AFRICA’S FIVE WORLDCUP REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRMED

AFRICA’S FIVE WORLDCUP REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRMED

Wayne Lumbasi The five African nations heading to Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup were confirmed on Tuesday night. Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal will represent Africa in the World Cup. All five qualifiers booked their places at Qatar 2022 by winning two-legged playoffs. Senegal vs Egypt Senegal inflicted yet another penalty shootout defeat on Egypt as the […]

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 MANCHESTER CITY SUFFERS MAJOR BLOW IN PURSUIT OF ERLING HAALAND

MANCHESTER CITY SUFFERS MAJOR BLOW IN PURSUIT OF ERLING HAALAND

Wayne Lumbasi Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has rejected a mega-money offer from Manchester City as he continues to wait for Real Madrid.  Haaland is set to leave Dortmund in summer and a €75m release clause means that the German club will not have the power to block his exit. Several clubs are interested in signing the forward but the race has come […]

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 CHELSEA OWNER SUFFERED SUSPECTED POISONING DURING UKRAINE PEACE TALKS

CHELSEA OWNER SUFFERED SUSPECTED POISONING DURING UKRAINE PEACE TALKS

Wayne Lumbasi Russian billionaire and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich was reportedly poisoned during peace talks in Kyiv.  Alongside a number of Ukrainian negotiators the 55-year-old is said to have suffered symptoms of poisoning, such as sore eyes and skin peeling. Investigative website Bellingcat said the dosage and type of toxin was likely insufficient to cause life-threatening damage and was […]

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 KENYA LAUNCHES TOBACCO-FREE FARMS

KENYA LAUNCHES TOBACCO-FREE FARMS

Wayne Lumbasi Kenya is the first African nation to roll out the tobacco free farms project which aims at improving health and livelihoods by shifting farmers from growing tobacco to other sustainable crops. Tobacco farmers and their families are exposed to serious health risks through nicotine absorbed via the skin when handling wet tobacco leaves, exposure […]

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 AUTOCRACY VS. DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA

AUTOCRACY VS. DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA

There has been a gradual decline in democratic quality in Africa. For the first time in almost a decade, the number of countries designated by the Global State of Democracy Indices (GSDI) as authoritarian now outweighs those deemed to be democratic. The shift, mainly occurring over the past few years, has undermined an otherwise remarkable […]

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 2016 OLYMPIC CHAMPION  BANNED FOR DOPING

2016 OLYMPIC CHAMPION BANNED FOR DOPING

Wayne Lumbasi Olympic weightlifting champion Nijat Rahimov was stripped of his 2016 gold medal and banned for eight years for doping on Tuesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said the Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 weight lifter was guilty of “four urine substitutions” and disqualified from all his results since March 2016. Rahimov’s world record at […]

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