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Ghanaian winger Dominic Frimpong killed at age of 20 in attack on team bus
Armed men fired at Berekum Chelsea bus on Sunday
Frimpong dies of wounds at hospital
Berekum Chelsea winger Dominic Frimpong was killed in an armed robbery on his team’s bus as they returned from a match on Sunday, the Ghana Football Association said.
Berekum Chelsea said six “masked men wielding guns and assault rifles” had blocked the road as the
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And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees
Presidential elections in Djibouti and Benin at the weekend highlighted how a costly electoral system is reshaping democracy
Alexis Mohamed would have loved to stand against his former boss. A longtime adviser to Djibouti’s president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Mohamed resigned last September, citing democratic regression in the country.
But at the election at the weekend, Mohamed was
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‘This scene is alive’: Abidjan art week showcases city as growing cultural hub
Late-night gallery tours and new venues signal a city staking its claim as a regional arts capital
On a recent weekday evening, the doors of more than a dozen galleries and museums across Abidjan stayed open till midnight, several hours later than usual, as art enthusiasts went around town on a bus tour. It was the Night of the Galleries, designed for people to drop in after work and
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Nigerian airstrike targeting jihadists reportedly kills at least 100 civilians
Officials confirm misfire as Amnesty gives death toll after speaking to survivors of strike on market in Yobe state
A Nigerian air force strike targeting jihadist rebels hit a market in north-east Nigeria, killing more than 100 people and injuring many others, Amnesty International and local media have said.
Officials confirmed a misfire had occurred but did not provide
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Mauritius vows to ‘decolonise’ Chagos Islands after Starmer shelves handover
Mauritian foreign minister pledges to ‘spare no effort’ to regain control of islands, as US fails to give approval of deal
A senior official in Mauritius’ government has vowed that the Chagos Islands will be “decolonised” after Keir Starmer was forced to shelve legislation to hand the islands back to Mauritius.
On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out
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Brazil’s Lula, 80, livestreams workouts before election against rival half his age
President contrasts his health with challenger Flávio Bolsonaro, who fainted during a TV debate
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seeking to lunge and leg press his way to a historic fourth term, as the octogenarian politician uses a flurry of workout videos to convince voters he is fighting fit ahead of October’s crunch election.
Lula looks set to face off
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‘The perception is Carney is a wartime leader’: why Canada’s PM could secure a majority
As Trump’s actions spark a desire for stability, analysts say Carney is in effect assembling a union government
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, is on the brink of securing a majority government, with his Liberal party poised to win at least two closely watched byelections and courting an “almost unprecedented”
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Peruvians go to polls hoping to break cycle of instability
Crime and corruption top voter concerns in highly unpredictable election with 35 candidates for president
Peruvians go to the polls on Sunday hoping to break a cycle of instability that has produced nine presidents in a decade as well as surging violent crime, corruption
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At least 30 killed in crush at historic fortress in Haiti
Officials said many killed at popular tourist site were young, with more people reported injured or missing
At least 30 people, many of them young, have died and dozens more are reported to have been injured after a crush at a mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti that is a popular tourist spot.
Jean Henri Petit, the head of civil protection for the country’s Nord department,
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US man in Bahamian jail after wife disappears into Atlantic waters during boat trip
Lynette and Brian Hooker, from Michigan, were years into a sailing adventure when Brian said his wife fell overboard
Lynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed, “We’re finally leaving Kemah,” referring to a Texas port town.
“It’s only been four months,” she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got
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