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AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)10 Aug 2026

Lionel Messi bids farewell to his father in Rosario

Messi and his family had traveled from Miami on a private plane and were escorted by a police motorcade to a Rosario cemetery, where a private family wake was held before the burial early on Sunday. Messi's father Jorge Messi died Saturday…

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AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)10 Aug 2026

71 men arrested in Senegal for 'unnatural acts' as crackdown intensifies

Months after passing a law upping the penalties for homosexual relations, Senegal is intensifying its crackdown on same-sex relations. On Friday, the public prosecutor’s office said 71 men have been arrested and charged with “unnatural…

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AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Dominic Wabwireh)10 Aug 2026

Sierra Leone president presses lawmakers to back contested election reforms

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has urged Parliament to pass disputed electoral reforms that would lower the presidential victory threshold, introduce proportional representation and reserve 30 percent of political leadership…

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