Argentina back on top of FIFA rankings after six-year gap
World champions Argentina dethroned Brazil and returned to the top of the FIFA rankings on Thursday after a six-year gap.
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Algeria win to join teams qualified for 2024 Africa Cup of Nations
CAPE TOWN : Algeria secured a place at the next Africa Cup of Nations finals with a 1-0 away win over Niger on Monday that ensured a top-two finish in their qualifying group with two games to go.
South Sudan take spotlight in African Nations Cup qualifying
CAPE TOWN : Winning starts for former Premier League managers Avram Grant and Chris Hughton marked Thursday’s round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, but it was upstarts South Sudan who stole the spotlight with a shock victory.
‘Wasted money’: Rwanda splurges on sports despite criticism
Rwandan President Paul Kagame addresses the media in Rwandan capital Kigali June 8, 2004. Kagame said he was opposed to foreign intervention in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, where recent fighting has raised fears of a renewed war in central Africa. There are no plans to deploy a European Union military force in war-torn eastern Congo but European nations are being asked to consider sending monitors if a ceasefire can be agreed, diplomats said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly FOR/RSS/ACM
UK announces sanctions against women’s rights violators
LONDON: The UK on Wednesday announced sanctions against individuals and institutions it claims are responsible for gender-based violence in Iran, Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. Marking International Women’s Day, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced the measures during a visit to Sierra Leone, where he is meeting women MPs instrumental in passing reforms to support gender equality.
Preservation of tropical forests at heart of Gabon's One Forest Festival
The African forest, the Congo Basin, is the largest tropical forest in the world after the Amazon, and spans six countries, including Gabon.
U-20 Nations Cup: Bosso confident Flying Eagles will neutralise Uganda for World Cup ticket
Ladan Bosso celebrates with his players against Mozambique. They face an uphill task against Uganda in the quater-finals
Ukrainian FM: 'Putin is not only Ukraine's problem', but 'a global problem'
In an interview with FRANCE 24 in the Belgian capital, Dmytro Kuleba expressed confidence that Ukraine would win the war against Russia. He criticised those in the West raising concerns that the Russians are gaining the upper hand on the battlefield. He said that Ukraine needs "weapons, sanctions, money and solidarity", urging each country to choose how to show solidarity.