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  The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia graced the launch of PaySwitch Company Limited. In HE. Dr. Bawumia’s key note address, he lauded the Ghanaian own Fintech Company, PaySwitch, for their initiatives and effort to also contribute to the objectives of government to enhance the ease of doing business in the country using technology.   ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Romelu Lukaku will play against Chelsea in the FA Cup final even if he is not 100 per cent fit. That’s the verdict of Old Trafford great Andy Cole, who’s also hailed the goalscoring prowess the Belgian has displayed this season. Lukaku is a doubt for Saturday’s showdown with his old club Chelsea at Wembley due to ...

EDEN HAZARD has told Chelsea – sign some good new players for next season or I could be gone. The Belgian star, set to lead Chelsea’s attack in the FA Cup final against Manchester United on Saturday and a target for Real Madrid this summer, has still not signed the £300,000-a-week contract that has been offered to him. But he ...

Chelsea missed out on a place in next season’s Champions League after being beaten by Newcastle’s outstanding performance on the last day of the Premier League campaign. The Blues had a chance of sneaking into the top four by winning against the Magpies, but Liverpool’s victory over Brighton means they finish fifth and must settle for a Europa League spot. ...

At least one person was killed and 20 injured on Saturday in a stampede at Sierra Leone’s packed main stadium with tens of thousands gathered for the swearing in of the country’s new president Julius Maada Bio, police and the Red Cross said. Thousands had patiently queued up since morning to enter the stadium but then Bio’s supporters tried to ...

Egypt said it protested on Saturday to Moscow about an online poll by Russian state-owned channel RT on whether readers view a disputed border territory as Egyptian or Sudanese. The Egyptian foreign ministry said it contacted Russian authorities to express its “strong condemnation” of the poll, demanding “an urgent explanation for this unacceptable conduct”. The online vote focused on the ...

On May 19, 1978 French soldiers parachuted into the Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kolwezi to rescue hundreds of Europeans held by rebels who had already massacred several. The operation that followed freed the 2,000 hostages – mostly French and Belgians working for a state mining company – but not before more than 120 Europeans and many more locals ...

Suicide bombers have attacked three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city Surabaya, killing at least 11 people. Around 40 others were injured in the attacks, which occurred within minutes of each other. No group has so far said it carried them out. TV pictures showed debris scattered around the entrance of one church. Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country, has seen ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho has revealed mixed news on injured forwards Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial. United went into their final game of the season against Watford assured of second place and with one eye on next weekend’s FA Cup final against Chelsea. But Jose Mourinho was forced to make attacking changes anyway due to the ankle injury Lukaku ...

LIVERPOOL transfer news is coming in thick and fast and Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the very latest from Anfield. Liverpool transfer news LIVE updates: All the latest from Anfield Ronaldo?! Well this needs to be filed in the ‘outlandish’ transfer rumour section. Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly wants Real Madrid to sign Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah. The ...