Erling Haaland scored the deciding goal in the 86th minute and Norway won a knockout game at the World Cup for the first time, advancing to the round of 16 with a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Tuesday.
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Fans of the Ivory Coast soccer team gathered on Tuesday in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast, to watch their team play against Haaland’s Norway. But a slight tap from Haaland’s left foot in the 86th minute was the difference as Norway beat Ivory Coast 2-1 on Tuesday.
The government of Equatorial Guinea has resigned after failing to meet its targets.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national soccer team made history at the World Cup by earning a 1-1 draw against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi, who is being investigated into suspected match-fixing, has not been authorized to travel to Canada for his team's next World Cup match against Germany, the Ivorian soccer federation said on Thursday.
Ghana fans celebrated their team’s winning World Cup start on Thursday after their 1-0 win over Panama in Toronto. A late goal from Caleb Yerenkyi secured the Blacks Stars’ spot at the top of Group L alongside England.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, women bear the pressure of having baby boys, even when it conflicts with their personal choices or their health.
In 1976, young Congolese doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe was sent to a remote village to look into a mysterious illness and found himself confronting Ebola, a deadly virus the world did not yet know.
Niger's security apparatus has begun a search for the attackers who attacked the airport of the capital, Niamey, on Thursday, killing at least 11 soldiers and two civilians.
The Africa CDC said 202 people had died from the virus, from 875 confirmed cases, giving a mortality rate of 23 percent.
Libya's top governing bodies agreed Thursday on a roadmap for holding long-awaited presidential and parliamentary elections within eight months
Anti-Western activist Kemi Seba will remain in a South African jail until an extradition hearing next month, a judge in Pretoria ruled on Thursday.
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