APRNEWS - The former international soccer star easily defeated Joseph Boakai in the 2017 runoff, but results from the first round of balloting last month showed the two neck and neck. Weah took 43.83% while Boakai brought in 43.44% of the total.

“We are going to an election where nobody has a competitive edge with a wide margin,” said Ibrahim Nyei, executive director at the Ducor Institute for Social and Economic Research.

APRNEWS - “Sheila Jackson Lee wants to come home to be your mayor for the city of Houston,” Jackson Lee said at a church event Sunday. “I will not be able to do it without each and every one of you.”

Jackson Lee's comments were livestreamed by the church, City Cathedral Church, and shared Monday morning by Urban Reform, a Houston online publication.

APRNEWS - Noom Hotel, Abidjan - On a sunny Suturday , nearly 200 women gathered at the prestigious Noom Hotel in Abidjan for a groundbreaking event: the Women Investment Capital Event. This event, organized by Women Investment Capital (WIC), aimed to empower women entrepreneurs in Côte d'Ivoire by providing them with access to investment capital and valuable networking opportunities.

APRNEWS - Dwamena was playing for Egnatia against Partizani on Saturday.

"Despite the immediate intervention of specialist doctors he unfortunately passed away," said the Albanian Football Federation (AFL).

Dwamena was the leading scorer in the Albanian league this season with nine goals. He had won nine caps and scored two goals for his country.

APRNEWS - "We suffer from extreme heat, suffocation and noise pollution," says Sesay, sitting on a cylinder brick in the overcrowded Bombay Street market, bustling with customers, traders, motorists and travelers.

"Sometimes the scorching Sun can be unbearable in the market," she says. "We face frequent sweating, dehydration and headaches," as well as heat rashes around her neck, back and shoulders.      

APRNEWS - Sindisiwe Chikunga told a parliamentary committee that one of the masked attackers pointed a gun at her head during the ordeal early on Monday.

They stole some laptops, a phone and her bodyguards' weapons, she said. 

South Africa has long faced high crime levels, including car-hijackings, kidnappings and smash-and-grabs.

APRNEWS - The group stormed a jail in the capital, Conakry, early on Saturday morning - taking Capt Camara and three others. 

Those taken are currently on trial for their alleged roles in deaths of more than 150 people in a 2009 protest. 

Besides Capt Camara, two other prisoners have also been found. 

It is unclear if they were kidnapped or freed by their supporters.

APRNEWS - Mr Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde Hichilema in 2021, after which he announced his retirement.

After six years in office he left the country facing serious economic issues as Africa's most indebted nation.

His return to politics sets a stage for a bruising 2026 presidential race.

APRNEWS - “Limited gas supply” at a power installation in Tema, located east of the Ghanian capital, Accra, has led to “a supply gap of 550MW at peak time,” the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) said of the power outages in a statement Thursday evening.

APRNEWS - Finally, the eight months legal battle for the presidency of Nigeria has come to an end, with President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, emerging victorious.

The Supreme Court, yesterday, agreed with the September 6 verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on all counts.