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By : Nutifafa Bequine The final of the Men’s 100 meters Butterfly, rescheduled from yesterday Monday March 11,2024 due to a false start, will take place Tuesday March 12,2024 at 10:00 am at the Aquatic centre, Borteyman. Ghana’s Silver medalist, Abeku Jackson is aiming to add to the silver he won in the 50m Butterfly.

By Chris Ewokor BBC News, Kuriga Musa Garba,17, had to slither on the ground like a snake to avoid being detected by his kidnappers as he made his escape through the bush of northern Nigeria. Earlier, camouflaged by his school uniform, the teenager had managed to hide in a heap of cut grass as the group of schoolchildren he was ...

By: Nutifafa Bequine After a week of games, fans are beginning to show interest in the medal table even though some of the games are demonstration sports and others are Olympic qualifiers. Egypt is running the show in medal categories with 66 medals comprising 36 gold Medals, 14 Silver medals and 16 Bronze medals occupying the first position. Followed in ...

By Associated Press NEBAR HADNET, ETHIOPIA —  The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. A two-year war between federal troops and regional forces killed one of her own sons, ...

By Julius Addae ODUROHome Stars FC painfully lost to rival Hohoe United on Sunday March 10,2024 at the Hohoe Sports Stadium. The game which was balanced in the first half saw a change after Hohoe United converted a penalty through Farouk Mohammed before William Oduro sealed it for the Hohoe lads. The Ho based division one side currently sites 6th ...

By Nutifafa Bequine Ghana beat Ethiopia on Saturday March 9, 2024 to go top of Group A of women’s category in the on going African games in Cape Coast. Comfort Owusu’s second half follow-up strike was enough to send Coach Yussif Basigi’s side to the top of the table with three points and a goal. Tanzania and Uganda earlier shared ...

By Mansur Abubakar BBC News, Kano More than 280 Nigerian school pupils have been abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga, officials say.  The pupils were in the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30 GMT) when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, one witness said. The students, between the ages of eight and 15, were taken away, along ...

By Meryl Sebastian BBC News, Delhi The alleged gang rape of a tourist with Brazilian-Spanish dual nationality in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has led to outrage. The 28-year-old woman and her husband, who were on a motorbike tour, had stopped for the night in Dumki district when the alleged attack took place. Police say that they have arrested ...

https://bbc.com/africalive Nigerian authorities have heightened security at government food stores around the country amid a crisis. With people struggling to afford food, recently there have been increased cases of attacks on warehouses to steal food items. On Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) said it was increasing security “to forestall any breaches” at its offices and warehouses nationwide. It ...

By Natasha Booty BBC News Some 170 people including women and children have been “executed” in attacks on three villages in Burkina Faso, a public prosecutor has said. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly appealed for witnesses to help find those who attacked Komsilga, Nordin and Soro. Separately, the army warned of the increased risk of attacks by Islamists, “including attacks on urban ...