Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ursula von der Leyen was backed by Angela Merkel but there was resistance to her nomination within the German coalition EU leaders have put forward their nominations for the bloc’s top jobs, with a woman for the first time proposed as European Commission chief. The surprise choice of German Defence […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ursula von der Leyen was backed by Angela Merkel but there was resistance to her nomination within the German coalition EU leaders have put forward their nominations for the bloc’s top jobs, with a woman for the first time proposed as European Commission chief. The surprise choice of German Defence […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Emergency workers arrive at the scene in the eastern Tripoli suburb of Tajoura At least 40 people have been killed by an air strike that hit a migrant detention centre in Libya, officials say. Another 80 are reported to have been wounded in the explosion, which happened at a facility […]
Image caption Brian Omondi says living with HIV makes it difficult to socialise in Kenya Some parents in Kenya take the secret of their HIV status to their graves, leaving their children ignorant and unwell. Brian Omondi, who was born with HIV, started taking anti-retroviral (ARV) pills when he was 10. However, it was not […]
RB Leipzig player Amadou Haidara scored his first goal for Mali in Ismailia Mali advanced to the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations as Group E winners after beating Angola 1-0 in Ismailia. Amadou Haidara scored the game’s only goal, finding the net with a fierce drive from outside the area. Mohamed Magassouba’s […]
Naim Sliti and co will face Ghana in the last 16 Tunisia reached the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations despite drawing 0-0 with Mauritania in Suez. The result means Tunisia finish as Group E runners-up and will face Ghana in the last 16 of the tournament. Youssef Msakni could have earned the […]
Jordan Ayew scored his second goal of the tournament, also netting in a 2-2 draw with Benin Ghana reached the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations and knocked out Guinea-Bissau with a 2-0 win in Suez. Jordan Ayew raced on to a through ball seconds after half-time to put them ahead, and Thomas […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Prosecutors in Jean Leonard Teganya’s case said they would have sought a life term if sentencing had been for murder and rape A Rwandan man who hid his involvement in the 1994 genocide has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Jean Leonard Teganya committed “the most serious form of […]
At least 18 soldiers have been killed in western Niger in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a military base. The attack began with the detonation of two car bombs, officials said, before gunmen on motorbikes joined the raid. Air strikes by US and French forces helped to drive the insurgents back, the government […]
Image copyright Public domain Image caption The person is believed to have fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on Sunday afternoon A suspected stowaway who is believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a flight into Heathrow Airport has been found dead in a London garden. The body – believed to […]
