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Effective Monday January 1, 2018, all visitors to Rwanda started to get a 30-day visa upon arrival without prior application, the Rwandan Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration announced. Under the new visa regime, first announced last November, citizens of the other East African Community Partner states are entitled to six months visitors pass (renewable) upon arrival with no fee. ...

As people celebrated the new year with prayers, parties and fireworks, many African leaders took to social media to share their congratulations and also share their plans for the year ahead. Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta reminded the citizens of the achievements of his government in his first term of office and committed to do even more in his next term starting ...

Two people have died in Japan and several are in a critical condition after choking on traditional rice cakes as part of the new year celebrations. They may seem harmless, but each year the hard-to-eat snack claims several lives, prompting annual warnings from officials. The cakes, known as mochi, are cute round buns made of soft and chewy rice. The ...

BARCELONA could announce the signing of Philippe Coutinho this week, according to fresh reports from Spain. Coutinho has been on Barcelona’s radar ever since the summer when three bids were rejected by Liverpool. But Barcelona are ready to go in again and are confident of signing him this month. And Don Balon claim the deal could be agreed in a ...

A Thai family received the shock of their lives this month when the man they had cremated 7 months before casually waked through the front door as if nothing had happened. Sakorn Sacheewa, a 44-year-old man from Thailand’s Si Ka Ket province, returned home after two years working on a fishing boat, in a different part of the country. He ...

More than 300 actresses, writers and directors have launched a project to help fight sexual harassment in the film industry and other workplaces. The initiative, which is called Time’s Up, was announced via a full-page advert printed in the New York Times. The Hollywood project is described as a “unified call for change from women in entertainment for women everywhere”. ...

Gabriel Jesus has missed significant time for Manchester City before, and the Premier League leaders are waiting to find out whether his second injury will keep him out just as long. Jesus, 20, was led off the pitch in City’s 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace at the weekend with what has been reported as an MCL injury. Pep Guardiola had ...

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger says he could be without several players for tomorrow’s clash with Chelsea. Arsenal host Chelsea on Wednesday but Wenger will have a depleted squad to choose from. Sead Kolasinac picked up a knock in the draw with West Brom and is out for two weeks. Laurent Koscielny was also taken off with face a fitness test ...

Nine more people have been killed overnight as clashes between protesters and security forces continue in Iran for a sixth day, state media report. The latest violence, in the central Isfahan region, brought the number of reported deaths to at least 22. Six protesters died in what was described as an apparent attempt to seize guns from a police station. ...

ROB CROSS sensationally became the William Hill world darts champion as he did the one thing which would have got him the sack just over a year ago – he turned off The Power for good. On an emotional evening at the Ally Pally, Cross, a former electrician, brought to an end the incredible career of Phil Taylor with an ...