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The French government is being sued over the way it has sought to take over the France.com web domain. In 2015, France started legal action against Frenchman Jean-Noel Frydman, who had registered France.com in 1994. Two years later, a French court ruled in France’s favour and the government began to lobby domain host web.com to take control away from Mr ...

After a week of controversial Twitter postings, Kanye West has defended his support of the US president in a new song. The track Ye vs. The People sees the star trading lyrics with fellow-rapper T.I., who takes him to task over his support of Donald Trump. “You representin’ dudes who seem crude and cold-hearted,” argues T.I., adding that West is ...

More than 100,000 men in Mozambique are to be circumcised in a bid to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/Aids. The health authorities in the central province of Zambezia say their campaign will focus on districts of Ato-Molocue, Ile and Gurue, where circumcision is not a common practice. This is the second phase of a project that kicked off ...

Following the successes of two German Bundesliga clubs in holding pre-season camps in South Africa, Ghanaian fans could see their favourite Bundesliga clubs in the country soon. The Bundesliga fever is steadily catching up with many football fans on the African continent, being fruits of the league´s partnership with StarTimes Media after the Chinese company signed a five-year contract as ...

China on Saturday opened what it calls ‘’ a city of cinema’‘, the size of 500 football fields. It is hoping to rival Hollywood, attract foreign productions and boost the Chinese film industry. “The creation of the Oriental Film Metropolis is a milestone in the industrialization of Chinese cinema that fills a void in the heavy film production industry.It encourages ...

A former Defense Minister has been elected the new speaker of Somalia’s Lower House of Parliament, local media outlets have reported. The new speaker is in the person of Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman, the Voice of America’s Harun Maruf confirmed in a tweet. He has also previously served as ambassador to Turkey. Lawmakers converged on Monday to elect a new speaker ...

Eman El-Deeb, a young Egyptian woman, decided to leave her country in 2016. But it wasn’t for education, work or a partner. It was because of her hair. The 26-year-old has big curly hair that is admired in Spain, where she currently lives. But in Egypt, where many women seek to emulate European ideals of beauty, she felt like her ...

BARCELONA will look to loan out starlet Ousmane Dembele if they sign Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann. The former Real Sociedad star has been heavily backed to join the Catalan side this summer, after resisting offers from elsewhere at the start of the season. Griezmann is said to be the biggest priority for Barcelona in the transfer market this summer after ...

MOHAMED SALAH looks to have escaped retrospective action after appearing to lash out at Stoke’s Bruno Martins Indi on Saturday. The Liverpool winger has been in sublime form for the Reds this season. But Salah had an unusually quiet afternoon against Stoke at the weekend. The Egyptian missed a guilt-edged chance to open the scoring in the first half. And ...

SERGIO RAMOS has confirmed Real Madrid will not offer Barcelona with a guard of honour at the Nou Camp next week. Los Blancos are being urged to respect their arch-rivals when the two sides meet, after Ernesto Valverde’s side wrapped up the La Liga title against Deportivo on Sunday. Barcelona gave Madrid a guard of honour after Bernd Schuster guided ...