South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the nation to announce a raft of new measures to crack down on illegal migration as tensions rise over anti-foreigner marches and frustrations about high unemployment. These steps include jailing employers who hire…
DR Congo’s final World Cup warm-up game against Chile will take place behind closed doors amid concerns about the Ebola outbreak in the African nation. The match is scheduled to take place in the French city of Orleans on Tuesday…
Brazil full-back Wesley has been ruled out of the World Cup because of a thigh injury, with Manchester United-bound midfielder Ederson called up to replace him. Roma defender Wesley left the field in tears after 15 minutes as Brazil, who…
Feyenoord have sacked manager Robin van Persie after just 16 months in charge of the Eredivisie club. The former Arsenal and Manchester United striker guided the club to a second-place finish and Champions League qualification in his only full season as manager,…
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard scored a second-half equaliser as Scotland’s World Cup Group C opponents Morocco were held to a 1-1 friendly draw by Norway in New York. Playing at Sports Illustrated Stadium, where Scotland thumped Bolivia 4-0 on Saturday, Morocco took…
Russia says Ukraine has launched an “unprecedented attack” on and around St Petersburg, as the city hosted the final day of an economic forum. More than 140 drones were shot down over the surrounding Leningrad region, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said,…
A second batch of Ghanaians, fleeing a terrifying surge of targeted afrophobic attacks and hostile anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa, has arrived safely at the Accra International Airport. The arrival of the 345 heavily traumatised evacuees on Saturday, June 6,…
Prince Debrah Jnr., a 2021 star of the National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ), has graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Odade3 Prince Debrah, an alumnus of the Presbyterian Boys’ Senior…
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticised European nations over migration for allowing what he described as an “invasion” on their shores, during a D-Day anniversary speech in France. Hegseth was speaking in Normandy 82 years after allied forces stormed…
A torrential downpour that swept through Accra on Friday evening turned major transport terminals across the capital into scenes of frustration, confusion and human hardship, leaving thousands of commuters stranded for hours amid severe shortages of public transport services. What…