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Nigeria sack coach Amodu
February 7th, 2010 |
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Nigeria have sacked coach Shaibu Amodu following their third place finish at the African Nations Cup and have begun the search to replace him with the World Cup finals just four months away. Amodu had been given official backing in Angola during the Nations Cup by the federation’s board as the
Ghana best of World Cup five in Angola
February 2nd, 2010 |
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With the glaring exception of Ghana none of the five World Cup-bound teams competing at the Africa Cup of Nations left Angola with their reputations enhanced. Ghana can look forward to South Africa with plenty of optimism after overcoming a horror injury list to make it to Sunday’s final where
India steps up scramble with China for African energy
January 31st, 2010 |
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India has stepped up its efforts to gain an economic foothold in Africa in a new scramble with China for the continent’s resources, signing energy deals with top oil producers Angola and Nigeria. India has lagged behind China’s aggressive courting of African nations to secure rights to
Eto’o confident of Cameroon success
January 21st, 2010 |
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African superstar Samuel Eto’o is banking on fighting spirit driving Cameroon into the Cup of Nations quarter-finals tomorrow. The “Indomitable Lions” tackle fellow former champions Tunisia in the Angola town and the stakes are high. Victory for four-time title holders Cameroon over the
Inter hitman expects Lions to roar in Angola
January 13th, 2010 |
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Star striker Samuel Eto’o says Cameroon are set to inflict more pain on neighbours Gabon when they clash in the Africa Cup of Nations today. The central Africa countries came face-to-face twice within four days last September in qualifiers for the 2010 Angola tournament and a Cameroon team
Angola knew Cabinda matches are risky, says World Cup chief
January 13th, 2010 |
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Angola knew the dangers of staging games in the restive Cabinda enclave and must take responsibility for the deadly gun attack at Africa’s premier football event, the World Cup boss said yesterday. “How long is it known that there is a separatist group in Angola for many many years? What are the
Eagles keen to get off to a flyer
January 12th, 2010 |
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Defending champions Egypt and Nigeria clash in the Africa Cup of Nations Group C curtain raiser under the scorching afternoon sun at the brand-new Ombaka Stadium in Angola today. Both teams are expected to progress to the knockout stages of the continental showpiece at the expense of Mozambique
Two held in Angola after rebel attack on Togo team
January 12th, 2010 |
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Police in Angola are holding two suspects in connection with the shooting of the Togolese football team which left two squad members dead, officials said yesterday. “Two assailants were captured on Friday, one a few minutes after the attack and the second at the border while crossing into
Second separatist group claims Togo football team attack
January 12th, 2010 |
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A second separatist group on Tuesday claimed it was behind last week’s deadly shooting on the Togolese football team in Angola’s oil-rich enclave of Cabinda. The attack has already been claimed by Rodrigues Mingas, head of the Forces for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda-Military
A deadly game
January 11th, 2010 |
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A lethal attack casts a shadow over Africa’s biggest football tournament
A DEADLY terrorist attack on Togo’s national football team, in Angola for the Africa Cup of Nations, has left Danny Jordaan as sick as a dog. “There’s no way this can have an impact on the 2010 World Cup,” the head of South Africa’s organising committee for the event, said. But his agitation belied his fears. Just when Mr Jordaan thought the doubters about South Africa’s suitability to host the globe’s greatest sporting tournament had been silenced, new questions are being raised.
The Togolese footballers were ambushed by a dozen heavily armed separatist guerrillas as they travelled by bus from Congo-Brazzaville, where they had been training, to the neighbouring oil-rich Angolan province of Cabinda two days before the tournament, hosted by Angola, kicked off on Sunday January 10th. Three people—the team’s assistant coach, their spokesman and their Angolan driver—were killed. Another nine members of Togo’s party were wounded including Togo’s reserve goalkeeper. He was airlifted to a hospital in Johannesburg after being shot in the back. His condition is said to be stable. …
Africa soccer Cup starts, Togo hope to join later
January 11th, 2010 |
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Togo’s soccer team arrived home on Sunday after a deadly ambush of their team bus, but the sports minister said they hoped to return to Angola, where Africa’s biggest sports tournament got underway. Though overshadowed by the deaths of a Togo squad coach and a press officer in Friday’s
Togo PM recalls team from African Cup
January 10th, 2010 |
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Togo’s prime minister says its national football team must return home immediately and not compete in the African Cup of Nations tournament in Angola. Gilbert Houngbo made the announcement Sunday in Lome, two days after a deadly ambush on the team’s bus in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda. The prime minister said if a team presents itself “under the Togolese flag,” it will be a “false representation.”
Three dead after ambush on Togo soccer team
January 10th, 2010 |
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Africa’s biggest soccer tournament starts in Angola on Sunday, overshadowed by an ambush by separatist rebels on the Togo team bus that killed three people and wounded seven. Togo’s government said it was pulling the team out of the African Nations Cup. But a squad member was quoted as
Gunmen ambush Togo football team in Angola
January 9th, 2010 |
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Gunmen have ambushed a coach carrying Togo’s national football team in Angola, killing the driver, wounding two players and seven backroom staff. The attackers machine-gunned the vehicle as it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola’s oil-rich Cabinda region.
Is Dick Cheney Really That Bad?
January 5th, 2010 |
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Here is a sample of headlines about Dick Cheney from the last 24 hours:Ron Paul slams Cheney: US ‘doing exactly what bin Laden planned’Olbermann: Cheney ‘nothing more, nothing less’ than traitor[Congressman] Grayson: Did Satan write Cheney’s book i…
Serbian basketball squad drawn to Group A
December 15th, 2009 |
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Serbia’s national basketball team will play against Argentina, Australia, Germany, Angola and Jordan in Group A of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The competition will be hosted by Turkey from August 28 until September 12 next year.
The UN and corruption: Extracting teeth, and other things
November 12th, 2009 |
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A new coalition campaigns to stop practitioners of graft paying the price
TRY to work out what these states have in common: Algeria, Angola, China, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. They range from secular to religious, anti-Western to more or less pro-Western. Some rely on “extractive industries” whose proceeds enrich the elite while many people remain poor.
But the point on which all nine states concur is that citizens should not be told much about corruption, either at home or elsewhere. At a meeting in Qatar, they teamed up to render as toothless as possible the enforcement mechanisms for the UN Convention against Corruption. …
Liberty, equality—not impunity
October 30th, 2009 |
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Jacques Chirac, a former president of France, faces trial for corruption
A DECISION by an investigating judge to send Jacques Chirac, a former president, to stand trial in a court is without precedent in modern French history. Mr Chirac is accused of “misappropriation of public funds” during his time as mayor of Paris. The decision comes in a month in which the entrails of France’s one-time ruling elite have been spilling out. A former interior minister, Charles Pasqua, was this week sentenced to a year in prison (and a suspended sentence of two years) for involvement in arms trafficking to Angola. A former prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, has also been tried in connection with a smear campaign and is awaiting a verdict.
The case against Mr Chirac concerns 21 “fake jobs” that were allegedly created for friends at the Paris town hall, where he held office between 1977 and 1995. As long as he was president, from 1995 to 2007, Mr Chirac was immune from prosecution, and his lawyer has argued that he remains so for acts carried out during his time in office. This has frustrated various investigating judges over the years, who have compiled numerous dossiers concerning Mr Chirac, all of which have been dropped, in some cases because the statute of limitations had expired. …