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Africa: Afcon – Everything You Need to Know About a Record Year for Africa’s Biggest Football Event

[ad_1] Africa's biggest football festival - the men's Africa Cup of Nations 2023 - is being hosted by Côte d'Ivoire in west Africa and will culminate in its final match on 11 February 2024. More than ever before, the world will be watching the action at the 34th edition of the cup, given that some of football's greatest athletes will be participating. Add to this the fact that the tournament takes place in the European winter and so it doesn't […]

January 15, 2024 2

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Africa: 60 Percent of Africa’s Food Is Based On Wheat, Rice and Maize – the Continent’s Crop Treasure Trove Is Being Neglected

[ad_1] African countries have become reliant on a few food items. Just 20 plant species now provide 90% of our food, with three - wheat, maize and rice - accounting for 60% of all calories consumed on the continent and globally. This deprives the continent of diverse food sources, at the very time when research has found massive food and nutrition insecurity in Africa. By 2020, about 20% of the continent's population (281.6 million) faced hunger. This figure is likely […]

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Afcon 2023: Ghana 1-2 Cape Verde – Black Stars fall to late defeat

[ad_1] Jamiro Monteiro put Cape Verde ahead in the 17th minute at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny StadiumCape Verde upset Ghana with a stoppage-time winner to go top of Group B at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.Garry Rodrigues tapped into an empty net in the 92nd minute after a mix-up in the Black Stars defence.Jamiro Monteiro had put the islanders ahead and Ghana then had a goal ruled out for offside […]

January 15, 2024

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Afcon 2023: Egypt 2-2 Mozambique – Mohamed Salah salvages draw with late penalty

[ad_1] Egypt captain Mohamed Salah has finished as a runner-up at the Africa Cup of Nations twice, at the 2017 and 2021 finalsMohamed Salah's injury-time penalty spared Egypt's blushes against Mozambique in their Group B opener at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.A regulation victory looked on the cards when Mostafa Mohamed put the Pharaohs ahead after just 89 seconds.Quickfire second-half goals from Witi and Clesio gave the Mambas hope […]

January 15, 2024

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Africa: CARE Report – “Breaking the Silence”: Top Ten Humanitarian Crises That Didn’t Make Headlines in 2023

[ad_1] All ten forgotten crises are in Africa 300 million people will need humanitarian aid in 2024 – almost half of them in Africa In 2023, there were 273,421 articles published about the iPhone, but only 1,049 articles about the humanitarian crisis in Angola. Yet, more than seven million people have been affected by droughts, floods, and hunger in the Southern African country. Angola is once again number one among the top ten forgotten humanitarian crises that received the least […]

January 15, 2024 2

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Africa’s Crises Fall Out of Focus As Global Attention Drifts

[ad_1] Care International has listed the ten forgotten humanitarian crises of last year -- all of them in Africa. Climate change plays a huge role, the aid organization says, and more media attention is needed. Crises in Africa are being overlooked, with news about humanitarian emergencies on the continent buried beneath the weight of media attention focused elsewhere, Care International's 2023 report concludes. That means issues such as hunger in Angola, chronic malnutrition in Burundi and high child mortality in […]

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Afcon 2023: Nigeria 1-1 Equatorial Guinea – Osimhen scores as Super Eagles held in opening match

[ad_1] African Footballer of the Year Victor Osimhen got off the mark but spurned a one-on-one chance to win it for Nigeria in the second halfVictor Osimhen's quick-fire equaliser spared Nigeria a shock defeat against Equatorial Guinea in their opening game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.Osimhen nodded in straight after Iban Salvador's opener for the underdogs.Salvador's classy first-half finish was his side's only attempt on target and briefly […]

January 15, 2024

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Mine landslide kills 21 people in Tanzania

[ad_1] Defence agencies are working to remove more bodies from the rubble, Tanzania's president says. [ad_2] Source link

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Namibia criticises German support for Israel over ICJ genocide case

[ad_1] Since then Israel has killed nearly 24,000 people, mostly children and women, in its retaliatory attacks on Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The UN and humanitarian organisations have warned of the risk of famine in Gaza as well as the spread of disease among displaced people and have urged that more aid be allowed into the territory. [ad_2] Source link

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