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South African rugby franchise the Emirates Lions kicked off their United Rugby Championship (URC) campaign with a 38-26 win against Italian outfit Zebre at the Stadio Sergio Lafranchi in Parma, Italy, on Friday. Burger Odendaal (Lions) carries the ball during the United Rugby Championship match Zebre Rugby Club vs Emirates Lions at the Sergio Lanfranchi …
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) officially opened a branch office in Cameroon’s capital city, Yaounde on Friday, the first in Central Africa as the bank seeks to increase its presence in the region. Speaking at a ceremony to inaugurate the new branch office, Cameroon’s Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said the choice of Yaounde to host the Central African office was a great honor to the country and proof of the vibrant economy of Cameroon and …
Reigning world champions South Africa suffered a narrow 19-17 defeat against New Zealand in their Rugby Championship encounter at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville on Saturday. Both teams scored one try each, in the first half, with Springboks winger S’bu Nkosi replying to Will Jordan’s effort for the All Blacks. Malcolm Marx of South Africa …
A suicide car bomb killed at least seven people in the Somali capital on Saturday at a street junction near the president’s residence, an official said. “A suicide car bomb that exploded at Ceelgaab junction killed seven people and injured eight others,” Muawiye Mudeey, district commissioner of Mogadishu’s Hamarjajab district told Reuters. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack, but Al-Shabaab, which wants to overthrow the government and impose its interpretation of Islamic …
VCG A Ugandan anti-corruption court Friday sentenced a government official to 40 years in prison and ordered him to pay 5.4 million US dollars in compensation for looting a donor-funded program to help rebuild the country’s conflict-battered north. Godfrey Kazinda was accused of embezzling 26.4 million US dollars from a …
