As ban nears end, Arsenal goalkeeping target Andre Onana slams Van der Sar over contract truth, plans Ajax exit
Ajax goalkeeper and Arsenal transfer target Andre Onana has revealed that he has 15 offers on the table over his playing future. The 25-year-old is currently in a state of limbo as he serves the final two months of his doping ban. Indeed, the Cameroon international was hit with a...
Unreported and unregulated fishing by Chinese in Ghanaian waters is rife, now killing fishing industry
Essien, a 28-year-old Ghanaian fisheries observer, was working on board the Chinese trawler Meng Xin 15 when he captured video of the crew engaging in saiko, a practice in which a catch is transferred from a trawler to a large canoe. The illegal catch then is sold to local communities...
Taliban renounce al Qaeda and ISIS, vow Afghanistan will not host the extremists
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said on Tuesday there was no evidence of Islamic State or al Qaeda militants being in the country, days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Since toppling the Western-backed government in Kabul last month, the Taliban have faced pressure...
Although Khartoum has agreed to hand over Bashir to ICC, competing domestic interests remain a hurdle
The Sudanese government is performing a delicate balancing act in the interests of advancing justice during a complex political transition. The question when, where and how ousted President Omar al Bashir will face criminal justice crimes against humanity. In August, Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi announced that...
Fear grips Burundi capital after a series of explosions that claimed three lives, injured scores
A series of explosions hit Burundi’s commercial capital, killing at least three people and injuring dozens on Monday evening, police and media reports said, the latest in a string of attacks. The blasts in Bujumbura followed a deadly grenade explosion in a bar in the capital Gitega on Sunday and...
US Justice Dept rules assets seized from Equatorial Guinea VP to pay for vaccine, medicine
The US Department of Justice says it will use money from assets seized from Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, which the DOJ alleges Obiang obtained through corruption. Of that amount, $19.25 million will go to the United Nations to buy Covid-19 vaccines, and $6.35 million will pay...
Washington raises concerns about standoff between Somalia’s president and prime minister
The United States has called on the president and prime minister of Somalia to resolve their “dispute,” so as not to further delay the country’s electoral process, with the African nation’s presidential election scheduled for October 10. “Cooperation among Somalia’s leaders – particularly President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ and Prime...
Rising tennis star Emma Raducanu delays her return to the court after her stunning US Open triumph
Emma Raducanu has delayed her return to tennis action following her magnificent US Open victory earlier this month after pulling out of next week’s Chicago Fall Classic event. Raducanu won her first ever Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows without dropping a single set and her potential return to action was...
End the humanitarian crisis in Tigray or face punitive sanctions, President Biden warns Ethiopia
The United States has paved the way for further sanctions to be imposed on parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia, where thousands have been killed and millions are in need of humanitarian assistance. A new executive order allows Washington to take punitive action against those in the Ethiopian and...
Somalia’s president berates Djibouti for ‘illegally’ detaining his security advisor
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has accused neighbouring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security advisor, a criticism which appeared linked to a destabilising row between the president and his prime minister. Djiboutian authorities held the advisor, Fahad Yasin, preventing him from travelling to Mogadishu by air, the director of...
