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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed High Court Judge Priscilla Chigumba as the new chairperson of the national election agency, according to an appointment letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The Zimbabwe Election Commission has not had a permanent chairperson since Rita Makarau resigned in December, months before a vote whose credibility is crucial to Mnangagwa’s efforts to re-engage the ...

Jordan Ayew is happy to reunite with his older brother Andre who re-signed for Swansea City. Andre has penned a three-and-a-half-year contract at the Liberty Stadium after the Swans agreed an undisclosed fee with the Hammers. The 28-year-old forward returns to Wales having left the Swans to join West Ham for £20.5 million almost 18 months ago. His arrival is ...

A Kenyan member of parliament, TJ Kajwang, who presided over the symbolic inauguration of Raila Odinga has been arrested. The legislator who is also one of Odinga’s lawyers was arrested outside a court building in the capital, Nairobi. Local media reported that Kajwang has been directed to go to the Offices of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation. RUARAKA MP TJ ...

Uganda’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has led tributes and condolences to fallen musician, Mowzey Radio, of the globally acclaimed Ugandan music duo, Goodlyfe Crew. Mowzey Radio whose real name is Moses Sekibogo passed away at one of the major private hospitals in the capital Kampala in the early hours of Thursday morning. The 34 year old artist who many describe ...

The last week has seen PS Plus subscribers on an emotional rollercoaster as games were leaked, questioned, revealed as fake and then bizarrely offered for free again. Initially, it was suggested that the PS Plus February 2018 line-up had leaked ahead of time, with Far Cry 4, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin and PlayLink title That’s You ...

CHELSEA owner Roman Abramovich will ask for Marco Asensio in exchange for Eden Hazard joining Real Madrid, according to sensational claims from Spain. Eden Hazard has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid and Los Blancos are expected to break the bank for him in the summer. The Belgian’s reluctance to sign a new deal being offered by ...

Borussia Dortmund have agreed a deal to sign Chelsea forward Michy Batshuayi on loan for the rest of the season, subject to a medical. The deal could hasten Arsenal’s signing of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who Dortmund have said they will only sell if a replacement is found. Chelsea could sign Olivier Giroud from the Gunners as a replacement for Batshuayi ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to keep the detention centre open at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Trump’s decision, which was announced shortly before his State of the Union address, reversed an order by President Barack Obama to close the controversial prison. ABC News reported the executive order retains the U.S. right to move new detainees to the facility ...

Berlin – A member of Germany’s far-right and anti-Muslim Alternative for Germany party (AfD) who recently converted to Islam has said he did so in protest at what he sees as the “moral decline” of the Protestant church. Arthur Wagner, 48, until recently a leading party member in the state of Brandenburg, told the Bild newspaper on Wednesday that his ...

Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday laughed off a US list of Russians tapped for possible sanctions, joking that he was offended his name was not on it, but nevertheless branded it an “unfriendly act”. The 65-year-old Russian leader – who spoke before the US Treasury said it would act on its list “in the near future – ...