Int’l Football: Ronaldo Receives Guinness World Record Certificate After Making 200th Appearance.
Cristiano Ronaldo has received the Guinness World Records certificate after becoming the first male player to reach 200 international appearances.He celebrated the milestone by...
Int’l Friendly: Senegal Makes History, Beat Brazil 4-2.
Senegal on Tuesday night made history after beating Brazil in a friendly match at Lisbon.The defending African Cup of Nations, AFCON, Champions came from...
Bribery Scandal: South Africa Opens Probe Into Ex-Minister’s Death.
South African police are investigating the death of Tina Joemat-Pettersson, an MP for the governing African National Congress, ANC, who was recently involved in...
Drought: Millions Displaced In Northern Kenya.
Internal displacement has forced hundreds of thousands of pastoralists from their homes and lands in northern Kenya.There are estimated to be 200 000 to 400 000 displaced...
Sudan Conflict: Civilians Fleeing Darfur’s El Geneina City On Foot Killed By...
An increasing number of Sudanese civilians fleeing El Geneina, a city in Darfur hit by repeated militia attacks, have been killed or shot at...
CONCACAF Nations League: United States Defeat Canada To Win Title.
The United States beat Canada 2-0 in Las Vegas to secure their second consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title.First-half goals from Chris Richards and Folarin...
Nations League: Spain Beat Croatia 5-4 On Penalties To Snatch Glory.
Dani Carvajal chipped home a Panenka penalty to win Spain the Nations League, with a 5-4 shoot-out victory over Croatia, after a tense match...
2023 AFCON: Cape Verde Beat Burkina Faso 3-1, As Mali Triumph...
Cape Verde showcased their dominance in a resounding 3-1 triumph over Burkina Faso at the Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde.The spectators erupted with joy...
Brazil: Cyclone Leaves 13 Dead, Many Missing.
At least 13 people were killed and many were missing after a cyclone tore through southern Brazil.The government of Rio Grande do Sul state,...
Sweltering Heatwave: Nearly 100 Die In India’s Two Most Populous States.
At least 96 people died in two of India's most populous states over the last several days, with swaths of the country reeling from...
Serie A: AC Milan Sack Maldini As Technical Director.
Paolo Maldini’s tenure as AC Milan’s technical director has ended, the club announced in a brief statement following reports of a rupture between the...
United Nations: Algeria, Sierra Leone, Guyana, South Korea Elected To Security Council.
Algeria, Sierra Leone, Guyana and South Korea were elected unchallenged on Tuesday to sit on the UN Security Council in 2024-25, while Slovenia handily...
Coinbase: U.S Securities Regulator Sues Cryptocurrency Platform.
U.S securities regulators sued Coinbase on Tuesday, alleging that the cryptocurrency platform’s failure to register as a securities exchange venue exposed investors to risk.The...
Alleged Ethnic Cleansing: Ethiopia Rejects HRW Report On Tigray.
The Ethiopian government on Tuesday rejected a report by Human Rights Watch, HRW, that accused local authorities and regional forces of pursuing a campaign...
Ukraine War: Russia Launches Air Attacks On Kyiv.
The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been targeted by further Russian air attacks, described by one official as exceptional in density.Ukraine said all 18 missiles were shot...
Death Penalty: 883 Executions Held In 2022, Says Amnesty International.
The total number of known executions carried out around the world in 2022 rose by 53 per cent on the figure recorded for 2021,...
Football: Messi Returns To PSG Training After Suspension.
Lionel Messi returned to training with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday six days after Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain was suspended for going on an unauthorised...
Ukraine War: EU Targets Evasion In New Round Of Russia Sanctions.
Brussels has proposed to EU member states an 11th round of sanctions over Russia’s war on Ukraine aimed at cutting down on evasion.As part...
Civil Unrest: U.S President Biden Authorises Sanctions Against Sudan.
U.S President Joe Biden has issued an executive order permitting sanctions against Sudan, with the aim of bringing an end to the fighting.Biden described...
Sudan Crisis: New Batch Of Nigerian Evacuees Arrive In Abuja
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM says 129 Nigerians have been evacuated from Port Sudan International Airport, and have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...