Cape Verde's Irresistible Rise, the Cinderella Story of the 2026 World Cup [Africanews Today]

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With two consecutive draws at the World Cup, Cape Verde is enjoying an impressive run and dreaming of reaching the Round of 32. Bubista’s men will face Saudi Arabia on Friday. Cape Verde continues to be one of the biggest surprises of this World Cup in the United States. After holding Spain to a draw, the Blue Sharks repeated the feat against Uruguay, scoring their first goals of the tournament in the process. Now sitting second in Group H, the Cape Verdeans are daring to dream of a place in the knockout stage. The answer will come next Friday in Houston against Saudi Arabia. Ethiopia: Ruling party wins parliamentary elections by a landslide With 438 out of 486 seats in the House of People's Representatives, the Prosperity Party secured an overwhelming victory in the parliamentary elections. Abiy Ahmed now enjoys a more than comfortable majority. The chamber will be responsible for electing the prime minister when the new parliamentary session opens, expected between late September and early October. More than 1,000 confirmed Ebola cases in the DRC The threshold of 1,000 confirmed Ebola cases has now been surpassed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 254 deaths have been recorded so far, mainly in the eastern part of the country. The only encouraging sign amid the crisis is that around one hundred patients have recovered since the outbreak was officially declared on May 15. Kenya: Labour Minister under scrutiny over recruitment to Russia In Kenya, Labour Minister Alfred Mutua is facing growing controversy. In June 2025, he posted photos on X alongside young Kenyans before their departure for Russia. Having overseen the placement of more than 400,000 Kenyans in jobs abroad as part of efforts to combat poverty and unemployment, he is now accused of bearing primary responsibility for alleged forced recruitment into the Russian military.