Uganda’s top distance runner Joshua Cheptegei continued his stready return to the track with yet another 4th place finish, this time in the 3ooom at the Paris Diamond Athletics League on Saturday night. In front of 14,568 spectators at Charléty Stadium, Cheptegei clocked 7:34.96 to finish fourth in a race …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on the news media Sunday by tweeting a video — bizarre even by his standards — showing him knocking down and beating a professional wrestling “villain” whose face had been replaced by a CNN logo. The …
Read More »Sadam Juma scores a beauty as KCCA destroys Moroccans
Today KCCA FC ?? 3 FUS Rabat ?? 1 Rivers Utd 0 Club Africain 2 July 7 Africain v KCCA, & FUS v Rivers 11pm Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Midfielder ace Sadam Juma showed why KCCA FC went out of the way to sign him mid-season with a beauty …
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Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Samsung Electronics said Sunday it would start selling a refurbished version of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone this week after an embarrassing recall over exploding batteries rocked the tech giant last year. The recall of millions of Galaxy Note 7 devices cost the world’s …
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Read More »UN demands electoral timetable for troubled DR Congo
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Bamako, Mali | AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist force, with France urging greater support for the Sahel region amid mounting insecurity. The so-called “G5 Sahel” countries just south of the Sahara — Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, …
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