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For now, beleaguered Fifa president Gianni Infantino still has some allies in world football, particularly in parts of the world where less well-off football associations have benefited from his presidency.

South Africa’s foreign minister wants new rules and “more transparency” to apply to former heads of state undertaking foreign trips.

There are legal victories that settle disputes. Then there are legal victories that become national lessons. Rebecca Enonchong’s courtroom triumph…

Kenya, Aug 4— Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has urged village elders to reject divisive politics and help safeguard national unity ahead of the next General Election, saying they must remain impartial community leaders committed to serving all Kenyans

By Martin Akuma ABS News Desk | August 4, 2026 YAOUNDÉ — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, absent from his country…

Burkina Faso don join di international watchlist of kontris wia civic freedoms dey go worse.

I attended Saturday’s Townhall meeting with Issa Tchiroma Bakary, not with preconceived conclusions, but with an open mind. Like many…

Nigerians will return to the polls in 2027. Campaigns will commence, crowds will fill the streets for party rallies, but the most consequential decisions about the elections are already happening. They are taking place in party offices, at the homes of powerful political godfathers, and in selection processes that most Nigerians never attend and sometimes…

Tens of thousands of migrants briefly cross into Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta from Morocco.

As Adlai Stevenson Jr. famously observed, “A hungry man is not a free man.” This truth conveniently haunts our troubled polity, where politicians tend to demand absolute electoral loyalty while offering nothing in return. But, again, can a hungry populace give their best while fending for themselves in a vacuum, and can one harvest where…