For the first time after 26 years, Leone Stars of Sierra Leone will be playing in the continent’s biggest sporting stage, the African Cup of Nations [AFCON]. Leone Stars are drawn in Group E of the 2021 TotalEnergies AFCON, Cameroon, against Ivory Coast, Algeria, and Equatorial Guinea. A tough test for Leone Stars against a more experienced Algeria and Ivory Coast.
“The request was made yesterday by the U.S. government to H.E. President Yoweri Museveni, and he has given them an OK to bring 2,000 Afghan refugees to Uganda.”
President Edgar Lungu concedes defeat in the just-concluded Zambian elections as long-time rival Hakainde Hichilema secured a landslide victory with more than 2.8 million votes. President Edgar Lungu has just over 1.8 million of the ballots cast on August 12, 2021.
You wouldn’t have to crack a nut when visiting Senegal come September. Senegal’s state-owned, Air Senegal announced via their website that they will commence the first commercial flight from Dakar to New York City to Washington, D.C., next month, September 2. Air Senegal will be offering weekly flights twice, with nonstop service from New York’s JFK airport to Dakar’s Blaise Diagne International airport.
The Senegalese goalkeeper is the only African who appears on the list of nominees. On its official website, UEFA announced on Friday the names of the players shortlisted to win the award for best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker of the 2020/2021 Champions League Awards.
Nigeria’s Grammy Award winner Wizkid Aka Big Wiz sold out London’s 20,000 capacity O2 Arena in 12 minutes! leaving fans begging for more dates to be added. The Afrobeats star is the first African artist to do so and the 7th musician to have sold out the 02 Arena.
Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa has been hospitalized ahead of graft trial. Jacob Zuma was jailed for contempt of court last month. The former president was admitted to an outside hospital, less than a week before he is due in court for a separate graft trial.
The order for the genocide of the Herero and Namaqua was given by German General Lothar von Trotha . He said “The nation of the Herero should immediately leave the country because they are no longer considered German citizens. Whoever doesn’t obey and is found within the country, with our without a gun or an animal, will be executed immediately. I am not going to show mercy to anyone. These are my commands and should be followed immediately…”
