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Eritreans are unable to access social media networks as at today (May 15), the BBC’s Tigrinya Service reports. People have thus been forced to turn to Virtual Private Networks, VPN, to exchange messages. In Eritrea, the internet cannot be accessed via mobile phones, the report added. The government is said to have taken the measure to avert an intended protest ...

Benin’s justice system opened a “judicial investigation” on Tuesday following the kidnapping of two French tourists on May 1 and the death of their Beninese guide in the north of the country. The Office of the Special Prosecutor of the Court for the Suppression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET) of Benin reported on Tuesday that it “opened a judicial ...

Barely a week after final results from the May 8 polls were declared, South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, have launched a post poll campaign. The party – the third biggest – is embarking on the removal of all campaign posters with a two pronged mission – showing leadership and for financial considerations. “Fellow fighters, we are called upon to engage ...

Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases. Supporters say they expect the law to be blocked in court but hope that the appeals process will bring it before the Supreme Court. They want the court, which now has a conservative majority, to overturn ...

UEFA investigators want Manchester City to be banned from the Champions League for a season if they are found guilty of breaking financial rules. However, according to one well-placed source, a final decision is yet to be made by chief investigator Yves Leterme. The former Belgian prime minister, chairman of the investigatory panel of UEFA’s independent financial control board, is ...

A famous follower of the Blues, who is revelling in another Premier League title triumph, believes arch-rivals have become stuck in a serious rut Manchester United are “in trouble”, says Noel Gallagher, with the former Oasis star seeing the struggles of Paul Pogba and Co set to continue as Manchester City go from strength to strength. The Red Devils once ...

Here is your complete guide to United’s 2019-20 pre-season and matches, dates, venues and all you need to know about their summer Manchester United have a packed pre-season tour planned with trips to Australia, Singapore and China ahead of the new 2019-20 campaign. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be looking to bring back the positivity to a Red Devils side that ...

Spain’s football league, La Liga, yesterday announced that their clubs had posted a record revenue of €4.479 billion for the 2017-18 season. The number marks a 20.6 per cent growth from the previous campaign (€3.6 billion) and therefore becomes the best in the competition’s history. Crucially, it has not been bloated by a new TV deal given the figures come ...

Mauricio Pochettino is anticipating an “amazing” all-English Champions League final after his Tottenham side took inspiration from Liverpool to stage an incredible comeback to beat Ajax. Lucas Moura scored a second-half hat-trick, and 96th-minute winner, as Spurs progressed on away goals on Wednesday. It came 24 hours after Liverpool beat Barcelona 4-0, having lost the first leg 3-0, to book ...

The Dutch side are expected to lose key players to bigger clubs this summer. Jose Mourinho has accused Ajax of naivety after their Champions League collapse against Tottenham. Ajax’s ambitions of meeting Liverpool in the June 1 final were destroyed as Spurs staged an extraordinary second-half revival in Amsterdam on Wednesday, overturning a 3-0 aggregate deficit to progress on the ...