TRT Afrika
Nigeria Fire Outbreak Damages Major Timber Market
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- Nigeria Fire Outbreak Damages Major Timber Market
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Fire breaks out at a major timber market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe, destroying parts of the market and causing huge financial losses, with the Gombe state governor Inuwa Yahaya ordering an immediate investigation and provision of relief materials to victims.
#nigeria #trtafrika #fire
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- Indian Chief Pulls Muslim Woman's Hijab
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A widely shared video from eastern India shows Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar pulling down the hijab of a female doctor during a public ceremony.
#trtafrika #india #hijab
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- From student to ambassador: The Story Of Ghana's Nasiru-deen In Türkiye
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The story of Ghana's new ambassador to Türkiye, Sheikh Hajj Abdul Nasiru-Deen, is a testament to the growing ties between Türkiye and African countries as he rose from being a student under a Turkish government scholarship programme to become Ghana's envoy.
Here's how he navigated to reach the top level of diplomacy.
#trtafrika #ghana #diplomacy
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- Trump Praises Muslim Man Who Confronted Sydney Attackers
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- “So, great respect to that man that did that”
US President Donald Trump praised Ahmed al Ahmed, who confronted one of the Bondi attackers in Sydney, saying his actions saved many lives despite being seriously wounded.
At least 16 people were killed in the December 15 attack, including one of the assailants, and about 40 others were injured, police said.
#trt#trtafrika #trump #sydney
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- Nigerian ‘Minister of Enjoyment' Shallipopi Gets Another Crown
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Nigeria's ''Minister of Enjoyment'', Shallipopi, wears a new crown from TikTok as he continues to rise.
Here's why it matters.
#trtafrika #nigeria
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- Kenya Eyes Istanbul Airport To Modernise Aviation Infrastructure
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kenya plans to expand the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, which currently serves more than nine million passengers, contrary to its initial official capacity of two million passengers.
Kenya Airports Authority Board Chairman, Caleb Kositany, tells TRT Afrika that they will collaborate with Türkiye in this regard.
#trtafrika #kenya #aviation #türkiye
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- Türkiye's Tayfun Conducts Successful Test Launch
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Türkiye’s longest-range and domestically produced ballistic missile Tayfun, now in mass production and delivery, has completed another successful test launch, hitting its target with pinpoint accuracy.
#trtafrika #türkiye #missiletest
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- Turkish President Erdogan Meets Russia's Putin
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the International Peace and Security Forum held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on December 12.
#trtafrika #erdogan #putin
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- Ethiopia Prepares For 2026 General Elections
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- 2:50
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Ethiopians are gearing up to go to the polls as Africa's second most populous country of about 130 million people organises general elections.
Here's what's at stake.
#africa #trtafrika #ethiopia #ethiopianelection
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- Kenyan Court Blocks Trump's Health Initiative Deal
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kenya's $2.5 billion deal with the US under President Trump's "America First" new healthcare initiative has suffered a setback, barely a week after the East African country became the first in the world to sign such an agreement.
#trtafrika #trump #kenya
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- Skydiver’s Reserve Parachute Snags On Plane Mid-Air In Australia
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Australia’s transport safety regulator released footage capturing the moment a skydiver’s reserve parachute snagged on a plane’s wing mid-air over Queensland on September 20.
The skydiver managed to cut the tangled lines and break free, escaping the incident with only minor injuries.
#trtafrika #skydiving
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- Nigerian First Lady Stops Osun Governor From Singing
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- An unusual drama unfolds as Nigeria's First Lady Remi Tinubu furiously interrupts the governor of Osun state Ademola Adeleke while he sings at a royal occasion, grabbing local and international attention.
#trtafrika #nigeria #tinubu
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- Trump: 'I Didn't Say It'
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- "We want to be honest, because our country was going to hell, why is it we only take people from sh*thole countries?"
US President Donald Trump used derogatory language to describe several migrant-origin countries as he defended his plan to “permanently pause” immigration from what he called “Third World” countries during a 2026 midterm campaign event in Pennsylvania on December 9.
#trtafrika #trump #africa
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- Ukraine's Drones Hit Russian Tanker
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Ukrainian sea drones hit an oil tanker that is part of Russia’s shadow fleet, inflicting critical damage as it travelled through Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea en route to the Russian port of Novorossiysk on December 10.
#ukraine #trtafrika #russia
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- Zambian President Hichilema Does Not Get Salary
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema does not receive a salary, the government says, with the information minister declaring: ''We must be proud on the global stage''
#trtafrika #zambia #hichilema #zambianpolitics
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- Bear Attacks Its Keeper In China
- Runtime
- 0:41
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A bear suddenly lunged at its keeper, attempting to grab food from him. Neither the keeper nor the bear was injured in the incident.
Following the attack, the park announced it would immediately suspend the bear performances.
#trtafrika #wildlife #bear
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- Cinnabon Worker Sacked After Racist Slur At Somalis
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A video uploaded on December 6 showing a Cinnabon employee directing racist remarks at a Somali couple quickly went viral in Wisconsin, prompting her immediate termination.
