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South Africa

World football governing body, FIFA, has honoured Asisat Oshoala with the Pichichi Award, congratulating the Barcelona striker for finishing at the top of the scorers chart in the Primera Iberdrola.
Football

Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala nominated for 2022 Ballon d’Or

August 13, 2022
Air Peace’s personnel again foiled an attempt to traffick two babies by a man and a woman at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Terminal 2 (MMA2) Lagos.
Transport

Air Peace announces suspension of flight operations to Johannesburg

August 10, 2022
Google said an undersea cable being built by Google to link Africa and Europe should come into service in the second half of next year.
Internet

Google apologises for brief outage caused by software update

August 9, 2022
The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed September 7, for the hearing of a legal suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting the 2023 elections for allegedly presenting the forged certificate.
Sport

Commonwealth Games: Bola Tinubu salutes Team Nigeria after a successful campaign

August 9, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a speech on the U.S. Africa Strategy at the University of Pretoria's Future Africa Campus in Pretoria, South Africa, August 8, 2022. Andrew Harnik-Pool via REUTERS
World

Antony Blinken: U.S. will not dictate Africa’s choices

August 8, 2022
ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting
Africa

US top diplomat starts Africa tour to counter Russian influence

August 8, 2022
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 24, 2020, reportedly shows Syrian air defence intercepting an Israeli missile in the sky over the Syrian capital Damascus. - Six pro-Syrian regime fighters were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes near Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Two members of the Islamic Jihad militant group and four pro-Iran fighters in Syria were killed when Israeli aircraft targeted the group late on February 23. (Photo by - / SANA / AFP) / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
Africa

African Union head condemns Israeli ‘air strike attacks’ in Gaza

August 7, 2022
South African Football Players Union (Safpu) has condemned the imminent implementation of the Caf Super League, terming it an unworkable and ill-conceived idea.
Football

SAFPU: CAF Super League ‘unworkable and ill-conceived’

August 7, 2022
Russia Ukraine War Animals
World

Ukrainian risks her life to rescue wild animals from war

August 7, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in South Africa on Sunday, the first leg of his three-nation African tour.
Africa

US secretary of state arrives in South Africa

August 7, 2022
The Kebbi State Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has intercepted skins of 2,820 donkeys slaughtered and packed in 94 jumbo sacks with each containing 30 pieces of donkey skins awaiting transportation to countries outside Nigeria.
Nigeria

Customs intercepts 397.5kg pangolin scales, arrests Vietnamese, five others

August 4, 2022
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker administers the  Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg
Africa

South Africa reports first death causally linked to coronavirus vaccine

August 4, 2022
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi visited the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, in her office on Wednesday.
Politics

Nigeria 2023: Peter Obi meets British, South African ambassadors

August 4, 2022
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 19, 2021 the Netflix logo is seen on the Netflix, Inc. building on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. – Netflix on November 2, 2021 released a set of mobile games playable for free by subscribers of the global streaming service as it strives to be the go-to venue for entertainment. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Film

Netflix ramps up investment in African stories with large slate of exciting titles

August 3, 2022
Supporters of President Jacob Zuma and loyalists of the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) sing “Wenzeni uZuma”, a song telling Zuma’s achievement, as South Africa President (unseen) arrives to address delegates at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban, on July 24, 2022. – The 9th annual Kwazlu-Natal Provincial conference elected pro Zuma leaders, which is seen as a setback for South African President. Protesters sang and chanted slogans calling for the resignation of the South African President who is due to address the 1,700 delegates at the closing of the conference. (Photo by Rajesh JANTILAL / AFP)
Africa

UK bans US-based consultancy over corruption scandal in South Africa

August 3, 2022
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