Chelsea consider beefing up security for under-pressure manager Potter after death threats
Graham Potter has revealed he and his family have received vile death threats as a result of Chelsea’s miserable form. The Chelsea gaffer on Friday that he has been a target of vicious abuse wishing him and his family dead because of the Blues’ poor form. The struggling Blues boss...
Latest UN report on maternal deaths says many countries – including US – have fallen behind targets
Many countries, among them Cyprus, Greece and the United States, are falling behind on their goal to slash the rate of maternal deaths this decade, according to an analysis by various United Nations agencies published this week. For every 100,000 babies born in 2020, 223 mothers lost their lives owing...
Like phoenix rising from ashes (of war), South Sudan qualify for basketball World Cup at first attempt
South Sudan’s men have made history by qualifying for this year’s Basketball World Cup – becoming the first African nation to qualify at their first attempt. The Bright Stars beat Senegal 83-75 in their latest qualifier in Alexandria, Egypt, to seal their place at the tournament that will be co-hosted...
Russia’s ties to Africa are primarily military and its Wagner mercenaries’ presence is unlikely to silence the guns
As the world marks the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, it has been suggested that Africa needs a common approach to the war. So far Russia’s aggression has elicited contrary responses across the continent, as evidenced by the equivocal votes on numerous resolutions at the...
President Kiir wants 2.5 million South Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries return home
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir is appealing to the more than two million South Sudanese refugees living in neighbouring countries to start returning home. Kiir says his government will provide returning refugees with the necessary security. There are more than 2.3 million South Sudanese living as refugees in nearby countries...
Islamist rebel attacks linked to soaring mental disorder cases in troubled eastern DR Congo – reports
The M23 insurgency has absorbed the attention of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government and led to a flurry of regional peace efforts over the past year. Yet the conflict is just one of many driving humanitarian needs in the country. Of the more than 300 armed groups active...
Potter’s Blues: ‘Burning it all down and starting again makes sense if you’re Everton, but this is Chelsea’
Two wins in 14 matches across all competitions for Chelsea since the first week of November. A run of form even bleaker than the final weeks of Jose Mourinho’s second spell at the club in 2015-16, when a Premier League title defence came to resemble an unthinkable relegation battle amid...
Victor Osimhen: Lethal Serie A top scorer’s heroics divides Napoli fans who wore black face masks
Italy manager Roberto Mancini has defended children ‘blacking up’ as Serie A top scorer Victor Osimhen during carnival week in Naples. Sporting costumes, masks and capes, both adults and children traditionally attend the carnival dressed as one of their heroes – and this year several children chose to embody Osimhen,...
While frustration with corruption or poverty fosters Islamist terrorism elsewhere, regime profiteers in Chad feed it
Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism. The region is now described as the new global epicentre of violent extremism. The population is suffering immensely, and...
US First Lady Jill Biden starts sixth visit to Africa that will take her to Namibia and Kenya
US first lady Jill Biden opened a five-day, two-country visit to Africa on Wednesday during which she will focus on empowering women and youth and highlight food insecurity in the Horn of Africa region. Dancers representing Namibia’s different ethnic groups, some wearing red, white and blue, others dressed in bright...
