WORLD

Angola plans to privatise 74 state companies over the next few years, predominantly those in the industrial sector, according to the prospectus sent to investors as part of the country’s Eurobond issuance. Africa’s second-largest crude producer has been battered by a fall in the price of oil over the past four years and President João Lourenço, who took office in ...

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been charged by UEFA over his outburst towards referee Michael Oliver after his side’s Champions League quarter-final exit to Real Madrid. UEFA has announced that the Italian legend has been charged with breaching its “general principles of conduct” for his abuse of the English official. After Oliver awarded Real Madrid a last-gasp spot-kick – which Cristiano Ronaldo converted to ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has joined forces with graphic novel and animation producers Graphic India to help co-create a new cartoon series for kids. The show is called “Striker Force 7” and will see the often-overlapping worlds of professional football and superheroes brought together on screen once again. A character bearing Ronaldo’s likeness stands central in the promotional imagery, where he is ...

The United Nations agency for Children UNICEF on Friday published a report saying at least 770,000 children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Spokesman Christophe Bouliera Reuters TV in Geneva that UNICEF had appealed for $88 million to provide assistance in Kasai, but said only about 25 ...

A Portuguese court on Thursday ruled that former Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente, accused by Portuguese prosecutors of corruption and money laundering, can be tried in Angola, which Portugal hopes will remove a major thorn in the bilateral ties. The long-running case, which will now be sent to the African nation, has angered Angolan authorities, including its new president, Joao ...

Ethiopia to have stake in Djibouti port Djibouti has agreed to a proposal made by Ethiopia to acquire a share of its port, though the size of the stake is unclear. To finalize the deal with Djibouti, Ethiopia is agreeing to trade shares in its major firms, including Ethiopian Airlines. More than 95% of Ethiopia’s import and export trade passes ...

Authorities in Kenya have ordered an investigation into circumstances surrounding the Nakuru dam burst that left over 40 people dead. The walls of the reservoir, on top of a hill in Nakuru county, 190 km (120 miles) northwest of Nairobi, gave way late on Wednesday, unleashing a ‘sea of water’ that careered down a hillside and smashed into two villages, ...

he World Health Organization is preparing for the worst case scenario in an Ebola outbreak in a remote area of Congo, including spread to a major town, WHO Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response Peter Salama said on Friday. He told a regular U.N. briefing in Geneva that he hoped the Democratic Republic of Congo would give the green light within ...

Mohamed Salah will attend both Liverpool’s end-of-season awards and the Football Writers’ Association’s annual event on Thursday night, a source has confirmed to ESPN FC. Salah will be present at Anfield for Liverpool’s fifth annual Players’ Awards before then boarding a flight to London, where he will be honoured at the FWA’s Footballer of the Year dinner. The 25-year-old was ...

JOSE MOURINHO wants Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford to stay at Manchester United for next season. France international Pogba has been routinely criticised for his performances and was even axed by Mourinho for the first leg of their Champions League clash with Sevilla. He has scored just six goals and provided 10 assists in 25 league appearances for second-placed Manchester ...