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1. AFCON 2025: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso start strong on matchday one

   Matchday One of AFCON 2025 wrapped up last night in Morocco, with all 24 teams having now played their opening game. Four fixtures were on the schedule across Groups E and F, starting in Casablanca, the country’s economic and industrial capital, where Burkina Faso faced Equatorial Guinea.

2. Five killed in suspected suicide bombing at mosque in Nigeria's Borno state

   At least 5 people were killed and 35 others injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state.

3. CAR trains polling workers as UN calls on authorities to ensure integrity of general election

   As Central African Republic gets ready for Sunday’s general election, the country’s electoral authority, backed by the MINUSCA peacekeeping force, is training more than a thousand polling workers in the commune of Bimbo.

4. Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a state crime, demands apology and reparations

   Algerian MPs have passed a law that declares France's colonisation of the country a state crime and demands reparations and an apology.

5. Pretoria's Lawley Street lights up for Christmas

   One street in South Africa's Pretoria has been bringing festive joy to thousands of people for over 30 years.