Sad day for football… RIP Patrick Ekeng. pic.twitter.com/OsH4pHfrkN — LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) May 6, 2016 Bucharest, Romania | AFP | Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch playing a first division match on Friday with his Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest. The 26-year-old midfielder fell to the ground …

 Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Liberian Anthony Laffor scored a hat-trick to give Mamelodi Sundowns a 3-0 win at Pretoria University Wednesday and a record-extending seventh South African Premiership title. The tall, slim 31-year-old midfielder scored after three, 20 and 59 minutes at Tuks Stadium to give the Pretoria …

Lubumbashi, DR Congo | AFP | Opposition politician Moise Katumbi said Thursday he has asked the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo for protection a day after announcing he was running for president. “I sent a letter to the (UN mission) MONUSCO seeking their protection because I am …

Super news! Three more people have been rescued alive from the Huruma building collapse. One male and two female. pic.twitter.com/8P93E2dqvw — Kenya Red Cross (@KenyaRedCross) May 5, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Four people were pulled alive Thursday from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed six days …

Liverpool, United Kingdom | AFP | Daniel Sturridge was involved in all three goals as Liverpool impressively beat Villarreal 3-0 at Anfield on Thursday to set up a Europa League final date with holders Sevilla. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Liverpool levelled the tie when Bruno Soriano put through …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its 2015 Regional Economic Outlook on Sub-Saharan Africa which calls for a policy reset. The report casts a gloomy picture over the optimism that had been expressed by many regional analysts. Growth in the region as a whole fell to 3.5% in 2015 …

  DC: Real Madrid 1-0 Manchester City (@GarethBale11 20′) (global 1-0)#RMUCL #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/Km6lW8VZHJ — Real Madrid C. F. (@realmadrid) May 4, 2016 Madrid, Spain | AFP | Real Madrid will face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final for the second time in three years after overcoming Manchester City 1-0 …

Washington, United States | AFP | Newly minted Republican presumptive frontrunner Donald Trump predicted Tuesday he would win the 2016 presidential race against his Democratic challenger, likely to be Hillary Clinton. “We’re going to win in November, and we’re going to win big and it’s going to be America first,” …

Paris, France | AFP | Medical error is the third largest cause of death in the United States, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the medical journal BMJ. In 2013, at least 250,000 people died not from the illnesses or injuries that prompted them to seek hospital care but …

Munich, Germany | AFP | Atletico Madrid made it through to their second Champions League final in three seasons on Tuesday after a 2-1 defeat away to Bayern Munich in Germany saw them win their semi-final on away goals. Bayern came into the second leg at the Allianz Arena trailing …