According to Reuters, United States has dropped Burkina Faso from its African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preference program citing deep concerns over “unconstitutional change” in government in the country, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said Sunday.
AGOA provides sub-Saharan African nations with duty-free access to the United States if they meet certain eligibility requirements, such as eliminating barriers to U.S. trade and investment and making progress toward political pluralism.
Kenyans in Canada protest the impending deportation of John Mulwa, a chef they describe as a great community member and leader. A petition asking Canada to allow him to stay has gathered almost 3500 signatures.
Supporters describe Mulwa as law abiding and a great contributor to the Kenyan and Canadian community.
Mulwa has lived in Canada since 2014, where he has worked as a chef for several companies including the Canadian military. He founded Ndambukis Food Catering Company which serves African cuisine. And he’s a sponsor of East African Annual BBQ, according to the petition.
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Lionel Messi’s Argentina Wins FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar
After regular time and extra time, the two teams were tied 3-3 in a high scoring game that saw only three player from both sides score. Messi scored two goals for Argentina with Mbappe scored all three for France.
Argentina was the first to score. They took lead through Messi and Angel Di Maria goal, giving Argentina a 2-nil advantage. But France could not be counted out. In the second half, Mbappe scored twice in a 2-minute span equalized for France and starting the ball game anew.
Messi restored Argentina’s lead in extra time, but Mbappe equalized the score again, completing a hat-trick and sending the game to extra time and then a penalty spot shoot-out.
Argentina won the shootout 4-2, to claim the World Cup and victory in one of the sport’s all-time great games.
Mbappe won the Golden Boot Award, and made history for a single player scoring the highest number of goals in a World Cup final.
This is a compilation of our Twitter coverage.
Kenya’s Nelly Cheboi is CNN Hero of the year.
According to CNN:
Online voters selected her from among this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes.
Cheboi accepted the award with her mother, who she said “worked really hard to educate us.” At the beginning of her acceptance speech, Cheboi and her mother sang a song onstage that she explained had a special meaning when she was growing up.
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Morocco makes history to become the first African Country to reach the World Cup Semi Finals after eliminating Portugal 1-Nil. Morocco will now face defending champions France for an opportunity to take their game to the finals.
The semi finals matches will pit Morocco vs France and Croatia vs Argentina.
Senegal goes down 3-0 to England exiting the World Cup and reducing Africa’s hopes of having a team in the quarter finals.
Sadio Mane sent a message to the team.
Ghana gives Christiano Ronaldo’s Portugal the scare of their lives but falls 3-2. The Black Stars became the first African team to score, twice, in the FIFA Qatar 2022 tournament.
Cameroon, fell 1-nil to Switzerland. Ironically, Breel Embolo who the scorer of the Swiss lone goal was born in Yaounde, Cameroon before moving with his mother to Switzerland, according to the Telegraph, UK. Embolo appeared almost apologetic for scoring the goal, a clear signal of his attachment to his native Cameroon.
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