The Supreme Court of Nigeria has delivered its judgment on the legitimacy of the Kabiru Turaki-led PDP faction’s convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.
South African locals harassed Ghanaian migrants in viral videos. Ghana's government demanded an investigation while residents prepared for upcoming protests.
Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa trounced La Passe of the Seychelles 8-1 on Friday, but just missed equalling the record overall winning margin for a CAF Champions League qualifier. The record 16-1 margin for a Champions League qualifier was achieved by Sundowns in the 2020 edition when they thrashed another Seychellois club, Cote d'Or 11-1 at home and 5-0 away.
Last year's Boston marathon winner Diana Chemtai Kipyokei and her Kenyan teammate Betty Wilson Lempus have been provisionally suspended over anti-doping rule violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Friday.
The northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara has imposed a local lockdown and closed some markets and highways amid restrictions to contain renewed attacks by bandit militias after the breakdown of a peace deal, officials said. Zamfara, one of the worst hit by the bandit violence, had enjoyed a lull in attacks following peace deal with the gunmen, including with powerful warlord Bello Turji.
German sportswear giant Adidas said Friday a row with Morocco over a design on a football top for arch-rivals Algeria had been resolved, and that it regretted the controversy. "We would like to express our deep respect to the people and craftsmen of Morocco and regret the controversy surrounding this case."
Nigerian university lecturers on Friday suspended an eight-month strike over pay, welfare and crumbling facilities, the latest industrial dispute to hit Africa's most populous nation. The demands of the lecturers, as in previous strikes, are the same -- higher pay, improved welfare, increased funding and upgraded facilities.
An explosion killed at least nine people on a bus in central Mali on Thursday, a region regularly rocked by jihadist violence, according to police and local sources. Mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are among the jihadists' weapons of choice.
"I think the whole thing is about a woman challenging a big shot," says Aminata Toure. "This man needs to be challenged."
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that highlights "devastating" losses to nature due to human activity. Globally, the report found that monitored animal populations had fallen 69 percent since 1970.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday ordered traditional healers to stop treating sick people in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola, which has already claimed the lives of 19 individuals in the impoverished East African country.
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