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Soccer-Morocco first African nation to qualify for 2026 World Cup
The Malaysian Star
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September 5, 2025
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Morocco became the first African country to book a place at next year’s World Cup finals on Friday with a 5-0 victory at home to Niger ensuring they top their group. Morocco won a sixth successive game in the qualifiers with...
Morocco first African nation to qualify for 2026 World Cup
Channel News Asia
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September 5, 2025
CAPE TOWN :Morocco became the first African country to book a place at next year’s World Cup finals on Friday with a 5-0 victory at home to Niger ensuring they top their group. Morocco won a sixth successive game in the qualifiers with two goals...
DARE1 Subsea Cable Expansion to Boost Internet Capacity
Submarine Telecoms Forum
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September 4, 2025
By George Kamau, TechTrendsKE September 1, 2025 Djibouti Telecom is advancing regional connectivity with plans to extend its DARE1 submarine cable along Africa’s east coast. The expansion is designed to increase capacity, provide alternative...
2026 World Cup Qualifiers: All Friday’s results as Eagles play must win game
Eagle Online
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September 5, 2025
The results of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers played on Friday are in as the Super Eagles of Nigeria play Rwanda in a must win game at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The Bafana Bafana of South Africa and Squirrels...
US set to ease travel restrictions on African leader accused of corruption
102.3 KRMG - Oklahoma
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September 5, 2025
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Trump administration is set to give an African leader accused of pilfering his impoverished country's resources to feed a lifestyle of luxury cars, mansions and superyachts a temporary pass on U.S. corruption sanctions to...
Grain from Ukraine: more than 20 million people have received food
The Odessa Journal
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Since the launch of the Grain from Ukraine programme, Ukraine and its partners have delivered 290,000 tons of agricultural products to countries facing hunger and food crises. The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this on Facebook....
IGAD boosts regional migration data systems as climate pressures rise
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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September 5, 2025
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has concluded a four-day regional workshop in Mombasa aimed at strengthening migration and displacement statistics to address the region’s growing migration challenges. The 7th Migration Data...
Goals and Highlights: Egypt 2-0 Ethiopia in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
VAVEL
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September 5, 2025
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Goal and Highlights for Ivory Coast 1-0 Burundi in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match
VAVEL
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September 5, 2025
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Rigathi Gachagua, Kalonzo name Mukhisa Kituyi as opposition's spokesperson
TUKO
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September 4, 2025
The United Opposition principals, including ex-DP Rigathi Gachagua and Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka, announced the appointment of Mukhisa Kituyi to a top role The two politicians took to social media to name Kituyi as the new...
African Youth Urged to be Ambitious, Innovative and Collaborative for Realizing Agenda 2063
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, September 5, 2025 (ENA) -- Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh said "Agenda 2063: the Africa We Want" cannot be realized without the active involvement of the youth, urging African youth to be ambitious, innovative, and...
Data collection a big challenge in managing migrants, says Igad
Star
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Djibouti representatives Oumal Kaire, Habib Hamadou and IGAD director of health and social development Moussa Meigague in Mommbasa on Monday / BRIAN OTIENO The Intergovernmental Authority on Development says there is an urgent need to strengthen...
The 10 Sunderland players in international action on Friday - when do they kick-off and how to watch
Sunderland Echo
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September 5, 2025
Sunderland have a number of players in international action on Friday... One of the many side effects of Sunderland’s impressive summer transfer window is a sudden upswing in the number of Black Cats players who are involved in international...
'When I scored for Somalia, my phone was blowing up'
BBC
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September 5, 2025
Abu YasinBBC Newsbeat ShareSave "Representing your country is the best thing, there is no better feeling," says Sakariya Abdi Hassan Sakariya Abdi Hassan was playing for non-league side AFC Sudbury when he got an unexpected phone call. It was an...
Trump Says Tariffs Make Us Richer. So, Why Are Most Countries With High Tariffs So Poor?
Reason Magazine
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September 5, 2025
After an appeals court slapped down President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose high tariffs without congressional authorization, he complained that if the import taxes go away, the U.S. will...
Small Rabbit with a Black Tail Not Seen in 120 Years Found Hopping Around Mexican Mountains
Good News Network
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September 5, 2025
The Omiltemi cottontail rabbit caught in a camera trap – credit, Re:Wild A species of cottontail rabbit endemic to Mexico has been seen again for the first time in over 100 years following a committed search by biologists. For more than 4 years,...
Worries mount for businesses as Bangladesh nears LDC graduation
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Bangladesh is poised to graduate from the United Nations’ Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2026, marking a significant milestone in its development journey. As per media reports, the interim government has also reaffirmed that the country’s...
US deportations to third countries shrouded in secrecy
El País
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September 5, 2025
Secrecy has dominated the deportations that the United States has carried out to third-party African countries — those that are not the deportees’ countries of origin. Rwanda is the latest nation on the continent to receive seven deportees....
China’s 80th Victory Day Parade: Power, Doctrine, and Signal
Bharat Shakti
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September 5, 2025
On September 3, 2025, Beijing rolled out its first major military parade in six years to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II. But this was less about marching columns than about demonstrating China’s defence-industrial...
CAF World Cup Qualifiers: African route to 2026 enters critical phase
Daily News Tanzania
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September 5, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: AS the CAF qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup resume, the landscape across the nine groups is beginning to take shape, with pivotal fixtures in early September likely to define the continent’s representation in North America....