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Guinea Bissau sets December 2026 election date after coup

FILE PHOTO: From L-R, Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister Ilidio Vieira Te, transitional president Major-General Horta Inta-a and Major-General Tomas Djassi, chief of staff of the Armed Forces, attend a press conference in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, December 19, 2025.  REUTERS/Delcyo Sanca/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: From L-R, Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister Ilidio Vieira Te, transitional president Major-General Horta Inta-a and Major-General Tomas Djassi, chief of staff of the Armed Forces, attend a press conference in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, December 19, 2025.  REUTERS/Delcyo Sanca/File Photo

Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home

Mohamed Alghali, 33, looks at an album containing photographs of his mother, Rabbiatu Kuyateh, at the home they shared in Bowie, Maryland, U.S., December 10, 2025. Kuyateh was deported in November to Ghana, which has an agreement with the Trump administration to take West African migrants who cannot easily be sent to their home countries. She said she was then flown against her will to her native Sierra Leone, where she feared she could be tortured because of her father's ties to the political opposition. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez
Mohamed Alghali, 33, looks at an album containing photographs of his mother, Rabbiatu Kuyateh, at the home they shared in Bowie, Maryland, U.S., December 10, 2025. Kuyateh was deported in November to Ghana, which has an agreement with the Trump administration to take West African migrants who cannot easily be sent to their home countries. She said she was then flown against her will to her native Sierra Leone, where she feared she could be tortured because of her father's ties to the political opposition. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez

Guinea's top court validates Doumbouya's landslide vote win

Guinean leader Mamadi Doumbouya arrives with his wife, Lauriane Darboux Doumbouya, to cast his vote during the presidential election at a polling station in Conakry, Guinea, December 28, 2025. REUTERS/ Souleymane Camar
Guinean leader Mamadi Doumbouya arrives with his wife, Lauriane Darboux Doumbouya, to cast his vote during the presidential election at a polling station in Conakry, Guinea, December 28, 2025. REUTERS/ Souleymane Camar

Stylish Algeria win third game at Cup of Nations finals

Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Group E - Equatorial Guinea v Algeria - Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - December 31, 2025 Algeria's Zineddine Belaid celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Stringer
Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Group E - Equatorial Guinea v Algeria - Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - December 31, 2025 Algeria's Zineddine Belaid celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Stringer

Two Guinea players banned for insulting referee at Africa Cup of Nations

Guinea coup leader Doumbouya wins presidential election, results show

FILE PHOTO: Guinean leader Mamadi Doumbouya waves after submitting his candidacy at the Supreme Court ahead of the presidential election scheduled for December 28, in Conakry, Guinea, November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Guinean leader Mamadi Doumbouya waves after submitting his candidacy at the Supreme Court ahead of the presidential election scheduled for December 28, in Conakry, Guinea, November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

Guinea votes in presidential election expected to cement Doumbouya's rule

Supporters of Guinean leader and presidential candidate Mamadi Doumbouya hold posters of him, as they take part in his final campaign rally at the Palais du Peuple in Conakry, Guinea December 25, 2025. REUTERS/Souleymane Camara
Supporters of Guinean leader and presidential candidate Mamadi Doumbouya hold posters of him, as they take part in his final campaign rally at the Palais du Peuple in Conakry, Guinea December 25, 2025. REUTERS/Souleymane Camara

Own goal hands Sudan fortunate win over Guinea at Cup of Nations

Burkina Faso's Edmond Tapsoba challenging Algeria's Mohamed Amoura in their CAF Africa Cup of Nations Group C game at Prince Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat, Morocco on Dec 28, 2025.
Burkina Faso's Edmond Tapsoba challenging Algeria's Mohamed Amoura in their CAF Africa Cup of Nations Group C game at Prince Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat, Morocco on Dec 28, 2025.

Former Ivory Coast coach Gasset dies

Soccer Football - Europa League - Quarter Final - First Leg - Benfica v Olympique de Marseille - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - April 11, 2024 Olympique de Marseille coach Jean-Louis Gasset before the match REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Soccer Football - Europa League - Quarter Final - First Leg - Benfica v Olympique de Marseille - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - April 11, 2024 Olympique de Marseille coach Jean-Louis Gasset before the match REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

Stoppage-time comeback gives Burkina Faso victory in opener

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.