Beirut – At least 14 prisoners have died from likely Covid-19 complications in scantly-monitored outbreaks of the disease at Egyptian detention centres, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. “At least 14 prisoners and detainees have died, most likely from Covid-19 complications, in 10 detention facilities as of July 15,” the rights groups said in a statement....
Algiers – The global wave of anti-racism protests sparked by the US police killing of George Floyd has barely touched North Africa, despite everyday discrimination in a region with a long slave-trading history. Black citizens in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who come to work, study or try to...
Kano – At least 23 Nigerian troops were killed when they were ambushed by a gang of so-called “bandits” in a remote village in the northwest of the country, security sources said Sunday. The gang opened fire Saturday on the soldiers who were on foot in a forested part of the Jibia district in Katsina...
Serena Williams will make her return to the WTA tour at a new hardcourt tournament in Kentucky in August, organisers said. The Top Seed Open said 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams and 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens will be in the field when play begins on 10 August. Williams hasn’t played since representing the...
Covid-19 Football Club from Windhoek reigned supreme at the Groot Aub football challenge tournament over the weekend by beating Airports Eagles on penalties after they played to a 90 minutes goalless draw. The tourney that started last weekend with a total of 36 teams participating. The quarter-finals took place on Saturday, on-field A, where Deon...
Tiri Masawi Olympian Gaby Ahrens (39) has found a new love in unearthing Namibia’s next generation of stars. Counted among one of Namibia’s greatest athletes after competing in the trap (shooting) event in the 2008, 2012 – where she was her country’s first female flag-bearer) – Ahrens wants to be the gift that keeps on...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho says the club are lucky to have striker Harry Kane and that the England skipper “would not be so special” at another team. Kane, who recovered from a hamstring tendon issue during the three-month Covid-19 shutdown, looked back to his best with two quality goals as Spurs defeated Leicester City...
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted David De Gea’s place is not guaranteed after the goalkeeper endured another error-strewn display in Manchester United’s FA Cup semifinal defeat to Chelsea. Chelsea will face London rivals Arsenal in the final on 1 August thanks to a pair of embarrassing blunders from De Gea in United’s 3-1 loss at Wembley...
Paris – French authorities have reported 400 to 500 active coronavirus outbreak clusters but there are no signs of an imminent “second wave,” Health Minister Olivier Veran said yesterday. Many of the current virus clusters involve abattoirs or other contained professional settings such as old age homes, he said. Others had resulted from family reunions...
Three men died in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday morning at around 03h00 in Windhoek when the driver allegedly lost control over the vehicle. An incident report, issued by the Namibian police, said the incident occurred on the B1 road Western Bypass under the bridge between the Katutura State Hospital and the Windhoek Central...