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At least one person was killed and 20 injured on Saturday in a stampede at Sierra Leone’s packed main stadium with tens of thousands gathered for the swearing in of the country’s new president Julius Maada Bio, police and the Red Cross said. Thousands had patiently queued up since morning to enter the stadium but then Bio’s supporters tried to ...

Egypt said it protested on Saturday to Moscow about an online poll by Russian state-owned channel RT on whether readers view a disputed border territory as Egyptian or Sudanese. The Egyptian foreign ministry said it contacted Russian authorities to express its “strong condemnation” of the poll, demanding “an urgent explanation for this unacceptable conduct”. The online vote focused on the ...

On May 19, 1978 French soldiers parachuted into the Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kolwezi to rescue hundreds of Europeans held by rebels who had already massacred several. The operation that followed freed the 2,000 hostages – mostly French and Belgians working for a state mining company – but not before more than 120 Europeans and many more locals ...

Suicide bombers have attacked three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city Surabaya, killing at least 11 people. Around 40 others were injured in the attacks, which occurred within minutes of each other. No group has so far said it carried them out. TV pictures showed debris scattered around the entrance of one church. Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country, has seen ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho has revealed mixed news on injured forwards Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial. United went into their final game of the season against Watford assured of second place and with one eye on next weekend’s FA Cup final against Chelsea. But Jose Mourinho was forced to make attacking changes anyway due to the ankle injury Lukaku ...

LIVERPOOL transfer news is coming in thick and fast and Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the very latest from Anfield. Liverpool transfer news LIVE updates: All the latest from Anfield Ronaldo?! Well this needs to be filed in the ‘outlandish’ transfer rumour section. Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly wants Real Madrid to sign Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah. The ...

Zimbabwe’s ex-first lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly filed a court application to “force” a local company to hand over at least five hectares of “prime land” it donated to her in 2011. According to the state-owned Herald newspaper, through her lawyers, Grace petitioned the court to force the company to stick to its promise, saying the company donated the land ...

An Egyptian court has acquitted two police officers who were previously convicted and sentenced to five years over the killing of a detained lawyer. Sunday’s verdict by the Cairo Criminal Court overturned the earlier verdict against the officers, who were accused of beating lawyer Karim Hamdi to death in February 2015. Hamdi was detained on charges of belonging to the ...

Champions Manchester City finished the season on a record 100 points after Gabriel Jesus scored with almost the final touch against Southampton, who secured Premier League survival despite losing. Southampton needed a point to make sure of safety but Swansea’s 2-1 home defeat by Stoke means Saints will play in the top flight for a seventh successive season. A stunning ...

Britain’s foreign secretary says that two British tourists being held hostage in the Democratic republic of Congo have been released two days after being kidnapped. Boris Johnson didn’t offer any further details in the statement released on Sunday, but paid tribute to the authorities from the African country and the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation “for their tireless help during ...