#trtafrika #somalia #somalis #minnesota #cinnabon
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- Minneapolis Mayor Defends Somalis, Tackles Trump
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey praises people of Somali descent in the US and tackles President Trump for describing them as "garbage" who contribute ''nothing'' to the United States' development.
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- Trump Targets Somalis: 'This Is Racism From President's Office'
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Minnesota, Jaylani Hussein, slams President Donald Trump for targeting people of Somali descent and threatening to expel them from the US.
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- Students Clash With Senegal Police Over Financial Aid
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Clashes erupted at Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University as students demanding stipends and financial aid confronted police. Officers fired tear gas while students hurled stones and lit fires on campus.
The unrest comes amid Senegal’s deepening fiscal crisis and growing frustration over delayed payments and rising economic pressures.
Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, himself a graduate of the university, faces mounting criticism as negotiations with the IMF stall and public frustration grows.
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- “I Don’t Want Somalians In My Country”
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- “I don’t want Somalians in my country”
US President Donald Trump went on a tirade against Somali immigrants and Democratic House Representative Ilhan Omar during a cabinet meeting, calling them “garbage” and saying they should “go back to where they came from”.
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- ‘’If Europe Suddenly Wants To Go To War With Us, We Are Ready’’
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Putin says Russia doesn’t want a war with Europe but is “ready to fight” if Europe seeks direct conflict. The Kremlin chief made the remarks while speaking to journalists after the VTB Investment Forum “Russia Calling!”.
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- Mass Wedding Brings Joy Amid Destruction
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A mass wedding sparks joy among Palestinians in Gaza’s Khan Younis amid destruction.
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- ECOWAS Wants Guinea-Bissau Election Concluded Despite Coup
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- West Africa's regional bloc, ECOWAS, urges Guinea-Bissau to conclude its presidential election, which was halted last week by a military coup that ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who was seeking re-election. An ECOWAS delegation headed by Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio travelled to the country for mediation efforts.
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- Racist Attack Mosques In France
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Copies of the Quran were ripped apart and scattered across the floor during a racist attack on a mosque in Le Puy-en-Velay, France on November 30.
In a separate incident on November 26, an Islamic centre in France's Montreal-la-Cluse was damaged after being attacked by racists.
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- No To Bias: 'Africa From The Perspective Of Africans'
- Runtime
- 3:40
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Africa has faced long-standing stereotypes, largely due to media portrayals of African countries, shaping negative perceptions about the continent.
Togolese author, Faroukou Mintoiba, who lives in Türkiye, has taken a bold step and written a book aimed at correcting such perceptions. He shares his inspiration and journey with TRT Afrika.
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- Israeli Protest Against Netanyahu's Pardon Request
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Israelis rallied outside President Isaac Herzog’s residence in Tel Aviv, protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid for a presidential pardon in his long-running corruption case.
Citizens are urging the president to reject the request, which was made without any admission of guilt or remorse.
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- Ramaphosa tackles Trump over South Africa G20 exclusion
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa insists on his country's right to participate in the 2026 G20 Summit in the US, after President Donald Trump threatened to exclude Pretoria from the summit.
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- Madagascar Discovers 300kg Emerald Rock At The Presidential Palace
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Israelis rallied outside President Isaac Herzog’s residence in Tel Aviv, protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid for a presidential pardon in his long-running corruption case.
Citizens are urging the president to reject the request, which was made without any admission of guilt or remorse.
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- Trump: US Asylum Halt Will Last A long Time
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- “We don't want those people, we have enough problems”
US President Donald Trump told reporters that his administration would continue tightening immigration rules, warning that citizens from certain countries could be barred from seeking asylum for an extended period, after a deadly shooting near the White House by an Afghan national on November 26.
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- First UAV To Fire Missile At Jet Target
- Runtime
- 0:32
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Türkiye’s unmanned fighter jet, the Bayraktar KIZILELMA, achieved a groundbreaking milestone as the world’s first UAV to launch and hit a jet-powered target with a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile during trials in the Sinop firing area.
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- Man Rescued Atop Coconut Tree In Sri Lanka
- Runtime
- 0:32
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A man trapped by rising floods in Sri Lanka was rescued by a helicopter crew after spending the entire night atop a coconut tree.
As of November 28, at least 69 people have died and 34 remain missing as torrential rains inundate all 25 districts of Sri Lanka, triggering widespread flooding and landslides.
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- Activists Get Netanyahu Impersonator Arrested Inside Congress
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- An activist dressed as Benjamin Netanyahu staged a piece of political street theater inside the US Congress leading to his arrest.
Activists say they filmed the moment to call for Netanyahu’s immediate arrest.
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- Pope XIV Visits Sultanahmet Mosque In Türkiye
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet Mosque on the morning of November 29 during his official trip to Türkiye.
The Pope arrived in Türkiye on November 27 for his first official trip abroad at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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- Fire Engulfs Residential Building In Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A fire broke out at a residential building in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district on November 26, with plumes of thick grey smoke billowing out as emergency services battled to subdue the blaze.
