2025 U-20 AFCON: Ghana to face Senegal, Central African Republic and DR Congo in Group C 

By Kwame Bediako  The Black Satellites, Ghana’s U-20 national team, have been drawn into Group C of the   Total Energies AFCON Under 20 tournament. The team will face strong opponents like Senegal, Central African Republic and DR Congo on their group. This …

U20 Africa Cup of Nations: Ghana drawn in Group C to face Senegal, DR Congo and Central African Republic

The Ghana U20 national team has been drawn into Group C for the upcoming TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. The final draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt 2025, has been officially conducted …

Congress Moves To Block IMF Support For African Oil Fund Restrictions

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - JANUARY 8: In this handout image provided by the International Monetary Fund, ... More International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at a roundtable with CEMAC Ministers of Finance at the Hilton Hotel January 8, …

U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles face North African test in Egypt

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will begin their quest for an eighth continental title against Tunisia, Kenya, and Morocco in Group B of the 2025 U-20 AFCON in Egypt. The group-stage draw, conducted on Sunday at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in …

African breakaway state offers U.S. a chance to stick it to China

BERBERA, Somaliland — The Cold War-era airstrip, its asphalt gleaming in the sunlight, stretched toward the coastline on the Horn of Africa. A few miles away, dock workers unloaded cargo at a port on the Gulf of Aden, a vital global shipping route …

Training Enhances Neonatal Care In Central African Republic

A UNICEF and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints collaboration seeks to reduce maternal and infant mortality in the Central Africa Republic through training for neonatal health workers. Edith Florence Bangué, a neonatal nurse at the Pediatric …

In war-scarred Central African Republic, ballet keeps culture alive

The Wagner Group is trying to regain control over the mining region of the Central African Republic

Main image: A general view of a patch with the logo of the private mercenary group Wagner on the uniform of a member of the Central African Republic armed forces in Bouboui (CAR), 1 March 2025. © Patrick Meinhardt/AFP   The Russian group Wagner has …

List of African countries with some kind of engagement with Russia’s private military

Although best known as a mercenary organization that provides hired guns to autocratic regimes, the Wagner Group is the mercenary arm of a complex network of corporate entities that cooperate and are interconnected, including companies involved in …

Investigation: The disappearing funds at the African Development Bank

investment Accountability By Thaïs Brouck Reserved for subscribers Posted on April 8, 2025 09:48 In Bobisi, nothing is happening. Made up of several dozen traditional huts and a handful of masonry buildings, it is tucked away in Sud-Ubangi, an isolated …