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[East African] After a long wait following intense gunfire in parts of Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday, Guineans saw what many had been waiting for.
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
WARRIORS star Tino Kadewere is expected to make his official debut for Olympique Lyonnais when the club meets Paris Saint Germain (PSG) in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue at the Stade de France tomorrow night. BY HENRY MHARA The 24-year-old striker joined the French Ligue 1 side in January this year on a four-year contract, but was loaned back to former club Le Havre in the second division for the rest of the 2019/20 campaign. He was officially unveiled by the French giants in June, and immediately started training with his new teammates in preparation for two crucial end of the campaign matches.After their clash with PSG, Lyon — as Olympique Lyonnais is popularly known — will also face European giants Juventus in a Uefa Champions League match on Friday next week. Kadewere has featured for the club in friendly matches as they built up to the blockbuster clashes, and is expected to make his official bow for the club tomorrow.He took part in three of the five preparatory matches that Lyon played, scoring four goals as they beat Swiss lower tier club Port Valais 12-0 in the first game. The former Harare City star didn’t start the subsequent matches as he played second fiddle to Moussa Dembélé and former Villarreal man Toko Ekambi.He was a half-time substitute in the 2-0 win against Rangers of Scotland on July 16 before missing the game against Celtic two days later, a match that Lyon lost 2-0. On Wednesday last week, Kadewere was introduced with 13 minutes remaining in their 3-2 win over Belgian side Gent.He then missed the final friendly game against another Belgian side, Royal Antwerp last Friday which the French side again won 3-2. His omission from the final preparatory match could be a hint that the former Prince Edward High School student is likely to start from the bench against a star-studded PSG squad led by the mercurial Neymar Jnr. Lyon coach Rudi Garcia used a 3-5-2 formation in all the friendly matches that they played and it is highly likely that he will choose his skipper Memphis Depay and Dembélé as the two men to start upfront for this match. A former Manchester United player, Depay is the leader of the team and is revered not only in Lyon, but nationally, while Dembélé is the team’s number one striker. But the two men are both linked with moves away from the club in the next transfer window, and this could bring a window of opportunity for Kadewere to get a slot in the starting line-up next season. But before he could think of next season, Kadewere will be looking to make a big impression if given a chance tomorrow, an opportunity which he is almost certain to get after his big money move from Le Havre. Lyon are reported to have shelled over US$15 million to sign the highly-rated Warriors striker.He will become the first Zimbabwean to play in the Coupe de la Ligue final. Tomorrow’s final will sadly be the last in the competition’s history. The final was initially set for April 4, but was postponed due to the coronavirus.Sharing the pitch with a galaxy of PSG stars including Neymar Jnr, Ángel di Marí
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The late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis revealed Thursday that he had been “inspired” in his final days by nationwide protests against racial injustice and police brutality. In an op-ed authored shortly before his death and published on the day of his funeral by The New York Times, the Georgia Democrat reflected upon his own […]
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Many current and former Black players described the University of Iowa was a place where ”a small number of coaches felt empowered to bully and demean athletes, especially Black athletes.\"
THE Jamaican Government will, over the next five years, be providing 150 postgraduate scholarships for civil servants.The scholarships, valued more than $1 billion, is part of the human capital development thrust within the public service.
Nine people, including one police officer, have died in the West African state of Guinea, the security ministry said Wednesday, following days of unrest after a tense weekend presidential election.
In a statement, the ministry pointed to shootings and stabbings in the capital Conakry and elsewhere in the country since Sunday's presidential vote.
\"This strategy of chaos (was) orchestrated to jeopardise the elections of October 18, \" the ministry said, adding that many people had been injured and property was damaged.
Clashes were ongoing in Conakry on Wednesday, where a security officer, Mamadou Keganan Doumbouya, told the press that at least three people had died.
And a local doctor, who declined to be named, said he had received two dead bodies, and nine injured people, at his clinic.
The violence follows the high-stakes election in which President Alpha Conde ran for a third term in a controversial bid that had already sparked mass protests.
