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Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be used for the first time at an African tournament at next year’s African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco. Its use was confirmed by the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Referees’ Committee at a meeting on 27 November in Cairo, Egypt. The experiment with VAR will start at the quarter-final stage of the tournament ...

Lawyer for Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the Southern African country does not require the input of Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to return to the path of growth. According to Farai Mafunga, the country has many competent economists to fix the state and would not need any external support. In 2011, now resigned President, Robert Mugabe, ...

Libyan authorities have launched a formal investigation into slave auctions in the country following an exclusive CNN report earlier this week, the government said Friday. “A high-level committee has been convened encompassing representatives from all the security apparatus to oversee this investigation,” Anes Alazabi, an official with the internationally recognized government of Libya’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency, told CNN. “Priorities of ...

At least four United Nations peacekeepers and a Malian soldier have been killed in two separate attacks in northern Mali, according to officials. Friday’s attacks, which also left 21 other soldiers injured, took place while troops from the UN mission in the country, known as MINUSMA, were carrying out a joint operation with Malian forces near the border with Niger. ...

French President Emmanuel Macron starts his first tour of Africa on Monday. He is to visit Ghana, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire in an effort to revitalise France’s image on the continent. Macron’s advisers say he hopes to modernise France’s relations with Africa by emphasising business links, education and sport rather than development aid. Although Macron has pledged to increase ...

Indians have reacted angrily after the health minister from Assam state said cancer “is divine justice” caused by “past sins of a person”. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that people could also get diseases like cancer “because of the sins of their parents”. Cancer patients and their relatives said they were saddened by the minister’s statement. Opposition parties have described his ...

Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed a “new and unfolding democracy” after returning from exile to replace Robert Mugabe. He also vowed to create jobs in a country where some estimates say 90% of people are unemployed. “We want to grow our economy, we want peace, we want jobs, jobs, jobs,” he told a cheering crowd in Harare. Mr ...

President of the African Union (A.U.) Alpha Conde has reacted to the resignation of Robert Mugabe, a week after the army took over political authority. Conde according to the visionguinee news website said he was delighted that the political impasse in Zimbabwe had been resolved. Whiles describing Mugabe, 93, as a “great fighter” and “African hero,” the Guinean leader said ...

A US Navy plane has crashed into the sea with 11 people on board. A US Navy statement said the cause of the crash was unknown. A recovery operation is underway. Eleven people, described as “crew and passengers”, were on board when the plane crashed into the sea. Japan said eight of those on board had been found. They offered ...

Zimbabwe’s ruling party, the ZANU-PF, has expelled Robert Mugabe and it is demanding that he resign by today or face impeachment. On Sunday in an address to the nation, Mugabe made no mention of stepping down, and referred to chairing the next ZANU-PF convention in a few weeks. Negotiations between the military and Mugabe, supposedly facilitated by South Africa and ...