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Rwanda’s electoral body has banned Diane Rwigara, an outspoken critic of President Kagame, from running in next month’s presidential election. Only Mr Kagame and two other politicians – Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent Philippe Mpayimana – were exonerated by the electorate. Ms. Rwigara, leader of the …

Cars, houses, private jets, yachts, money… Many international footballers lead lavish lives. But they often find themselves ruined overnight by divorces, some of which cost a staggering amount of money. Here are 10 footballers who lost almost everything after a divorce: Emmanuel EbouéLouis Saha.Thierry Henry.Ryan Giggs.Wes Brown.David James.Jamie Redknapp.Steven Gerrard.Ashley …

Although erotic and pornographic content was already circulating on the social network X (formerly Twitter), it’s now official since Monday June 3. Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, on the other hand, have implemented heavy restrictions on such content. Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, he first changed the name to …

Canadian authorities announced on Thursday that they had dismantled a vast migrant smuggling network accused of having transported hundreds of people from Canada to the United States for a year. The network charged thousands of dollars to migrants, who had already arrived in Canada but came from elsewhere, and helped …

Six people were killed on Thursday in Algeria following flooding caused by heavy rains in the country’s western governorates. This is according to a press release from Algeria’s Civil Protection Services (Défense Civile), after receiving calls on Wednesday evening reporting missing people swept away by the floods. “Five bodies of …

More than one in four children under the age of 5 in the world live in “severe food poverty”, or more than 180 million children who risk serious after-effects due to lack of a nutritious and diversified diet, Unicef warns. A “shocking” number of children “survive on a very poor …

A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempting to sexually assault a 13-year-old girl in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. The convict pleaded guilty to the charge brought against him by the Lagos State Government and was sentenced accordingly. “The convict attempted to penetrate the victim’s …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old woman who was captured maltreating a female child in a viral video in Nigeria. Before her arrest, an X.com user had shared the video asking for help rescuing a female child who was being maltreated. A voice in the video condemned …

A Senegalese court has jailed two men for “spreading false news” after they accused Prime minister Ousmane Sonko of tolerating homosexuality. Activist Bah Diakhate and Imam Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Ndao were jailed for three months and fined 100,000 CFA francs ($165, £130) each. They were arrested two weeks ago after …

Dozens of gold miners are trapped underground after a mine collapsed in central Nigeria’s Niger state, local media reported. The incident happened on Monday after heavy rainfall in Niger state but news was slow to emerge because of the country’s general strike, which was called off on Tuesday. Niger State …