Avi Gabbay, who won Monday’s runoff election to head Israel’s opposition Labour, is a political newcomer with a business background who supporters hope will galvanise his beleaguered party. He had surprised observers when reaching second place in the first round of the Labour election after joining the party in December, just months after quitting Prime … Read more
USM Alger of Algeria and Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya reached the CAF Champions League quarter-finals Sunday as 2016 runners-up Zamalek of Egypt bowed out with 10 men. A 4-1 home victory over CAPS United of Zimbabwe in Algiers ensured USM of top place in Group B with 11 points from six matches. Ahly Tripoli … Read more
Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and Al Ahly of Egypt secured CAF Champions League quarter-finals places Saturday, increasing the number of north African qualifiers to four. A 68th-minute goal from Achraf Bencharki gave Wydad a 1-0 win over 10-man Zanaco of Zambia before a near-capacity crowd in an 80,000-seat Casablanca stadium. After his first attempt was … Read more
G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group’s summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa, but critics called the plan half-hearted. Under German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “Investment Compacts”, an initial seven African countries would pledge reforms and receive technical support in order to attract new private investment. More than half of Africans … Read more
Ghanaian Afro-pop artiste Noella Wiyaala, will be on stage with Morrocan musician Ahmed Soultan at the Timitar Festival in Agadir, Morocco. The two will perform their collaboration, “This is Who I am,” which is on Ahmed’s award-winning 2016 album, “Music has no Boundaries.” After the festival, Wiyaala will go back to the United Kingdom to … Read more
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State group fighters are mounting a desperate last stand. More than three quarters of the remaining jihadists in Mosul are foreigners, according to Iraqi commanders who have reported a spike in suicide attacks as anti-IS … Read more
Friday 7th July sees Wiyaala take the stage with MTV Europe Award winning Moroccan musician Ahmed Soultan at the Timitar Festival in Agadir, Morocco. Ahmed Soultan and Wiyaala will perform together the hit song “This Is Who I Am” on which they collaborated from Ahmed’s award winning 2016 album “Music Has No Boundaries” which also … Read more
The Ghana National Service Secretariat has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP) to revamp the National Service Program and its related youth initiatives. The intent of this effort is to deliver better outcomes than the current tapestry of programmes. “This is something long overdue and a priority … Read more
CAF Confederation Cup title-holders TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo must defeat visiting Horoya of Guinea this weekend to be sure of a quarter-finals place. Every Group D match between leaders Mazembe, Horoya and third-place SuperSport United of South Africa has been drawn, setting the scene for a thrilling finale. Mazembe and Horoya … Read more
Coach Mumamba Numba insists “nothing can stop” Zanaco of Zambia reaching the CAF Champions League quarter-finals this weekend when they tackle Wydad Casablanca in Morocco. The Lusaka-based outfit top hotly-contested Group D, two points ahead of former champions Wydad and three in front of record eight-time title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt with one round left. … Read more
Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US banned laptops and other large electronic devices to and from eight mostly Muslim nations, fearing bombs may be concealed in them. Emirates, which flies to the US from its Dubai hub, said it … Read more
Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US banned laptops and other large electronic devices to and from eight mostly Muslim nations, fearing bombs may be concealed in them. Emirates, which flies to the US from its Dubai hub, said it … Read more
Morocco’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the United Nations is to lead efforts to end a dispute over a partially recognised state in Western Sahara that Rabat considers its territory. Speaking in Addis Ababa at his first African Union summit since Morocco returned to the bloc in January, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said the AU … Read more
Moroccan security forces have begun withdrawing from the restive northern cities of Al-Hoceima and Imzouren, which have been rocked by weeks of social unrest, officials and residents said. A “gradual” pullback from both cities began on Monday at the request of King Mohammed VI, the governor of Al-Hoceima province, Fouad Chourak, told reporters. A resident … Read more
US authorities on Friday charged a British businessman with a checkered history with securities fraud for bilking investors in what turned out to be a fake trading platform for virtual currency Bitcoin. The Securities and Exchange Commission said “the clandestine” Renwick Haddow, a UK citizen living in New York, diverted funds invested in the phony … Read more
The Arab Spring brought a taste of liberty for north Africa’s gay and transgender communities, but six years on their battle for rights and recognition continues, activists say. In Madrid for WorldPride 2017, one of the globe’s biggest celebrations of LGBT rights, activists from the Muslim world called for greater freedom or the de-penalisation of … Read more
A Dutch-Moroccan national at the centre of a diplomatic row between the two countries was arrested Thursday as Rabat pushes for his extradition, Dutch media reported. Morocco said late Saturday it had been in talks with Dutch officials in the past two days urging them to extradite “a notorious drug trafficker” who allegedly funds “some … Read more
Nearly 80 police officers were injured in two days of clashes with protesters in Morocco’s restive Rif region, an official said Wednesday, although the number of demonstrators hurt was unknown. Around 50 members of the security forces were hurt on Monday in the northern city of Al-Hoceima, most of them struck by stones, a high-ranking … Read more
South Africa’s largest insurer, Sanlam Ltd., has sold its stake in Ghanaian holding company, Enterprise Group’s Insurance business for $130 million but will retain a presence in the country, Sanlam said on Friday, June 23, 2017. Enterprise Group announced the decision in a statement issued to the media recently. However, it did not give reasons … Read more
A boy survived a perilous 143 mile journey from Morocco to Spain hanging underneath a bus, it has emerged. Footage has emerged of the moment emergency services led the migrant away after the bus had arrived in the Spanish city of Seville. Incredibly, the boy, who was wearing a dirtied white t-shirt, was unhurt after … Read more