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The government of Cameroon will accept dialogue as part of measures to end the Anglophone crisis, Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji is reported to have said. He however stresses that the sole condition to the dialogue being that it will be held with persons who are advancing the unity of Cameroon as a nation. His view effectively means that the ...

Destiny’s Child have performed together at Coachella. Beyonce brought band mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams on stage during her headline set at the festival in California last night. The trio began their surprise performance with their 2004 hit Lose My Breath, followed by Say My Name and Soldier. It’s the first time they have appeared together since the Stellar ...

A court in the self-declared republic of Somaliland has sentenced a young poet to three years in jail. Nacima Qorane was found guilty of bringing the state into contempt by advocating for Somaliland to reunite with Somalia. Pressure groups in Somaliland said Ms Qorane’s basic human rights have been violated. Somaliland self-declared independence in 1991, but is not recognised internationally. ...

Arsenal will face Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semi-finals, while RB Salzburg play Marseille. The Gunners will play the first leg at home on Thursday, 26 April, with the second leg a week later on 3 May. The final will be held in Lyon, France on Wednesday, 16 May, with the winner guaranteed a place in next season’s Champions ...

Liverpool will face AS Roma in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Jurgen Klopp’s Reds cruised past Manchester City to reach the semi-finals of the competition with a 5-1 aggregate victory, and they will face Italians Roma. Second-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino killed off any hopes of a City fightback after an early Gabriel Jesus strike, securing ...

Ghana moved up three places to 51st position in the latest Coca-Cola FIFA Ranking released on Thursday. The Black Stars had occupied the 54th position in the March rankings, but gained 602 points to tie with Cameroon in 51st position. The Black Stars, despite not playing a friendly game in March, move up to 7th on the continent, behind Tunisia, ...

MANCHESTER UNITED could yet sign Real Madrid star Gareth Bale but only if the Wales international is within their spending limits, according to reports. Bale’s Real Madrid future has taken a turn for the worse after struggling against Juventus in the Champions League last night. As the Serie A giants soared back into the tie, the wing wizard was hooked ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO grabbed the glory in the Champions League last night – and still found the time to console Gianluigi Buffon after Real Madrid’s controversial victory. Buffon was sent off when protesting a very late penalty call in Real’s 3-1 victory over Juventus. Juve had battled back from their 3-0 first-leg deficit and looked set to take the quarter-final into ...

Michael Oliver gave Real Madrid a penalty which saw them edge past Juventus Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon was then sent off for his reaction to the decision Real converted the spot-kick to knock Juve out of Europe 4-3 on aggregate Juve chief Andrea Agnelli blasted Oliver, claiming he and UEFA were anti-Italian Juventus president Andrea Agnelli blasted Michael Oliver after ...

Manchester United managing director Richard Arnold spoke about development He said there’s not much space to expand to it is complex engineering challenge United are looking into adding extra tier onto the Sir Bobby Charlton stand Arnold added that it would be a ‘multi-season challenge’ leaving them ‘homeless’ Manchester United will be ‘homeless’ if they want to expand Old Trafford ...