With tensions already running high, Guinea's main opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo on Monday declared victory in the election -- before the announcement of the official results, which are expected this week.
Opposition supporters are deeply suspicious about the fairness of the poll, although the government insists that it was fair.
Much of the tension in Guinea centres on Conde's candidacy.
In March, the 82-year-old president pushed through a new constitution which he argued would modernise the country. It also allowed him to bypass a two-term limit for presidents, however.
Security forces repressed mass protests against the move from October last year, killing dozens of people.
On Wednesday, plumes of black smoke rose over an opposition stronghold in the capital Conakry, where protesters erected barricades and lit fires, an AFP journalist saw.
Youths in alleyways also hurled stones at police officers stationed along a main artery who fired back tear gas canisters.
The security ministry stated that \"a police officer was lynched to death\" in a Conakry suburb, without specifying when the attack occurred.
In a social media post earlier on Wednesday, Conde appealed for \"calm and serenity while awaiting the outcome of the electoral process\".
- Clashes and barricades -
Ten candidates are in the race besides alongside frontrunners Conde and Diallo, old political rivals who traded barbs in a bitter campaign.
Despite fears of violence after the pre-vote clashes, polling day was mostly calm.
Then Diallo's self-proclaimed election victory ratcheted up tensions, and celebrations by his supporters descended into violent clashes with security forces on Monday.
The opposition politician said that security forces killed three youngsters that night, although AFP was unable to confirm the details.
Security forces also barricaded Diallo inside his house, the politician said on Tuesday.
Monitors from the African Union and the 15-nation West African bloc ECOWAS both said that Guinea's election was mostly fair, despite insistence from Diallo's camp tha
“I’ve come here today because I, like so many Americans, owe a great debt to John Lewis and his forceful vision of freedom,\" the former president said.
Nene Leakes is offering an update about her contract for 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' one week after her co-star Kandi Burruss announced that season […]
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THE CHICAGO CRUSADER — On Sunday, March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama, Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led hundreds of marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They were on their way to the state capitol fighting for the right to vote. On the other side of the bridge were the Alabama State Troopers on […]
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At today’s meeting of the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee, the committee approved file # 200250 Resolution approving a Project Plan and a Development Agreement, authorizing expenditures and creating Tax Incremental District No. 105 (Community Within the Corridor), in the 15th Aldermanic District. The file is sponsored by Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II. The []
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The happenings around the Xulu family from KwaMashu has kept South Africans entertained for years. Watch the latest episode of Uzalo online.
Kaizer Chiefs will see out the remainder of their season at their biggest rivals' home base, Orlando Stadium.
World Rugby has confirmed that international rugby will return on October.
At today’s meeting of the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee, the committee approved file # 200250 – Resolution approving a Project Plan and a Development Agreement, authorizing expenditures and creating Tax Incremental District No. 105 (Community Within the Corridor), in the 15th Aldermanic District.
In total, the project will see $59 million in development and include partners Scott Crawford, Inc., Roers Companies, Greenfire Construction and CommonBond.
Alderman Stamper is elated by the forthcoming development in the 15th Aldermanic District.
“Today we took a major step forward toward transforming the 15th District and on behalf of the residents of the district I want to thank all of the partners involved in making this happen,” said Alderman Stamper.
As part of the development, 197 housing units and 60,000 feet of commercial and community space will be created.
From architecture to hair styling, some professions may soon be easier for Floridians to enter. A new law paves the way to remove or reduce licensing requirements for dozens of occupations, in a move Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said will 'remove unnecessary barriers for individuals pursuing their professional aspirations.' The law 'will save thousands of Floridians both time and money […]
B-CU, Daytona State and ERAU are scheduled to start classes next month. BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES The coronavirus pandemic shut down colleges and universities back in March, which resulted in schools across the nation moving to online learning for spring and summer semester classes. As August creeps upon us, the start of another academic […]
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[Oil in Uganda] Since the discovery of oil and gas in the Albertine graben, management of oil waste has been a thorny issue not only for the oil - host communities but also environmentalists and other stakeholders.
