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Africa: AFCON 2025 – How Senegal Surpassed a Benchmark Long-Held By the Super Eagles

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Senegal’s comeback win over Sudan carried a deeper historical meaning, linking the present to a teenage milestone first established by Nigeria two decades ago. African football added a new footnote to its long history at the weekend in Tangier, and Nigeria’s influence once again formed part of the wider context. At the Tangier Grand Stadium,…

Security and long-held views shattered in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes

eriinfo.com2 months ago020 mins

Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent , Southern Lebanon Neha Sharma/BBC Last Friday, at around 19:00, an Israeli air strike hit a car in a village in southern Lebanon called Froun. This part of the country is the heartland of the Shia Muslim community, and for decades has been under the sway of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia…