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The Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) decision to change the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) from a biennial ...

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Some Kenyans have protested after roaming elephants killed four people over the past week in what experts describe as human–wildlife conflict driven by scarcity of vegetation. One elephant believed to ...

Africa's regional governance bodies have rejected Israel's recognition of Somaliland as an independent nation. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but had never been recognized by an ...

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Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who famously won Olympic gold at the 1984 Winter Games and achieved multiple World, ...

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