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FRENCH Second Division football side Le Havre can count on its man in form, Tino Kadewere who arrived from Sweden last summer. This 23-year-old Zimbabwean international is the most expensive transfer in the club’s history but that is not enough to impress him as he has a mission more perilous to complete: it is called Ligue 1.
Ronaldo accepts €18m deal over tax evasion
MADRID. — Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has cut a deal with a court in Madrid over tax evasion charges, accepting an €18.8m (£16.6m) fine yesterday.
ZPC Kariba fire assistant coach, manager Nagoli
ZPC Kariba have sacked assistant coach Mabelo Njekwa and manager Kennedy Nagoli ahead of the start of the new Premiership season.
Hero Saungweme laid to rest
HUNDREDS of mourners on Sunday thronged Manicaland Provincial Heroes’ Acre to bid farewell to liberation war hero Cde Culver Saungweme, who died on January 17.
African nations to develop child protection strategy
WINDHOEK. — Child protection officials from 27 countries and regions will meet in Namibia for the first time to discuss the current and local child protection trends and develop a child protection strategy for the Eastern and Southern African (ESAF) regional office.
EU, AU signal support for Congo president-elect
BRUSSELS. – European and African leaders said on Tuesday they would work with Democratic Republic of Congo following Felix Tshisekedi’s heavily disputed presidential election win, but pointedly refused to congratulate him.
Police in Kenya on trial over killing of UK aristocrat’s son
CAPTION: Hillary Monson (right), mother to the late Alexander Monson, with Ruth Syombua Kiki who also lost her son in unclear circumstances while in the hands of police. – Nation Media Group/File
Sudan police tear gas protesters in Omdurman
KHARTOUM. – Sudanese police fired tear gas at crowds of demonstrators in the capital’s twin city Omdurman on Tuesday protesting against the fatal wounding of a demonstrator last week, witnesses said.
2 polio cases in Moza caused by virus from vaccine: UN
MAPUTO. – Global health officials say they have identified two cases of polio in Mozambique caused by a mutated virus in the vaccine, marking another setback for attempts to eradicate the crippling disease.
Uganda’s largest telecom confirms arrest, deportation of employees
KAMPALA. — MTN Uganda, one of the largest telecommunication companies in Uganda, on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of two of its senior employees by security operatives.