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A Portuguese court on Thursday ruled that former Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente, accused by Portuguese prosecutors of corruption and money laundering, can be tried in Angola, which Portugal hopes will remove a major thorn in the bilateral ties. The long-running case, which will now be sent to the African nation, has angered Angolan authorities, including its new president, Joao ...

Ethiopia to have stake in Djibouti port Djibouti has agreed to a proposal made by Ethiopia to acquire a share of its port, though the size of the stake is unclear. To finalize the deal with Djibouti, Ethiopia is agreeing to trade shares in its major firms, including Ethiopian Airlines. More than 95% of Ethiopia’s import and export trade passes ...

Authorities in Kenya have ordered an investigation into circumstances surrounding the Nakuru dam burst that left over 40 people dead. The walls of the reservoir, on top of a hill in Nakuru county, 190 km (120 miles) northwest of Nairobi, gave way late on Wednesday, unleashing a ‘sea of water’ that careered down a hillside and smashed into two villages, ...

he World Health Organization is preparing for the worst case scenario in an Ebola outbreak in a remote area of Congo, including spread to a major town, WHO Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response Peter Salama said on Friday. He told a regular U.N. briefing in Geneva that he hoped the Democratic Republic of Congo would give the green light within ...

Mohamed Salah will attend both Liverpool’s end-of-season awards and the Football Writers’ Association’s annual event on Thursday night, a source has confirmed to ESPN FC. Salah will be present at Anfield for Liverpool’s fifth annual Players’ Awards before then boarding a flight to London, where he will be honoured at the FWA’s Footballer of the Year dinner. The 25-year-old was ...

JOSE MOURINHO wants Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford to stay at Manchester United for next season. France international Pogba has been routinely criticised for his performances and was even axed by Mourinho for the first leg of their Champions League clash with Sevilla. He has scored just six goals and provided 10 assists in 25 league appearances for second-placed Manchester ...

JOSE MOURINHO has accused some of his Manchester United stars of lacking mental strength. Mourinho reckons United’s inconsistency this season – they are the only team to lose to each of the three promoted clubs – indicates some players cannot reproduce the level of performance week-by-week needed to recapture the title from neighbours City. He didn’t mention names but it ...

Ugandan authorities are hunting for a leopard in Queen Elizabeth National park after it snatched and ate a ranger’s three-year-old son. The toddler had been left in the care of a nanny at the unfenced staff quarters of a safari lodge in the park, when he was taken by the leopard on Friday night. Wildlife authority spokesman Bashir Hangi said ...

Even with no World Cup on his calendar, Christian Pulisic has a big summer ahead of him. The highly-rated American teenager has been subjected to numerous transfer rumors over the past 12 months since bursting onto the scene with Borussia Dortmund, with many taking him to the English Premier League. With Dortmund’s future in flux, it could be the right ...

NEYMAR will be at Real Madrid next season, according to Spanish journalist Eduardo Inda. The Paris Saint-Germain star is at the top of Real Madrid’s wishlist this summer as club president Florentino Perez looks set to splash the cash. Following a disastrous defence of their La Liga title, Zinedine Zidane knows he needs a mass overhaul of the squad if ...