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The new CAF President

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Politics takes centre stage as football administrators in Africa elect new CAF president.  Perhaps no election in the history of the African Football Confederation (CAF) had generated so much interest and enthusiasm as the 43rd CAF Elective General Assembly,which saw South…
Chef and blogger Tomi Makanjuola.

Nigerians going meat-free

It’s the lifestyle choice promoted by Western celebs like Beyoncé and Messi. But, as Judy Cogan discovers, veganism is being embraced by people from West Africa, thanks to a London-based chef and food blogger. When Tomi Makanjuola stood up and…
APOPO's Magawa wearing his PDSA Gold Medal

Africa's sniffer rats to the rescue

They famously helped clear former warzones of landmines. But, as Britt Collins reports, Africa’s sniffer rats could soon be the latest recruits in the fight against both illegal wildlife trafficking and Covid-19. An elite squad of sniffer troops are hard…
A medical worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine in Rabat, Morocco. PA Images

Africa betrayed in vaccine rush

EXPERT OPINION: Global public health experts Dr David Bell and Muhammad Usman Khan ask whether millions of young Africans need to be vaccinated – and for whose benefit? Child mortality will almost certainly rise across sub-Saharan Africa this year. The…
Studio 189's founders Rosario Dawson (left) and Abrima Erwiah

Ghana’s celebrity stylings

Journalist Britt Collins shines the spotlight on a New York-Accra fashion brand, combining African designs, ethically sourced fabrics – and a touch of Hollywood glamour. When Abrima Erwiah and Rosario Dawson started their socially conscious clothing brand Studio 189, they…
Liberian soldiers fighting in Mali. PA Images

Liberians hailed in Mali conflict 

UN praises West African peacekeepers as Mali’s Islamicist insurgency hots up. By Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia. Liberia has committed to doing more to help solve Mali’s deadly Islamicist insurgency, after two more international peacekeepers – both from France – were killed by…
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