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Long-cut phones ring again in Ethiopia’s Tigray, bring grief
Ethiopia
For a year and a half, phone calls to people trying to survive one of the world’s...
Christmas: NGO feeds, provides medicals for indigents in Nigeria’s Plateau
Nigeria
The less privileged in Plateau State North-Central Nigeria, were elated yesterday when a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO),...
Nigeria’s energy coy JED, sensitizes customers on band upgrade
Nigeria
Electricity company in Nigeria’s northcentral, otherwise known as Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED), has embarked on aggressive...
Column: We could do without 3rd-place game, all these bowls
Qatar
As the World Cup holds a game to decide third place — who cares? — and a...
Messi, Mbappe, other leading storylines for World Cup Final
Qatar
Lionel Messi’s last chance. Kylian Mbappé’s shot at emulating Pelé. A third World Cup title for either...
Messi’s hometown in Argentina yearns for World Cup victory
Argentina
Fernanda Quiroga still remembers how Lionel Messi played soccer in what were then dirt roads around their...
As sports betting grows in Africa, many see a real scourge
Uganda
The Ugandan health official was so sure Argentina would win its World Cup soccer match against Saudi...
Nigeria’s energy coy JED, picks NERC member as MD/CEO
Nigeria
A member of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), an Electricity Management Services Company, has been picked...
Trial of elderly Rwanda genocide suspect opens at UN court
Netherlands
A frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling the country’s 1994 genocide boycotted the opening of...
South Africa’s Ramaphosa denies money-laundering allegations
South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denied allegations of money laundering while being questioned by lawmakers Thursday...