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                <title><![CDATA[Benin Were Two Goals Down on Their World Cup Debut. Then Romaine Gandonou Went to Work.]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/benin-were-two-goals-down-on-their-world-cup-debut-then-romaine-gandonou-went-to-work</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Romaine Gandonou has been scoring goals for Benin for a year and a half, and almost nobody outside Cotonou was watching.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Thirty One Days Until a Room in Switzerland Decides Who Won AFCON]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/thirty-one-days-until-a-room-in-switzerland-decides-who-won-afcon</link>
                <description><![CDATA[In thirty one days, three arbitrators will sit down behind closed doors in a building in Lausanne, Switzerland, and begin deciding who actually won the Africa Cup of Nations.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ghana Has Sixteen Days and No Coach. Ivory Coast Has Hervé Renard.]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/ghana-has-sixteen-days-and-no-coach-ivory-coast-has-herve-renard</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Sixteen days. That is how long Ghana has before the Black Stars walk out against Ivory Coast in the opening match of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Sixteen days to name a coach, pick a squad, open a camp and find a plan]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/ghana-has-sixteen-days-and-no-coach-ivory-coast-has-herve-renard</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[AFCON 2027 Qualifiers: Everything That Matters Before September 21]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/afcon-2027-qualifiers-everything-that-matters-before-september-21</link>
                <description><![CDATA[That is the day the qualifiers for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations begin. Forty-eight nations]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/afcon-2027-qualifiers-everything-that-matters-before-september-21</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Football</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[An AFCON Winner, a History Maker, and a Vacancy: Inside Africa's Coaching Purge]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/An AFCON Winner, a History Maker, and a Vacancy: Inside Africa&#039;s Coaching Purge</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Three of Africa's biggest football nations went into this summer with a coach. Two came out without one. The third is still signing paperwork.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/An AFCON Winner, a History Maker, and a Vacancy: Inside Africa&#039;s Coaching Purge</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Senegal Have the Trophy, Morocco Have the Title, Africa Has a Problem.]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/senegal-have-the-trophy-morocco-have-the-title-africa-has-a-problem</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Seven Months On, Africa Still Doesn't Know Who Won AFCON 2026 — And the CAS Verdict Is Now Overdue]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/senegal-have-the-trophy-morocco-have-the-title-africa-has-a-problem</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Cameroon Finally Get Their Crown: Indomitable Lionesses Win First WAFCON After Three Failed Finals]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/cameroon-finally-get-their-crown-indomitable-lionesses-win-first-wafcon-after-three-failed-finals</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Twenty-two years after their first final, Cameroon are champions of Africa. The Indomitable Lionesses beat tournament debutants Malawi 3-0 in Rabat on Sunday to lift the Women's]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/cameroon-finally-get-their-crown-indomitable-lionesses-win-first-wafcon-after-three-failed-finals</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Football</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Zambia Votes August 13: Hichilema's Recovery Story Meets a Cost-of-Living Backlash]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/zambia-votes-august-13-hichilemas-recovery-story-meets-a-cost-of-living-backlash</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Zambians go to the polls on August 13 in a general election that has become a referendum on a familiar African political question: what happens when the macroeconomic numbers improve but ordinary life doesn't feel any easier?]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/zambia-votes-august-13-hichilemas-recovery-story-meets-a-cost-of-living-backlash</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Africa</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[At 75, the Refugee Convention Faces Its Hardest Test Yet — And Africa Has the Most at Stake]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/at-75-the-refugee-convention-faces-its-hardest-test-yet-and-africa-has-the-most-at-stake</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The 1951 Refugee Convention, the founding legal framework for protecting people fleeing war and persecution, turned 75 on July 28. UNHCR marked the anniversary with a global campaign called The Promise, urging governments to recommit to the treaty's core principles. But behind the commemorations, the honest question being asked in Geneva, Nairobi, and Lagos alike is blunter: does the Convention]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/at-75-the-refugee-convention-faces-its-hardest-test-yet-and-africa-has-the-most-at-stake</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Africa</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[South Africa's $30bn Contradiction: Selling to Africa While Turning on Africans]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/south-africas-30bn-contradiction-selling-to-africa-while-turning-on-africans</link>
                <description><![CDATA[South Africa wants Africa's markets. It has been far less welcoming toward Africa's people. That contradiction, long felt by migrants and diaspora communities across the continent, now has a number attached to it — and it's a big one.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/south-africas-30bn-contradiction-selling-to-africa-while-turning-on-africans</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Africa</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tyla Quietly Drops Lagos From World Tour as Xenophobia Backlash Reaches the Music Industry]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/tyla-quietly-drops-lagos-from-world-tour-as-xenophobia-backlash-reaches-the-music-industry</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The diplomatic standoff between Nigeria and South Africa has now spilled into pop culture. South African singer Tyla has removed Lagos from the schedule of her A*POP World Tour, days after the planned December 22 concert became a flashpoint for Nigerian anger over renewed xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African migrants in South Africa.