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Former Barcelona club president Jose Nunez started his prison sentence on Sunday after being convicted of bribing tax inspectors. Antena3 television showed a car carrying Nunez arrive at the Quatre…
Zidane’s son debuts for Real B
Zinedine Zidane’s eldest son, Enzo, made his debut as a substitute for Real Madrid ‘B’ in a 2-1 win over Conquense in Spain’s Segunda B on Sunday. Ex-Real and France…
Candidates for 2017 Afcon named
The Confederation of African Football says Egypt is among four candidates to host the 2017 African Cup of Nations. Caf says Algeria, Gabon and Ghana are also being considered, while…
Russia expels diplomats
MOSCOW — Russia expelled several Polish diplomats for spying yesterday, deepening the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War as the EU eyed fresh sanctions against Moscow over the violence…
African Union welcomes new Burkina Faso leader
ADDIS ABABA — The African Union yesterday welcomed the appointment of career diplomat Michel Kafando as Burkina Faso’s interim president following the ousting of its veteran leader.
Ebola: Hundreds under watch in Mali
BAMAKO — Mali says it has placed more than 440 people who may have been exposed to Ebola under surveillance as it battles to contain the spread of the deadly…
Doctors torture, kill suspected thief
KOLKATA — A mob of doctors killed a suspected thief at a medical college in India by tying him up and slashing his penis with a razor, in a case…
Sudan denies UN access to Darfur village to check rape accusations
SUDAN has refused to let UN and African Union peacekeepers visit a village in the western Darfur region to investigate allegations of mass rape for the second time this month,…
US screens travellers for Ebola
WASHINGTON — US authorities yesterday were to begin enhanced Ebola screenings of travellers from Mali upon arrival in the United States amid fears of a surge in cases in the…
One killed, many arrested in Kenya police raid on mosques
AT least one person was shot dead and several others arrested early yesterday as police conducted a massive joint security operation against two mosques in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa.