Music titan Quincy Jones who worked with likes of Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and introduced Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg to filmgoers, dies

Music titan Quincy Jones who worked with likes of Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and introduced Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg to filmgoers, dies

Jones rose from running with gangs on the South Side of Chicago to the very heights of show business, becoming one of the first Black executives to thrive in Hollywood and amassing an extraordinary musical catalog that includes some of the richest moments of American rhythm and song.

Read more
Why Turkey took advantage of wars in Ukraine and Gaza to forge firm military, economic alliance with Somalia

Why Turkey took advantage of wars in Ukraine and Gaza to forge firm military, economic alliance with Somalia

The opening of a training facility in Mogadishu has increased Turkey’s strategic depth in the Horn of Africa, projecting the country towards both sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. And the use of Turkish drones in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has shown Turkish defence arrangements have become a factor in local dynamics.

Read more
African infrastructure experts meet in Addis Ababa to review project implementation  

African infrastructure experts meet in Addis Ababa to review project implementation  

As a move toward regional integration road, railway and air interlink are high on Agenda 2063 to raise intra-Africa trade and lower tariffs as a way of lowering the cost of doing business and deceleration o abject poverty.

Read more
New York marathon pulls in 2024 Olympians as top Paris runners flock to US for the year ender

New York marathon pulls in 2024 Olympians as top Paris runners flock to US for the year ender

Tola is joined by Paris runner-up Bashir Abdi of Belgium, who is seeking his first major title after a trio of podium finishes, and the fastest in the field Evans Chebet, who won two years ago and triumphed for Kenya in Boston twice.

Read more
Revealed: Man United’s lack of cutting edge in front of goal led to sacking of manager Ten Hag, hiring of Amorim

Revealed: Man United’s lack of cutting edge in front of goal led to sacking of manager Ten Hag, hiring of Amorim

Manchester United executives began assessing candidates afresh, with Ruben Amorim high in their thoughts. They had already looked at the Sporting Lisbon head coach in the summer but after conversations both parties decided the time wasn’t right then. His release clause was higher and United directors wanted to see how Ten Hag fared in a new structure.

Read more
Sixty-five year old former Rwandan doctor to spend rest of his life in prison for 1994 genocide

Sixty-five year old former Rwandan doctor to spend rest of his life in prison for 1994 genocide

Three decades after the genocide, several witnesses travelled to Paris for the four-week trial and gave graphic descriptions of the killings in the Butare region where Rwamucyo was at the time.

Read more
Fifty 50 years after the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Congolese youths still dream to scale heights of world boxing

Fifty 50 years after the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Congolese youths still dream to scale heights of world boxing

As Congo marks the 50th anniversary of the Rumble-in-the Jungle on Wednesday, boxing dreams live on not only in the capital, Kinshasa – where the Ali-Foreman fight happened – but also in the grassroots promotions like Nyama’s out in Goma, a city in the heart of a region that has seen decades of conflict, displacement and crisis.

Read more
Man United considers Sporting Club manager Amorim to cast bad spell from Red Devils

Man United considers Sporting Club manager Amorim to cast bad spell from Red Devils

Ruben Amorim has shown his desire to bring young talent into the first team – including Goncalo Inacio, Matheus Nunes, Nuno Mendes and Ousmane Diomande – and has improved the team’s quality with the resources at his disposal.

Read more
South Africa submits 5,000-page legal claim to world court in which it accuses Israel of genocide

South Africa submits 5,000-page legal claim to world court in which it accuses Israel of genocide

The Hague-based court has so far issued three rounds of emergency measures, ordering Israel to halt a military offensive in Rafah and open more land crossings for aid into Gaza.

Read more
How Man City’s Rodri beat Vinicius Jr to Ballon d’Or, petulant Real Madrid know he deserves it

How Man City’s Rodri beat Vinicius Jr to Ballon d’Or, petulant Real Madrid know he deserves it

To say that Madrid have thrown their toys out of the pram would be an understatement. Some rumours emerged on Sunday that Rodri might have edged it, but the front cover of Monday’s Marca still hailed Monday as the day that Vinicius would win the Ballon d’Or.

Read more