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/tyla-quietly-drops-lagos-from-world-tour-as-xenophobia-backlash-reaches-the-music-industry</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Africa</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Morocco's $20 Billion World Cup Gamble: Can a Tournament Really Rebuild a Country's Economy?]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/moroccos-20-billion-world-cup-gamble-can-a-tournament-really-rebuild-a-countrys-economy</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Morocco is spending big, and it isn't waiting for kickoff to do it. As the country prepares to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, the government has committed more than 190 billion dirhams — roughly $20 billion — to railways, highways, airports, stadiums, and urban infrastructure.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/moroccos-20-billion-world-cup-gamble-can-a-tournament-really-rebuild-a-countrys-economy</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Nigeria and South Africa Move to Ease Tensions After Deadly Xenophobic Attacks — But Compensation Remains a Sticking Point]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/nigeria-and-south-africa-move-to-ease-tensions-after-deadly-xenophobic-attacks-but-compensation-remains-a-sticking-point</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to work toward de-escalating months of tension over renewed xenophobic violence, following high-level talks in Abuja this week. But beneath the diplomatic language, the two countries remain far apart on the question diaspora communities care about most: whether victims will ever be compensated.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/nigeria-and-south-africa-move-to-ease-tensions-after-deadly-xenophobic-attacks-but-compensation-remains-a-sticking-point</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Congo's Sons Carry Belgium Into a Different Kind of African Story]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/congos-sons-carry-belgium-into-a-different-kind-of-african-story</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Morocco may be the only African flag left standing in this World Cup, but African blood still runs through more than one dressing room left in this tournament. Friday afternoon in Inglewood, Belgium walks out to face Spain with a spine built on Congolese roots, and that is a story worth telling too.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/congos-sons-carry-belgium-into-a-different-kind-of-african-story</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Revenge Hour: Morocco Faces the Ghost of 2022 as France Awaits in Foxborough]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/revenge-hour-morocco-faces-the-ghost-of-2022-as-france-awaits-in-foxborough</link>
                <description><![CDATA[At 4pm eastern this afternoon, the Atlas Lions walk into Gillette Stadium carrying more than their own ambitions. They are the last African nation standing at this World Cup, and they are staring straight at the same team that ended their historic run in the 2022 semifinals. T]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/revenge-hour-morocco-faces-the-ghost-of-2022-as-france-awaits-in-foxborough</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Elephants Have Done It: Ivory Coast Make World Cup History in Philadelphia]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/the-elephants-have-done-it-ivory-coast-make-world-cup-history-in-philadelphia</link>
                <description><![CDATA[They have been to the World Cup before. They came in 2006 with Didier Drogba at his absolute peak. They came in 2010 and 2014 with squads full of talent and expectation. Three times they qualified. Three times they fell in the group stage and went home early.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/the-elephants-have-done-it-ivory-coast-make-world-cup-history-in-philadelphia</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Goodbye or Glory: Senegal's Last Dance at the 2026 World Cup]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/goodbye-or-glory-senegals-last-dance-at-the-2026-world-cup</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Today is not just a football match. Today is a reckoning. At 3 pm Eastern time, the Lions of Teranga walk onto the pitch at BMO Field in Toronto knowing that every second of the 90 minutes ahead of them is the last competitive football Senegal will play at this World Cup. Beat Iraq and score enough goals to matter. Or pack your ba]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/goodbye-or-glory-senegals-last-dance-at-the-2026-world-cup</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[How Did It Come to This? Senegal Are on the Brink and Time Is Running Out]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/how-did-it-come-to-this-senegal-are-on-the-brink-and-time-is-running-out</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Before this World Cup began, Senegal were being talked about as Africa's best hope for a deep run. Unbeaten in qualifying. A squad packed with Premier League quality. A captain in Kalidou Koulibaly who commanded respect across the world. A fanbase still burning with fire after the AFCON controversy. A team, many believed, with everything it needed to go far.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/how-did-it-come-to-this-senegal-are-on-the-brink-and-time-is-running-out</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Warriors in the Rain: Ghana's Redemption Story Begins in Toronto]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/warriors-in-the-rain-ghanas-redemption-story-begins-in-toronto</link>
                <description><![CDATA[It was raining in Toronto. A cold, grey, wet Canadian evening. Not the setting anyone imagined for Ghana's return to the World Cup. Not the night the Black Stars had pictured when they dreamed of redemption.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/warriors-in-the-rain-ghanas-redemption-story-begins-in-toronto</guid>
                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[52 Years of Waiting Ended With One Header: DR Congo's Historic Night in Houston]]></title>
                <link>https://breakingpointnews.com/52-years-of-waiting-ended-with-one-header-dr-congos-historic-night-in-houston</link>
                <description><![CDATA[They waited 52 years for this moment.Fifty-two years since a nation called Zaire walked onto a World Cup pitch and represented the heart of central Africa. Fifty-two years of watching other nations qualify, of coming close, of falling short, of a football-mad country of 100 million people watching the world's greatest tournament from the outside.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[OKAI JOHN <admin@gmail.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://breakingpointnews.com/52-years-of-waiting-ended-with-one-header-dr-congos-historic-night-in-houston</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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