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The father of the Reds centre-back met with the head of the sports ministry in Yaounde Liverpool defender Joel Matip sent an autographed ball to Cameroon‘s Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Professor Narcisse Mouelle Kombi through his father, Jean. Matip recently recovered from a knee injury that has kept him out of action since October and was an unused substitute as ...

The Harambee Stars captain has taken to social media to welcome his rival from the East African region to the Premier League Victor Wanyama has welcomed Tanzania captain Mbwana Samatta to the Premier League. This is after the Taifa Stars player joined Dean Smith’s side on a four-and-a-half-year deal from KRC Genk, to become the first Tanzanian player to join a Premier League ...

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has dared NDC members to boycott the new voter registration if they are against the compilation. According to him, elections and registration are not compulsory so the NDC can stay on the old register if they believe the new one is unnecessary and needless. Speaking on ‘Face to Face’ show ...

America’s renowned musician and producer, John Legend has paid a surprise visit to Nigeria. The singer’s visit has generated reactions from fans on social media including his wife, Christine Teigen, who insists she wanted to be part of the journey. The model tweeted: “John went to Nigeria for a couple days and I thought about going, purely to find Michael from 90 days, ...

FIFA has named Ghana among the top seeds for Qatar 2022 FIFA World’s Cup for African teams ahead of the draw to be held in the Egyptian capital of Cairo later today (Tuesday). Seeding pots for Qatar 2022 FIFA World’s Cup for African teams were by Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) ahead of second round draws slated for Cairo. ...

All it took was a new currency in Zimbabwe to wipe out half of Strive Masiyiwa’s net worth. The country’s only billionaire, Masiyiwa built a fortune primarily in telecom. He owns large stakes in two companies that trade on Zimbabwe’s stock exchange. But his country’s decision in June to ban all foreign currencies and use only the Zimbabwe dollar accelerated ...

Thirty months ago, the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football ratified the decision to alter the scheduling for the continent’s flagship football competition: the biennial Africa Cup of Nations. Every other January, a pilgrimage of sorts saw European clubs shorn of their African players for three to four weeks, and former Caf President Issa Hayatou remained adamant in ...

There are reports from central Mali that at least 15 people have been killed in an overnight attack on a Fulani village. A security official told the French news agency that some of the victims had their throats slit during the attack on Sinda village near the town of Douentza in the Mopti region of central Mali. A local official ...

A Kenyan woman who was infected with HIV is speaking out about the risks of getting infected after she became HIV-positive following a one-night stand. Naomi Ireri, 41, a campaigner who warns youths against rushing into sex, told BBC Swahili how she had only known the man for a week before they had sex. Then he stopped responding to her ...

Kenya’s Public Prosecutor Noordin Haji says the state has recovered stolen assets worth $20m (£15.3m) from corruption cases. However, that is only 1% of an estimated $2bn (£1.53bn) worth of public money involved in high profile corruption cases. In recent years high profile politicians and public servants have been arrested and prosecuted for corruption, but none has been convicted yet. ...