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- Trump Pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- "The turkeys being pardoned today go by the names of Gobble and Waddle...I was going to call them Chuck (Schumer) and Nancy (Pelosi)"
US President Donald Trump spared Thanksgiving turkeys Gobble and Waddle from the holiday menu, joking that he almost named them after Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, as he carried out the White House’s annual turkey-pardon tradition on November 25.
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- G20 Presidency: Ramaphosa Wouldn't Handover To Lower Rank US Official
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- South Africa says it will match the rank of the official to handover the G20 presidency with the one (chargé d’affaires) presented by the US to receive it.
Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola, addressing a news conference on the sidelines of the summit emphasised that protocol demands that handover must happen at the head of state level, or at least a minister who “is properly designated by the president of the United States of America.”
With the US having boycotted the summit, South Africa deemed it fit to have the handover happen at the chargé d’affaires level.
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- Ethiopia Volcano Erupts After 10,000Years
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted in the Afar region on November 23, marking its first known activity in 10,000 years.
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- Why Africa Wants Continent's True Size Shown In World Map
- Runtime
- 10:02
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- The size of Africa in the most common used world map is incorrect, and has been for centuries, etching an untruth in the minds of children for generations. Whether this cartographic error was by design or default, the African Union is now confronting this untruth and has thrown its weight behind the 'Correct The Map' campaign pushing for use of a map that depicts Africa's true size in schools and institutions.
So how did this untruth live on for so long and what will it take to correct the map? TRT Afrika explores.
#trtafrika #worldmap #geography
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- Baby Saved From Floodwaters In Vietnam
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A baby trapped in a flood was rescued in a basin in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province.
Heavy flooding in central Vietnam has killed at least 90 people and left 12 others missing, according to the disaster management department.
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- Maduro Dance At Student Day March
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro danced to a musical remix of his own words during a Student Day march in the Miraflores Palace, urging youth in his country and the US to dialogue and peace.
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- Mamdani Reiterates That The US Is Funding Israel's Genocide
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- “I’ve spoken about the Israeli government committing genocide, and I’ve spoken about our government funding it”
During a press briefing in the Oval Office following his meeting with US President Donald Trump, NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reiterated that the US government is financing Tel Aviv’s genocidal war in Gaza.
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- Flood Waters In Vietnam Sweeps Bridge Away
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A flash flood obliterates the Phu Thien suspension bridge in mere seconds in Vietnam’s Lam Dong province. No casualties were reported.
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- Indian Combat Aircraft Crashes At Dubai Airshow
- Runtime
- 0:17
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- An Indian combat aircraft crashed and exploded into a fireball during a demonstration at the Dubai Air Show.
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- ''The Israeli Ambassador Doesn't Belong Here!''
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- “It is unacceptable to invite the Israeli ambassador to… Senegal”
Activists in Senegal confronted Israeli ambassador Yuval Waks as he spoke at a conference in Dakar. He had been forced off a university campus months earlier by pro-Palestine students protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza.
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- Fire Erupts At COP30
- Runtime
- 0:28
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- A fire broke out at a pavilion inside the COP30 UN climate talks venue in Brazil, sending panicked delegates running for the exits as evacuations continue.
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- KIZILELMA Hits F-16 Target In Landmark Test
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Türkiye’s first unmanned combat aircraft, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, completed a historic test flight by locking onto an F-16 target and scoring a simulated hit with the national air-to-air missile GOKDOGAN, Baykar said.
The UCAV took off from the AKINCI Flight Training and Test Center in Tekirdag’s Corlu district, flying for 1 hour and 45 minutes at 4,500 metres, performing formation manoeuvres with F-16s, and verifying national radar and munitions integration.
Using ASELSAN’s MURAD AESA Radar, KIZILELMA detected and locked onto the target F-16 from 48 kilometres, marking a key step toward air-to-air combat capability. With this test, its total flight time exceeded 55 hours
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- A Man Attempt To Burn The Quran In Anti-Islam Protest
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- A man attempted to set a copy of the Quran on fire during an anti-Islam demonstration in Dearborn, Michigan — a city home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the US. Police intervened swiftly, and a bystander stepped in before the act could escalate.
The desecration incident drew strong condemnation from local officials.
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- Fuel Tankers Catch Fire In Russia's Perm
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- 0:16
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Two fuel tankers overturned and caught fire on a railway line along the border of Russia’s Perm Territory and Sverdlovsk Region on November 19.
An investigation is under way, and the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
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- Caf 2025: Morocco's Hakimi And Chebbak Scoop Top Awards
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Morocco dominated the 2025 CAF Awards in Rabat, with defender Achraf Hakimi named African Player of the Year, becoming the first defender to win the prize in 52 years.
Ghizlane Chebbak, named Women’s Player of the Year, also made history as the first Moroccan to claim the women’s award since 2001.
Morocco secured six awards, the highest tally, at a night celebrating African football.
