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South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma told a judge-led inquiry that allegations of corruption against him were a “conspiracy” aimed at removing him from the political scene. He was appearing for the first time at the inquiry, which is investigating allegations that he oversaw a web of corruption during his term in office. His supporters cheered when he entered building. Mr ...

US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen. He claimed the women “originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe”, before suggesting they “go back”. The tweet is directed towards a group of four congresswomen of colour; three were born and raised in the US, while the fourth moved ...

Real Madrid have confirmed coach Zinedine Zidane’s brother Farid has died. Zidane left the club’s training camp in Montreal on Friday due to personal reasons, with Madrid announcing he was to be absent for an unspecified period. Los Blancos held a minute’s silence ahead of training on Saturday after being made aware of Farid’s death. Zidane’s assistant David Bettoni will ...

Antoine Griezmann began the formalities of fitness and medical tests on his first day of pre-season as a Barcelona player on Sunday. The World Cup winner visited his new club’s training ground for routine examinations a day after arriving in Catalonia. Griezmann, 28, joined Barca on a five-year deal after the LaLiga champions triggered his €120million release clause at Atletico ...

With Benin and Nigeria set to sign up to the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA; Eritrea becomes the loner yet to sign up to the deal and to ratify same. The AfCFTA achieved maturity on May 30 after it received the required number of 22 signatories. Concerns had been raised especially over Nigeria’s failure to join. Nigeria, the largest ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council, HRC, on Thursday voted to extend the mandate of its Special Rapporteur on Eritrea for a one year period. The HRC also called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to present an oral update on Eritrea in March 2020. The voting process involved 37 countries out of which 21 voted in favour of ...

Zimbabwe has made an impressive start to its first ever tournament appearance at the Netball World Cup, leading Sri Lanka by 38-29 at half-time. Zimbabwe is one of four African teams at the tournament that is being hosted in Liverpool, England. The others are Malawi, Uganda and South Africa. The Zimbabwe Gems are in Group A, along with reigning champions ...

Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi discussed rumours linking the LaLiga champions to Neymar. Neymar returning to Barcelona would be “incredible”, though former star Xavi insisted a transfer to re-sign the Paris Saint-Germain forward would be “very difficult”. La Liga champions Barca have been linked to Neymar, who left Camp Nou for French giants PSG in a world-record €222 million ($250 million/£200 million) deal in 2017. The situation ...

President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said officials would obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a census. The retreat follows a long fight over the inclusion of the question, which the Supreme Court blocked in June. ...

Griezmann to sign Barca contract on Monday 14 minutes ago 09:47 Atletico Madrid release clause set to be paid on Friday Antoine Griezmann is expected to undergo a medical and sign his contract with Barcelona on Monday, according to Sport. Barcelona are expected to pay the €120 million (£108m/$135m) release clause in Griezmann’s Atletico Madrid contract on Friday, but will not finalise the transfer until after ...