Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast overcome DRC to become first host to reach final since 2006

Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast overcome DRC to become first host to reach final since 2006

A 4-0 loss to tiny Equatorial Guinea and the subsequent sacking of veteran French coach Jean Louis Gasset is now all forgotten amid the celebrations of a capacity home crowd.

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Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria edge out South Africa on penalties to set up ‘best losers’ final with Ivory Coast

Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria edge out South Africa on penalties to set up ‘best losers’ final with Ivory Coast

South Africa will rue missed chances in the 90 minutes, not least in the dying seconds when right back Khuliso Mudau fired over the bar with the goal gaping, but must now settle for a place in the bronze-medal match on Saturday.

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Residents of eastern DR Congo flee fearing M23 rebels are on verge of taking control of Goma

Residents of eastern DR Congo flee fearing M23 rebels are on verge of taking control of Goma

Carrying bedrolls, babies and other belongings, hundreds of people marched in the heat along a narrow roadway clogged with banged-up trucks and vans, in flight once again from the unrest that has gripped eastern Congo for decades.

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Hamas proposes 135-day Gaza truce with total Israeli withdrawal but mediators doubt Netanyahu will agree

Hamas proposes 135-day Gaza truce with total Israeli withdrawal but mediators doubt Netanyahu will agree

According to the document, during the first 45-day phase, all Israeli women hostages, males under 19 and the elderly and sick would be released, in exchange for the release of Palestinian women and children from Israeli jails. Israel would also withdraw its troops from populated areas during the first phase.

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Central bank boss admits exchange rate overshot equilibrium but sure Kenya will repay $2b bond

Central bank boss admits exchange rate overshot equilibrium but sure Kenya will repay $2b bond

Kenya has received disbursements totalling just over $1 billion in the last two months and expects to get another $1.5 billion from the World Bank between March and May, he said.

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Miscellany: Uganda is a country of diversities waiting to be harnessed for development

Miscellany: Uganda is a country of diversities waiting to be harnessed for development

Agreeing to agree and to disagree can add value to leadership and governance as well as development, transformation and progress of a country. It can also contribute to genuine political development of the leaders and the led, the governors and the governed.

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Humbling run for Republican candidate Nikki Haley after losing primary to ‘None of These Candidates’ in Nevada

Humbling run for Republican candidate Nikki Haley after losing primary to ‘None of These Candidates’ in Nevada

US President Joe Biden easily won Nevada’s Democratic presidential primary after dominating his party’s first nominating contest in South Carolina on Saturday.

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Ethiopia PM Ahmed rules out war with Somalia over port access deal with breakaway Somaliland  

Ethiopia PM Ahmed rules out war with Somalia over port access deal with breakaway Somaliland  

The nave base deal has rattled Somalia, which asserts that Somaliland is part of Somalia. Somalia’s president has suggested he is ready to go to war with Ethiopia to prevent it from building a port there. But addressing lawmakers on Tuesday, Abiy said he had “no intention” of going to war with Somalia.

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Non-monogamy? Relationships texture from monogamy, polygamy, polyandry to polyamory

Non-monogamy? Relationships texture from monogamy, polygamy, polyandry to polyamory

The dating climate is not what it was yesterday and who knows exactly what tomorrow will bring. Today, though, couples are exploring new dimensions with more of a liberated mindset, using social media to freely talk about what does and doesn’t work for them, and there is no shortage of apps that cater to their desires.

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West African economic bloc wants Senegal’s President Sall to restore elections calendar

West African economic bloc wants Senegal’s President Sall to restore elections calendar

Senegal’s presidential election has never been postponed. The constitution does empower the Constitutional Council, the highest election authority, to reschedule the vote in certain circumstances including “the death, permanent incapacity or withdrawal” of candidates.

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