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African Basketball News: Senegal season wraps, South Sudan ranked top in Africa and Mills heads to Central Africa

African Basketball News: Senegal season wraps, South Sudan ranked top in Africa and Mills heads to Central Africa

WITH the Road to BAL qualifier fixtures recently released, the conversation moves to transfers - including technical teams and players. One notable move is the appointment of trailblazing Australian basketball coach, Liz Mills, to lead Central African Republic’s Bangui Sporting Club. Mills, who has worked with African men’s basketball for many years, including a stint with Ivory Coast’s ABC Fighters, who she led to the 2023 BAL quarterfinals, expressed her excitement at the new challenge. “It’s all about creating the right environment to be successful and I think that starts at the top…creating an honest, trustworthy, and transparent environment, that’s…
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Explainer: Why are West and Central Africa’s floods so devastating this year?

Explainer: Why are West and Central Africa’s floods so devastating this year?

ALESSANDRA PRENTICE UNUSUALLY intense seasonal rains have drenched swathes of West and Central Africa since June, unleashing deadly floods that have affected millions and submerged farmland in 19 countries. Below are factors that are making the floods worse and data on the scale of their impact. WHERE IS THE WATER COMING FROM? Most years, West and Central Africa see floods of varying severity between June and September when seasonal rains sweep through the Sahel belt of countries along the southern fringes of the Sahara desert. This season, a La Niña weather pattern caused above-average rainfall in parts of the region…
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