Some children with cancer are receiving a new type of drug treatment far less toxic than chemotherapy. Arthur, 11, is one of the first to try it, at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, for his blood cancer. His family calls the therapy “a little bit of sunshine”, since it worked without making Arthur feel much […]
Iran launched a missile attack apparently targeting militant bases in western Pakistan which killed two children, officials in Islamabad said. The operation hit two sites in Balochistan linked to the militant group Jaish al-Adl, Iran’s state TV said. Iran attacked targets in Iraq and Syria earlier this week. Pakistani officials said two children were killed […]
After a grueling effort to reach the Africa Cup of Nations on time, Manchester United goalkeeper André Onana failed to make the Cameroon squad for the five-time champions’ opening game. Onana was omitted from Coach Rigobert Song’s squad for the 1-1 draw against Guinea on Monday, despite the player’s rush from England to reach the […]
Rigobert Song has vowed to amend his team’s mistakes in Monday’s African Cup of Nations opener against Guinea, describing the start of the continental tournament as a “difficult” one. The Indomitable Lions were held to a 1-1 draw against Guinea in their opening match of the group stage campaign. “The start of the match was […]
Senegal begin title defence in style with 3-0 win over Gambia
A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea, officials said. The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, though not immediately […]
Tunisia coach Jalel Kadri refuses to underestimate his team’s opponents in the African Cup of Nations after the tournament’s opening matches, which were full of surprises, showed that there are no small teams in Africa. Tunisia, who have made 21 appearances in the prestigious tournament and won the title in 2004, are competing against Mali, […]
Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana is facing a race against time to play Cameroon’s opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations after his private jet was blocked due to bad weather. Onana agreed to join up with Cameroon for their AFCON campaign in the Ivory Coast at a later date to enable him to […]
Catholic bishops in Cameroon, which has been gripped by civil conflict for the past seven years, have denounced rising poverty in the country as well as violence associated not only with a separatist movement in English-speaking regions but also atrocities committed by Boko Haram insurgents. In a release at the end of their Jan. 6-13 […]
The first Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Ivory Coast in four decades gets underway on Saturday as the hosts, without their star forward Sebastien Haller, take on minnows Guinea-Bissau at the newly-built Ebimpe Olympic Stadium. Ivory Coast have been African champions twice before, most recently in 2015 with a team captained by […]
