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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Venezuela’s capital Caracas in support of President Nicolás Maduro – and his self-proclaimed interim successor Juan Guaidó. Mr Guaidó said the country’s opposition movement would “carry on in the streets”. Mr Maduro told supporters he was the only president of Venezuela. Mr Guaidó declared himself president last month and is backed ...

South Africa’s radical left party has pledged to prioritize employment and reclaim land by the country’s black majority. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) revealed this in its manifesto launch on Saturday ahead of the May scheduled general elections. “We cannot postpone the land question, we cannot postpone the job question, it must happen now, we don’t want to be told ...

Belgium has agreed to take in former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Saturday, February 2 according to reports. “In response to a request from the International Criminal Court, Belgium has agreed to take in Laurent Gbagbo,” said spokesman Karl Lagatie, who added that he did not know if ...

The Central African Republic and 14 armed groups reached a peace deal during talks in Khartoum on Saturday, the United Nations said. The talks started on Jan. 24, the U.N. Mission in the Central African Republic said on Twitter. The Central African Republic has been in chaos since 2013 when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted the president, provoking a backlash ...

Maurizio Sarri has admitted that the Chelsea head coach’s job is tougher than he anticipated, but says he does not have a plan B as he bids to turn around the Blues’ ailing league form. Chelsea suffered an embarrassing 4-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Wednesday – their heaviest loss in the league for 23 years – which saw them drop ...

Unai Emery is considering giving a debut to Denis Suarez when Arsenal face Manchester City on Sunday, live on Sky Sports. The 25-year-old trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Friday after joining on loan from Barcelona until the end of the season. Suarez spent two seasons with Manchester City before moving to Barcelona in 2013 and ...

Maruoane Fellaini has left Manchester United to join Chinese Super League club Shandong Luneng on a permanent deal. Fellaini, 31, travelled to China on Thursday to discuss personal terms – having already undergone a medical – after the two clubs reached an agreement in principle. The midfielder has been at Old Trafford since being signed from Everton by David Moyes ...

PAUL POGBA would only ‘improve’ at Barcelona, Real Madrid or Manchester City. That is according to Paul’s brother Florentin, who has revealed all about his sibling’s current position at Manchester United. “When my brother leaves Manchester United, there are only three clubs he can go to to improve: City, Real Madrid or Barca,” Florentin told AS. “He’s not going to ...

MO SALAH is back on social media and the reason behind his disappearance has now been revealed. The Liverpool star posted a cryptic tweet this week which read: “2019 Resolution: Time to get in touch, for real.” Salah then deleted his Twitter account before removing Facebook and Instagram shortly after. But the frontman is now back – and it appears ...

Thierry Henry was suspended from his role as coach of struggling Ligue 1 side Monaco on Thursday with the former French international striker expected to be quickly axed. “Henry has been suspended until a definitive decision is made,” Monaco said in a statement, adding assistant coach Franck Passi would oversee training on Friday ahead of their trip to fellow strugglers ...