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🇲🇦 Morocco's Atlas Lions defeat The Netherlands 🇳🇱 1-1 (3-2 on penalties) to advance to the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Tobi Amusan has won the Women's 100m Hurdles at the Paris Diamond League in France 🇫🇷 with a time of 12.27 seconds.

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Nigeria is set to repatriate a new batch of 271 Nigerian citizens living in South Africa following anti-migrant protests.

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Large crowd marches in Soweto, South Africa 🇿🇦 ahead of tomorrow's June 30 deadline for illegal immigrants to leave the country by anti-migrant groups.

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Omeife AI Now Powering a Telemedicine Platform.

Celebrated for being Africa’s very first human-like robot, Omeife, has officially branched out into the medical field. Built right in Abuja by the tech experts, the powerful artificial intelligence (AI) brain behind the robot is now powering @mysmartmedic, a digital health platform designed to bring top-tier medical care straight to the mobile phone in your pocket.

It is available online at https://t.co/HqW8wo2chK or on Apple and Google playstore.

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Cape Verde's music is going viral following the massive support for the National Team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Nigeria has discovered major deposits of platinum, lithium, and rare metal deposits in Kaduna State.

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🇧🇼 Botswana's Collen Kebinatshipi has won the Men's 400m at the Paris Diamond League in France 🇫🇷 with a time of 43.54 seconds.

He has set a new league record.

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South Africa have been eliminated from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, after losing to 0-1 to Canada following a late minute winning goal.

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🇿🇦 South Africa's Gift Leotlela won the Men's 100m race at the Znamensky Memorial in Russia 🇷🇺 with a time of 10.02 seconds.

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Burkina Faso has cut diplomatic relations with France.

France says it's considering taking reciprocal measures.

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Morocco 🇲🇦 Captain, Achraf Hakimi and Algeria 🇩🇿 Captain, Riyad Mahrez say they are proud of African teams' performance at the FIFA World Cup.

9 of 10 African teams qualified for the Round of 32.

Africa had the lowest number of teams eliminated in the
group stage with 1.

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South Africa's Junior Beats defeat Uruguay 104-7 in their opening game at the 2026 World Rugby U20 Championship.

They are the defending Champions.

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🇿🇦 South Africa's Bafana Bafana have been promised $294,000 (R5 million) for every game they win in the knockout phase of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

They will play Canada 🇨🇦 in the Round of 32 tonight.

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15,162 Malawian nationals living in South Africa have been processed for deportation back to their country since the anti-migrant protests began.

12 babies have been born to the women awaiting deportation in the camp.

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Africa's Top Scorers in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage

Ismaila Sarr 🇸🇳 - 3

Ismael Saibari 🇲🇦 - 3

Yoane Wissa 🇨🇩 - 3

Nicolas Pepe 🇨🇮 - 2

Pape Gueye 🇸🇳 - 2

Riyad Mahrez 🇩🇿 - 2

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9 out of 10 African Teams have qualified for the Round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

DR Congo 🇨🇩 and Algeria 🇩🇿 join Ghana 🇬🇭, Cape Verde 🇨🇻, Egypt 🇪🇬, Senegal 🇸🇳, South Africa 🇿🇦, Morocco 🇲🇦 and Cote d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 in the knockout stage.

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Cape Verde is the smallest nation to ever qualify for the knockout phase of the FIFA World Cup.

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Ex German Player, Bastian Schweinsteiger is facing criticism for making offensive comments about Ivory Coast's team.

He described their style of play as "a bit of wild African football that's not built on tactics."

Ivory Coast's Coach, Emerse Fae says he is disappointed in him.

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Ethiopia is Africa's second largest producer of avocado.