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The Warriors will open their 2021 AFCON finals campaign against Senegal’s Lions of Teranga, whose quest could once again be spearheaded by Liverpool superstar, Sadio Mane, on January 10, in Bafoussam, Cameroon.  The tournament will run from January 9 to February 6 next year.  Having opened the 2019 AFCON finals, …

The People’s Republic of China has launched radical environmental interventions to clean up its own backyard. In Africa, its Belt and Road Initiative has brought some economic development, but was destroying ecosystem immunity with apparent impunity, experts said in an Our Burning Planet webinar. Local activism offered hopeful precedents. China’s …

With 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, official results showed Hichilema had garnered 2,810,757 votes against President Edgar Lungu’s tally of 1,814,201. “I therefore declare the said Hakainde Hichilema to be president-elect of the Republic of Zambia,” electoral commission chairman Justice Esau Chulu said in a televised address.The 59-year-old veteran opposition …

A new US intelligence assessment says Afghanistan’s capital could fall within 90 days after the Taliban armed group took more than a quarter of the country’s provincial capitals in less than a week. The group has captured nine provincial capitals in Afghanistan since Friday, including Faizabad, Farah, Pul-e-Khumri, Sar-e-Pul, Sheberghan, Aybak, …

Namibian athletes Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi began to make headlines in 2021 for their exceptional 400-meter sprint times. In July, it was confirmed that the 18-year-old athletes had been barred from the 400m event at the Tokyo Olympics because of too-high natural testosterone levels according to World Athletics’ track and field rules. (The rules don’t apply to …

When the United Nations started framing its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2012 – a shared blueprint for working towards global peace and prosperity by 2030 – Africa was the first region to submit its list of priorities. The continent was quick to act as it was in the process of finalising …

Jacob Zuma’s counsel, Dali Mpofu, believes ‘all these problems may be resolved by the stroke of a pen’ The Pietermaritzburg high court will rule on Tuesday on whether it will postpone the corruption trial of former president Jacob Zuma, after his lawyers argued that it would be a breach of …

A week of violence that has engulfed South Africa slowly began to ebb on Thursday, and people counted the cost of an orgy of arson and looting that has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed at least 70 people. Looting continued in parts of the eastern port city of Durban, …

Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) president Desmond Maringwa has urged the current crop of footballers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and seek a second career while still playing football. From far left: Allan Twalumba, FUZ President Desmond Maringwa, Morgan Mungombe former Chicken Inn FC Striker and Herbert Dick the Vice …

By Rutendo Mapfumo Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) president Desmond Maringwa has urged the current crop of footballers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and seek a second career while still playing football. In an interview with this publication, Maringwa said life after football is often very difficult for most footballers …