecedented rate and risk total collapse, environmental activist and forestry specialist Khader al-Salik told Radio Tamazuj

Electric cars will grow by 100% in 2024, from 2.000 cars to 4.000 units, according to projections by Addison Matos, executive chairman of Cve Angola, a company that has opened the first charging point for electric vehicles in Luanda