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Athletics-Gold medallists to earn $50,000 at Paris Olympics
LONDON -Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing on Wednesday that the 48 gold...
Apr 10, 20241 min read
UK and Rwanda look forward to first migrant deportation flights in spring
LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are looking forward to the first flights under Britain's...
Apr 10, 20241 min read
How an election-packed 2024 is shaping up for world markets
LONDON - In an election-packed year, markets have so far shrugged off results, with the focus squarely on the one contest that could...
Apr 9, 20244 min read
Briton becomes first person to run length of Africa
Extreme marathon runner Russ Cook completed his run across the entire length of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday after travelling through 16...
Apr 8, 20242 min read
At least 94 dead in Mozambique after unlicensed ferry boat capsizes, official says
MAPUTO -At least 94 people died, including children, and 26 are missing after a ferry boat capsized off the northern coast of...
Apr 8, 20241 min read
Exclusive-Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say
NAIROBI - A prominent Chadian opposition leader, who was killed in February by government troops, appears to have been shot in the side...
Apr 8, 20245 min read
Factbox-Main companies operating in Senegal's oil, gas and mining sectors
DAKAR - Senegal's newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Wednesday said his government would conduct an audit of the West...
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Tropical forest loss eased in 2023 but threats remain, analysis shows
SAO PAULO - Tropical forest loss declined last year, but other indicators show that the world's woodlands remain under tremendous...
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Faye sworn in as Senegal president, cites 'profound desire for change'
DAKAR - Senegal's once jailed opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in on Tuesday as the West African nation's fifth...
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Senegalese firebrand Ousmane Sonko to head new government
DAKAR - Senegal's new prime minister Ousmane Sonko is a firebrand politician who rallied Senegalese youth to enable the election of his...
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Senegal President Faye appoints ally Sonko as prime minister
DAKAR - New Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime...
Apr 4, 20241 min read
One of the oldest books in existence expected to fetch over $2.6 million at auction
NEW YORK - A book from Egypt that was written at the dawn of Christianity and is considered one of the oldest books in existence will...
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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