Djokovic secures world No1 spot
ON the day the youngest player in the top 100, Borna Coric, turned 18, Novak Djokovic proved his pedigree, beating Tomas Berdych with ridiculous ease and confirming his official status…
Tunisia qualify for Afcon finals
TUNISIA coach George Leekens says he is happy to have qualified for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations even if their performance against Botswana was not great. The Carthage Eagles…
Morocco banned from next two Afcons
MOROCCO will be barred from the next two Africa Cup of Nations as punishment for refusing to host the 2015 edition in January-February, Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou…
G20 summit: US, Europe blast Russia over Ukraine
Western leaders attending a G20 summit blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday for the crisis in Ukraine, threatening further sanctions if Russia did not withdraw troops and weapons from its…
Senegal partially reopens borders with Ebola-hit states
Dakar — Senegal has reopened air and sea borders with Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the countries worst hit by the Ebola virus. The frontiers had been closed since…
Boko Haram invades two towns in North East Nigeria
Scores of Boko Haram fighters last Thursday invaded two towns in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state after hunters and civilian vigilantes reportedly ousted them from a key town, residents told AFP.
Rat poison chemical found in pills linked to India sterilisation deaths
Tablets linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women who visited a sterilisation camp in India are likely to have contained a chemical compound commonly used in rat…
Burkina Faso govt to have civilian leader
OUAGADOUGOU — Opposition parties, army representatives and religious leaders in Burkina Faso have reached an agreement on forming a one-year transitional government headed by a civilian president, media reports said…
Court thwarts president’s plans to tap brother as Vice President
Botswana’s government says it will accept a court ruling that effectively thwarts President Ian Khama’s bid to appoint his brother as vice-president. Khama, re-elected for a second term last month,…
Britain ‘prepared to walk away from European Union’
London — Britain will walk away from negotiations with European Union partners if its pleas for immigration reform are ignored, raising the real possibility of leaving the bloc altogether, Foreign…






