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Hundreds of Somalis in the capital Mogadishu trooped to the Banadir Stadium on Friday evening to witness the country’s first football match under floodlight in three decades. Since the start of the civil war, no football match has ever been played at night and the oldest stadium in the country – the Banadir Stadium –Continue reading “Somalis enjoy first football match at night in 30 years”

Former Gambian President Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh seized power from the country’s first President Dawda Jawara as a young army officer in a bloodless military coup in 1994. 29-year-old Lieutenant Jammeh rose to the self-selected official title “His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Awal Jemus Junkung Jammeh Naasiru Deen Babili Mansa” beforeContinue reading “The rise and exile of Gambia’s ex-President Yahya Jammeh [Photo Story]”

Stephen Okechukwu Keshi was born on January 23, 1962 in Bauchi State, Nigeria. His footballing career began as a football player between 1979 and 1998. It also continued as a coach from 2001 till he died on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Stephen Keshi the footballer Stephen Keshi started playing professional football in 1979 in Lagos joggling fromContinue reading “In case you don’t know who Stephen Keshi is …”

Togo’s agriculture export, until recently, was the leading foreign exchange earner for the West African country. 60% of its 7.5 million population is employed under the agriculture sector which has cocoa as its second-largest export after coffee. Despite its flourishing cocoa production, Togo did not process cocoa nor produce its own chocolate until 2013 whenContinue reading “Togo takes pride in its first locally produced fair-trade chocolate”