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Klopp not wishing Salah too much luck at Africa Cup of NationsFri, 05 Jan 2024 12:28:25 GMT

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp joked Friday that he is not wishing Mohamed Salah too much luck at the Africa Cup of Nations as he prepares for a crucial spell of games without his top scorer.Salah is away with Egypt for the tournament in Ivory Coast while Japan captain Wataru Endo will be involved at the …

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S.Africa’s Pistorius released on parole 11 years after murdering girlfriendFri, 05 Jan 2024 10:11:44 GMT

South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from jail on parole Friday and “is now at home”, authorities said, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee was quietly whisked away from the Atteridgeville prison …

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S.Africa’s Pistorius released from prisonFri, 05 Jan 2024 08:21:38 GMT

South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from jail on parole Friday and “is now at home”, authorities said, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee was quietly whisked out from the Atteridgeville prison …

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Oscar Pistorius: Olympian hero turned disgraced killerFri, 05 Jan 2024 08:08:45 GMT

At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon. A year later, he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead with four bullets. The 37-year-old former athlete convicted of murder was released from prison on parole Friday having served more …

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S.Africa’s Pistorius to be released from prisonFri, 05 Jan 2024 04:20:18 GMT

South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole Friday, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee will leave the Atteridgeville prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria.The time and …

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Senegal’s top court upholds opposition leader defamation convictionFri, 05 Jan 2024 03:00:47 GMT

Senegal’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a six-month suspended sentence handed to jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for defamation, a state lawyer said, a decision widely seen as jeopardising his chances of running for president.The 49-year-old, who has filed to stand in next month’s presidential election, has been at the centre of a stand-off with …

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Sudan paramilitary leader Daglo holds talks in PretoriaThu, 04 Jan 2024 21:05:55 GMT

Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of Sudanese paramilitary forces that are fighting the national army, met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on Thursday as part of a tour of African capitals.Daglo has also met regional leaders in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Djibouti since late December, his first visits abroad since the start of …

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TotalEnergies to review land buyouts in contested Africa projectsThu, 04 Jan 2024 16:20:04 GMT

French energy giant TotalEnergies said Thursday it had launched a review of its land acquisition practices for controversial $10-billion projects in Uganda and Tanzania slammed by environmentalists.TotalEnergies is pushing ahead with its Tilenga drilling project in Uganda and the 1,443-kilometre (897-mile) East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) to transport it to the coast in Tanzania …

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Africa’s large birds of prey facing ‘extinction crisis’: studyThu, 04 Jan 2024 14:39:33 GMT

The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa’s large birds of prey facing a human-driven “extinction crisis” researchers said on Thursday.Previous research has shown that rapid human and agricultural expansion has had a particularly dire impact on vultures in Africa, due to habitat change and poisoning.But the new study by …

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