English Premier League set for bizarre ‘crisis club derby’ as winless Liverpool faces Man United
Really, it’s Graeme Souness we feel sorry for. Just a day after he finally got his Men’s Game for Burly Men back it was once again cruelly snatched from him as Our League – our glorious league – was forced to endure the shameful sight of a dastardly foreign making...
Rising armed violence and killings blot further South Africa’s sullied image as police left helpless
A month ago, 16 people died when more than 130 bullets were fired at the Mdlalose Tavern in Nomzamo Park informal settlement in Soweto, Johannesburg. Two weeks ago, eight women were raped, some of them several times, allegedly by nearly 20 illegal miners who attacked a group filming a music...
As Bitcoin industry goes wild, questions emerge about legality of the unregulated crypto-currency economy
If you have paid casual attention to crypto news over the past few years, you probably have a sense that the crypto market is unregulated – a tech-driven Wild West in which the rules of traditional finance do not apply. If you were Ishan Wahi, however, you would probably not...
Man United owners turned Red Devils into the living dead, now ten Hag can’t save the zombified team
You had to feel for Erik ten Hag in his post-game interview on Sunday. He’d strode out onto the Old Trafford pitch chest out, shoulders back, cutting an impressive and determined figure as he accepted the applause from fans. This was a man ready to get to work. A new...
Kenya’s China-built railway is a hot-button issue new government must address to halt economic drain
Fireworks popped and confetti rained down in the seaside city of Mombasa when Kenya’s president inaugurated the country’s new railway — designed, funded and built by China. President Uhuru Kenyatta proclaimed that the new train would connect the port in Mombasa to the neighbouring country of Uganda, create jobs and...
Al-Qaeda-linked al Shaabab terror group’s attacks in Ethiopia raises fresh concerns about its regional presence
The al-Shaabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the border from neighbouring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in recent weeks that a top US military commander has warned could continue. The deadly incursions into Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country and long seen as an anchor of security...
Analysis of Arsenal vs Crystal Palace season opener shows the Gunners are rough diamonds
Gabriel Jesus and Wiliam Saliba were excellent, but an Arsenal duo provided cause for concern for Mikel Arteta at Selhurst Park. Jesus didn’t just thrive – as most of us predicted – but dominated as the main man in the Arsenal attack against Crystal Palace in their 2022-23 Premier League...
‘Baba-qued’ and ‘Hustled’ Kenyans wait with bated breath to vote in close presidential poll in history
Raila Amolo Odinga, a veteran Kenyan political leader and one-time prime minister, has long cast himself as an anti-establishment firebrand, despite belonging to one of the country’s top political dynasties. But his decision to strike an alliance with his arch-rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta, and secure the ruling party’s backing as...
Report: Demoralised Russian troops self-mutilating to escape war as Ukraine resumes grain exports
Vladimir Putin has been humiliated by the news that Russian soldiers are allegedly “self-mutilating” in a desperate bid to escape from the front lines, according to British newspaper The Express. “In order to return to Russia, the invading soldiers are mutilating themselves and pretending to be sick, according to Ukraine’s...
Killing al Qaeda chief al Zawahiri sets off scramble for dominance of Africa by Islamists
It was one of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s last victories. Just over a week before the al-Qaeda leader was killed in Kabul by missiles fired from a US drone, militants from the organisation’s biggest affiliate in sub-Saharan Africa attacked the most important military base in Mali. The tactics of the attack were...
