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Billionaire French tycoon Vincent Bollore was detained on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation into his group’s activities in West Africa where it operates several ports, legal sources told AFP. The 66-year-old head of the Bollore Group was taken into custody in the Paris suburb of Nanterre for questioning about how the group obtained contracts to run Lome port ...

LIVERPOOL sensation Mohamed Salah is the best player in the world on current form, claims BT Sport pundits Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard. Salah scored twice and assisted another two in Liverpool’s 5-2 Champions League semi-final first-leg win over Roma tonight. The Egyptian has now scored 43 goals in all competitions for the Reds, second behind Ian Rush’s all-time record ...

Officials in Nigeria say gunmen have killed 15 people in an early-morning attack on a Catholic church, including two priests. The attack took place in Ayar-Mbalom, a community in Benue state. Terver Akase, a media aide to the Benue state governor, says the attackers also burned down 50 houses. President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement calls the violation of a ...

Israel announced on Tuesday it had abandoned plans to expel African migrants who entered the Jewish state illegally, after failing to find a country willing to host them. The plan had targeted some 42 000 migrants of Eritrean and Sudanese origin currently living in Israel. Government legal advisers informed the Supreme Court of the plan’s cancellation after certain unspecified countries ...

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has been named in a 20-man squad to fly to England for Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg at Arsenal. Boss Diego Simeone said at the weekend the Spain forward had “no chance” of being fit for the game at Emirates Stadium because of a hamstring injury. He has missed three games since limping out ...

MOHAMED SALAH barely celebrated when he fired Liverpool in front against Roma in the Champions League this evening.   That can’t be said for the Liverpool fans watching the Champions League semi-final in his native Egypt however. Mohamed Salah gave the Reds the lead on 35 minutes with a stunning strike after picking the ball up on the edge of ...

Facebook has finally revealed the rules which will get you banned if they are broken. The social network has just announced its ‘Community Standards’, which sets out six forbidden activities. ‘The consequences of breaching our Community Standards vary depending on the severity of the breach and a person’s history on Facebook,’ Zuck’s firm wrote in a blog post. ‘For instance, ...

A driver suspected of killing 10 people and injuring 15 more by ploughing a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto has appeared in court in the city. Alek Minassian, 25, was charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder. Mr Minassian wore a white jumpsuit, with a shaved head and his hands behind his back. ...