Revealed: France striker Mbappe’s $620 million mega club deal puts him above PSG teammates Messi, Neymar
Kylian Mbappe’s PSG mega-contract will see the forward earn over £547 million ($620 million) in three years, according to reports. The 23-year-old signed a new deal with the French champions in the summer when he seemed destined to leave for Real Madrid in a shock U-turn that preceded legal battles...
Uganda sets bar high for conservation crimes after court commits ivory trafficker to life in jail
A Ugandan court has sentenced an ivory trader to life in prison – the longest sentence for such crimes in the country’s history. A new law was passed in 2019 that toughened sentences for poaching or trafficking in endangered species. Pascal Ochiba was arrested in January this year with two...
Cristiano Ronaldo woes: There’re players at Old Trafford who don’t need a scarecrow in Man United shirt
On so many levels, it was the night when Erik ten Hag truly arrived at Manchester United. A comfortable 2-0 against an admittedly flaccid-looking Spurs was the best performance since his arrival at the club. It was a marker that, while a tilt at the Premier League title this season...
Russia ramps use of Iranian-made suicide drones as experts warn war in Ukraine has entered a dark new era
The war in Ukraine has an ominous new noise. People living in Afghanistan and Nagorno-Karabakh have talked about a sound that makes them run for cover. It’s not an explosion or a jet screaming overhead, it’s the menacing whirr of a drone. And on Monday, that whirr arrived in the...
Peace discord: At present South Sudan is a haven for those who commit the most atrocious crimes
Human rights expert have called on African support to enable South Sudan to implement a peace accord entered by the various factions to pacify the country. The appeal by the members of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan follows a visit to Ethiopia where they urged African...
At least 150 killed, hundreds uprooted from their homes in renewed fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state
At least 150 people including children have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes over land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, a medic said Thursday. The fighting is some of the worst in recent months, and crowds took to the streets of the...
Last supper: Sulking Ronaldo may not play for Man United again, is being forced out of the exit
Furious Erik ten Hag wants Cristiano Ronaldo out of Manchester United after sensationally axing him from his squad. The United legend has almost certainly played his last game for the club after he refused to come on as a late substitute in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Spurs. Ronaldo, 37, stormed...
US opinion pollsters are no longer ‘seen as gurus, who can’t be wrong’ but conniving data fiddlers
If pollsters were transparent, TargetSmart CEO Tom Bonier, a poll critic says, they’d share their “likely voter” models, and even release different scenarios based on different turnout assumptions. “But pollsters are seen as gurus – they can’t be wrong. If they admit their polling is based on these ‘models,’ does...
US midterms: Why are pollsters getting the stick after years of seeming to hold elections trump card?
It’s said to be wrong to kick a person when he or she is down. If Monday’s New York Times/Siena poll were a person, it’s been stomped so severely that a compassionate observer would step in to stop the fight. But even though the poll that launched a thousand headlines...
While its neighbours build their armies and hardware factories, Kenya’s concentrating on military education
When officials inaugurated the National Defence University-Kenya (NDU-K) in August, it was more than just the opening of a new school. For those present at the sprawling campus in Lanet, it was the culmination of decades of investment in the country’s professional military education. Forty years ago, Kenya was the...
