From VOA Africa, a video review of how African countries fared at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. OkayAfrica has a list of the top nine African moments of the games. In Botswana, the government has declared a half-day holiday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo’s historic win in the men’s 400m dash.

Paul Kagame was inaugurated for a fourth term as President of Rwanda, after winning 99 percent of the vote in last month’s election. Prominent critics of his government were barred from running, and Amnesty International has pointed to the results as evidence of Kagame’s repression of dissent.

• The Republic describes the history and political influence of the Lebanese-Nigerian community.
• Asake releases his third album “Lungu Boy” to mixed reviews (Zikoko, NME), but still breaks streaming records.
• Guinea presents a draft of a new constitution ahead of public vote. If adopted and implemented, the constitution would limit future presidents to two terms.

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Image: Olympic icon. 23 December 2021. Photo credit: Vusi vilanculos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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