Radisson Hotel Group to step up expansion in Africa

By Reuters,

Radisson Hotel Group plans to operate 130 hotels in Africa by 2022, up from 50 this year as it seeks to reinforce its foothold on the continent, the c...

Radisson Hotel

Radisson Hotel Group to step up expansion in Africa

By Reuters,

Radisson Hotel Group plans to operate 130 hotels in Africa by 2022, up from 50 this year as it seeks to reinforce its foothold on the continent, the c...

Radisson Hotel

Zamalek in town for CAF clash against Gor

By Agencies,

Egyptian giants Zamalek arrived in Nairobi on the dawn of Friday ahead of their first CAF Confederation Cup group stage clash against Gor Mahia FC on ...

CAF Confederation Cup , Gor Mahia FC , Zamalek , Zamalek SC

Gor plunged in CAF’s pool of death

By Citizen Team,

Kenyan giants Gor Mahia have landed a tough looking Pool D in the CAF Confederations Cup draws for group matches conducted Monday in Cairo. The Ken...

Algeria , Angola , CAF Confed Cup , GOR MAHIA , Group D , NA Hussein Dey , Petro Atletico , tough draw , Zamalek

Gabon president back in Morocco after short stay in Libreville

By Reuters,

Gabon President Ali Bongo returned to medical leave in Morocco on Tuesday, a government source said, after a brief visit to Libreville where he appear...

gabon , President Ali Bongo

Tanui, Balew ready to battle at Antrim Cross Country

By IAAF,

Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Paul Tanui of Kenya and double European cross country gold medallist Fionnuala McCormack of Ireland are among the wor...

Antrim Cross Country , Birhanu Balew , IAAF Antrim International Cross Country , Paul Tanui , Richard Yator

Gabon president Bongo returns home, not clear if he can walk or talk

By Reuters,

President Ali Bongo returned to Gabon on Monday after a three-month medical leave during which a coup attempt was thwarted, two government sources tol...

Ali Bongo , gabon

How a hacked phone may have led killers to Khashoggi

By CNN,

Jamal Khashoggi probably thought the messages he was sending to fellow Saudi dissident Omar Abdulaziz were hidden, cloaked in WhatsApp security. In re...

Jamal Khashoggi , NSO Group , Pegasus

Gabon’s Bongo names new PM after thwarted coup attempt

By Reuters,

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, who has been out of the country for two months recovering from a stroke, named a new prime minister on Saturday in an a...

Ali Bongo (Gabon) , Congo

Gabon says ‘situation under control’ after apparent coup attempt

By CNN,

The government in Gabon says the "situation is under control" and that rebels there have been arrested after military officers seized state media and ...

CAF set to name AFCON 2019 hosts

By Reuters,

A decision on whether Egypt or South Africa will replace Cameroon as the host of this year’s African Nations Cup finals has been brought forward to ...

afcon , CAF , Egypt , south africa

Gabon thwarts military coup attempt in President’s absence

By Reuters,

Gabon foiled an attempted military coup on Monday, killing two suspected plotters and capturing seven others just hours after they took over state rad...

gabon , President Ali Bongo

Gabon military seizes national radio station in coup attempt

By Agencies,

Military officers in Gabon early Monday morning seized the national radio station in an apparent coup attempt. According to BBC, the officers read ...

coup attempt , gabon , military officers , President Ali Bongo

Moroccan suspects in killing of Scandinavian women were acting alone, official says

By Reuters,

Moroccan authorities believe four suspects in the killing of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains were acting on their own initiative, even t...

Atlas Mountains , Boubker Sabik , Louisa Vesterager Jespersen , Maren Ueland , marrakech

Morocco vigils honor Scandinavian women killed in Atlas Mountains

By Reuters,

Vigils were held on Saturday evening in Rabat to mark the deaths of two women from Norway and Denmark who were killed in the Atlas Mountains earlier t...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , Atlas Mountains , Louisa Vesterager Jespersen , Maren Ueland , Morocco

Video of Scandinavian tourists’ killing likely to be authentic: police

By Reuters,

A video purportedly showing the killings of two Scandinavian tourists in Morocco by suspected Islamist State militants is probably authentic, Norwegia...

Louisa Vesterager Jespersen , Maren Ueland , Morocco , Norwegian , Scandinavian

UN: Migrants must be protected, treated with dignity, respect

By VOA,

Tuesday is International Migrants Day, and the head of the U.N. Migration Agency is urging nations to drop their negative perceptions of migrants and ...

Antonio Vitorino , Joel Millman , marrakech , U.N

Keitany blaze her way to Sports Personality award

By Citizen Reporter,

New York City Marathon champion Mary Keitany was on Wednesday named the StarTimes Sports Personality of the Month for November. The 36-year-old won...

Mary Keitany , New York City marathon , Sports Personality award , Star-times

Don’t blame migrants for everything, Pope tells politicians

By Reuters,

Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned nationalist leaders who blame migrants for their countries’ problems and themselves fostered mistrust in society b...

Catholic Church’s World Day of Peace , Matteo Salvini , Pope Francis , U.S President Donald Trump

The business trends shaping Africa in 2019 — and beyond

By CNN,

The performance of some of Africa's largest economies in 2018 does not inspire confidence for the year ahead. Nigeria has endured a slow recovery f...

BBOXX , Fenix , M-Kopa , World Bank