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PSG star Neymar may choose a move to Real Madrid to avoid being in Lionel Messi’s shadow at the Nou Camp, according to former Spanish footballer Alvaro Benito. Neymar is keen to leave the Parc des Princes behind and is attracting interest from both Barcelona and Real Madrid. Reports have suggested the Brazil international’s preference would be to return to ...

Sudan needs $8 billion in foreign aid over the next two years to cover its import bill and help rebuild its ravaged economy after months of political turmoil, its new prime minister said on Saturday. Abdalla Hamdok, sworn in three days earlier to head a transitional government after the ousting of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir, said up to another $2 ...

Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel admits the club must look to resolve the issue around Neymar’s transfer after playing another game without the Brazilian on Sunday. Neymar is set to leave the French Ligue 1 champions this summer with his former club, Barcelona and Real Madrid circling around. With Neymar again absent from PSG’s 4-0 win over Toulouse on Sunday, ...

The Chinese Community in Ghana has condemned ongoing violence in Hong Kong. Members of the Community rallied at the Sentuo Ceramic factory in Tema on Sunday, August 25, 2019, to register their displeasure over happenings in Hong Kong, and to call for an end to the violence. They included Chinese traders, diplomatic and servicemen and women. The rally was organized ...

Twitter has reacted to calls for more to be done in preventing racist abuse of footballers on social media platforms by agreeing to meet with representatives of Manchester United they announced on Wednesday. United executives were keen for a meeting with Twitter after their French World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba was the victim of abuse following his penalty miss in ...

The former Red Devils defender believes the right approach has been taken at Old Trafford in favouring young, hungry, British additions Rio Ferdinand is “happy” that Paulo Dybala did not join Manchester United, with the Juventus forward’s apparent reluctance to take on a challenge suggesting that he does not have “the right minerals” for the Red Devils. A move to ...

The British NGO Global Witness has alleged financial malfeasance against son of the president of the Republic of Congo, Christel Denis Sassou Nguesso. The group said it had discovered documents pointing to the siphoning of over $50 million in public funds by President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s son. Their report indicates the money received would have been used to set up ...

Two oil companies have discovered the first oil deposit in the northern part of the Republic of Congo. The discovery was announced over the weekend in the town of Oyo. According to experts, the features of this first onshore oil field promises a possibility to quadruple the country’s production. The Delta de la Cuvette deposit, covers an area of 9,392 ...

The Libyan Ambassador to the United Nations, Elmahdi Elmajerbi has condemned the deadly car bomb attack in Benghazi Saturday. The blast which occurred outside the Arkan Mall in the Hawari vicinity, killed at least 3 UN staff. “This cowardly attack today in Benghazi followed the abduction of a member of parliament, Ms. Seham Sergiwa, two weeks ago, whose fate is ...

Leader of Nigeria’s Shi’ite sect Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife Zeena will fly out of Nigeria to India today to seek medical treatment, local media outlets have reported citing his lawyer Femi Falana. Government banned the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) in July after a week of protests in which the group said at least 20 of its members were ...