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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Wayne Lumbasi The third round of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) qualifiers for FIFA World Cup 2022 is set to take place this weekend, with 10 teams vying for five spots to compete at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 21 November to 8 December. The first leg of all matches will take […]
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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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Wayne Lumbasi Five consortium offers for Chelsea FC have been confirmed. Interested parties had until 9pm on March 18 to lodge a bid for the club, before a preferred bidder can be announced. It comes as the Blues look for new owners to succeed Roman Abramovich, who had to sell the club after receiving sanctions […]
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Wayne Lumbasi More than nine million children will be vaccinated against the poliovirus in the first round of mass campaigns across four countries in eastern and southern Africa after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. The vaccine rollout comes after it was confirmed last month that a 3-year-old girl was paralyzed by wild poliovirus in […]
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Wayne Lumbasi A 96-year-old Holocaust survivor was killed last week in a Russian bombing in his home city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The victim, Borys Romanchenko, survived the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald, Peenemünde, Dora and Bergen-Belsen during World War II. The Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation confirmed Romanchenko’s death in tweet on Monday. The foundation […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang bagged a brace in a 4-0 win in El Clasico as Barcelona inflicted a damaging defeat on Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. While Carlo Ancelotti’s side started well, they fell behind just before the half-hour mark when Aubameyang got ahead of Eder Militao to glance home an Ousmane Dembele cross […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Charles Leclerc claimed a brilliant win for Ferrari at the season-opening Bahrain GP while Red Bull suffered two late podium-costing retirements as a new era of Formula 1 got off to a pulsating start in the desert. Leclerc and Max Verstappen went toe to toe for much of the first race of the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Online gambling has been gaining traction in Africa. Although the African market only accounts for 1.1% of online gambling worldwide, it is a booming industry in the region. Africa is getting more and more attention from foreign investors and casino owners. After years of restrictions, several African countries have just recently welcomed legal gambling on […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Thursday’s Premier League match between Everton and Newcastle was interrupted after a pitch invader tied himself to one of the goalposts at Goodison Park. The Play was brought to a halt shortly after the start of the second half when the protester managed to attach his neck to the post using cable ties. After […]
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