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Wrestling is enormously popular in Senegal — and the decisions that award victory or crushing defeat to the grapplers are now overseen by the same technology that is dividing opinion in football across the world. At a fight in December at the National Arena in Pikine, just outside the capital Dakar, 15,000 fans roared on the …

VAR aims to bring clarity to rowdy wrestling in SenegalSat, 06 Jan 2024 16:31:48 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s paramilitary chief spent the first months of the country’s war in the shadows. Now he has emerged to embrace civilian politicians and tour African capitals in a bid for international legitimacy, analysts say.Mohamed Hamdan Daglo — commonly known as Hemeti — commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which the United States accused of …

Sudan paramilitary chief bids for legitimacy in Africa tour: analystsSat, 06 Jan 2024 10:54:49 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday rejected jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s candidacy for next month’s presidential vote, his lawyer said, after a long-running judicial saga around the firebrand politician.The 49-year-old, who came third in the 2019 presidential election, has been at the centre of a bitter stand-off with the state that has lasted more than …

Senegal Constitutional Council rejects opposition leader’s presidential bidSat, 06 Jan 2024 01:38:03 GMT Read More »

The United States on Friday criticized Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye after he called for public stoning of same-sex couples, the latest anti-gay broadside by an East African leader.”The United States is deeply troubled by President Ndayishimiye’s remarks targeting certain vulnerable and marginalized Burundians,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.”We call on all …

US criticizes Burundi leader call to stone gay couplesFri, 05 Jan 2024 23:53:58 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday rejected the candidacy of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run in next month’s presidential vote, his lawyer said.The 49-year-old Sonko, who came third in the 2019 presidential election, has been at the centre of a bitter stand-off with the state that has lasted more than two years and sparked …

Senegal court rejects opposition leader’s presidential bidFri, 05 Jan 2024 17:38:44 GMT Read More »

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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