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European football chiefs say they have lost confidence in Fifa boss Infantino

France, Aug. 1 -- Fifa's proposals - championed by Infantino - had triggered a backlash from regional confederations who said they were unaware of the plans to raise up to €3.4 billion by sellin... Read More


Burkina Faso added to human rights watchlist over crackdown on civil society

France, Aug. 1 -- "We have witnessed an escalating pattern of repression. But what pushed us to include the country this year is the sharp scale and intensity of state action against civil society," s... Read More


No go for Infantino: How Fifa's World Cup private investment plan imploded

France, Aug. 1 -- The setback to his authority came less than two weeks after the 56-year-old declared the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada as the most successful tournament in i... Read More


Africa's top cocoa producers pledge fairer prices for farmers

France, Aug. 1 -- The declaration was signed at a high-level bilateral summit in Abidjan between Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama and his Ivorian counterpart, President Alassane Ouattara. Togeth... Read More


Fifa boss Infantino scraps plan to sell off World Cup profits to private equity

France, Aug. 1 -- The move followed savage critiques of his plans from the organisations overseeing football in Asia, Europe and North America. Infantino had proposed spinning off Fifa commercial bus... Read More


Ugandan opposition leader Besigye unconscious in ICU after collapsing in court

France, Aug. 1 -- His wife Winnie Byanyima, who also heads ⁠the United Nations AIDS programme, posted on social media early on Thursday that her husband had been admitted to an intensive care un... Read More


Anti-Semitic attacks at deadliest level in decades, global report warns

France, Aug. 1 -- The J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism report released on Wednesday shows that 20 people were murdered in anti-Semitic attacks in Australia, the United Kingdom and... Read More


SAT: Oil pollution in Nigeria: NGOs accuse Shell of bad pipeline maintenance

France, Aug. 1 -- Shell must answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta after internal company documents revealed broken rules, failing infrastructure and unresolved clean-up costs that risk l... Read More


In flood-prone Malawi, bananas become a shield against erosion

France, Aug. 1 -- "Banana farming is much better than maize because I am able to harvest every eight months, and I have been earning more compared with when I was growing maize," said Kampira, who sel... Read More


Women's Tour de France pits France's Ferrand-Prevot against history

France, Aug. 1 -- "Starting the Tour de France as the defending champion is something very special and something I'm incredibly proud of," said the Team Visma-Lease a Bike cyclist. "At the same time,... Read More