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DÉCRYPTAGE – Découvrez les notes attribuées aux acteurs du 101e Classique entre l'OM et le PSG (0-0), dimanche, au Vélodrome de Marseille. L'OM et le PSG se sont quittés sur un score de parité dimanche (0-0), au terme d'un Classique intense et disputé. Il n'aura manqué qu'un but pour faire basculer la rencontre dans une
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Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
LISBON, (Reuters) - Bayern Munich were crowned European champions for the sixth time after beating Paris St Germain 1-0 thanks to a second-half header from former PSG youth academy graduate Kingsley Coman in an absorbing Champions League final yesterday.
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Nigel Owens says refereeing the 2015 Rugby World Cup final was the pinnacle of his professional career, but has now turned to farming.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- On December 21, 2017, George Weah, a presidential hopeful of the opposition going for runoff election at the time, was seen with the incumbent President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, breaking ground for the 81-kilometer from Gbarnga to Salayea. The ceremony, which occurred few days to the run-off election, to many was a confirmation that Madam Sirleaf had picked Mr. Weah as the man to continue her legacy.
When The Gleaner last week caught up with Dr Dwaine Spencer, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) standard-bearer in St Elizabeth South Eastern, he was in the midst of conducting a free back-to-school medical fair for scores of students, an...
Le réalisateur Maurice Pialat lors du tournage d’«A nos amours» (1983). WILLIAM KAREL / SYGMA CORBIS Vous venez de (re)voir, à 20h50, Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (1972), cette vivisection d’un amour impossible, et vous enchaînez avec Sous le soleil de Pialat, le documentaire de William Karel. Vous le saviez peut-être déjà, sinon vous le
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WESTERN BUREAU: The much-talked-about planned to upgrade the overall infrastructure of the Chambers Pen community in western Hanover, as part of an ambitious, multimillion-dollar plan by the Government to invest in the redevelopment of rural...
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, Joao Lourenço, Tuesday called for union to build the prosperous country that the Angolans want and pointed to domestic production as a way to overcome the difficulties that Angola is facing.
[Premium Times] The distortion of the 12-state structure by the multiplication of the states to 19, 21, 30 and 36 was done to appease new minority groups that emerged after state creation, to spread federal largesse more evenly and sometimes for selfish reasons. Today, Nigeria cannot sustain the 36-state structure due to its over-dependence on oil revenues that would continue to dwindle in the coming years.
[New Times] Members of Parliament (MPs) will, beginning November 2 through November 8, 2020, conduct field visits around the country to inspect government activities in socioeconomic sectors amid Covid-19 pandemic, among other issues.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 April 2021: Serious doubts are once again being expressed about the integrity and credibility of Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio who is now caught up in accusations of misogyny, as well as lying about being refused entry into hotels in Japan as president because of [Read More]
BRASILIA, (Reuters) A group of 39 companies, including several of Brazil’s largest firms, expressed concerns over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest yesterday, following global investor demands that President Jair Bolsonaro end the destruction or risk divestment.
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[Daily News] THE ruling CCM presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli on Tuesday boldly stressed that his government, if re-elected next month, will continue with the implementation of various development projects to all parts of the country, regardless of differences in political ideologies.
En2018, l’île de Mayotte, dans l’océan Indien, a subi de nombreuses secousses sismiques, signes annonciateurs de la naissance d’un volcan sous-marin non loin de là. Du 17avril au 25mai, dans le cadre de la mission «Geoflamme», coordonnée par l’Ifremer, le navire océanographique Pourquoi-pas? s’est rendu sur place. Comme le montre cette vidéo publiée en partenariat
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The African American Sports & Entertainment … Several community leaders in the African American community are concerned about what … insensitivity and marginalization of African Americans--as well as the …
According to U.N. projections, the world population will reach 9.8 billion by 2050, and the consumption of meat products will subsequently rise by 76%.
La reine ElizabethII au Palais de Westminster, à Londres, le 11mai. CHRIS JACKSON / AP L’affaire relance le débat sur le racisme et le colonialisme au Royaume-Uni. Des étudiants de la prestigieuse université d’Oxford, en Angleterre, ont retiré un portrait de la reine Elizabeth II d’une salle commune en invoquant le colonialisme, ce qui a
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — “These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early voting days and hours, restricting who can get a mail-in ballot, prohibiting officials from promoting the use of mail-in ballots even when voters qualify, even criminalizing the distribution of water to voters waiting in the long lines these laws create,” said the March on Washington organization.
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[State Department] On behalf of the Government of the United States, I offer congratulations to the Zimbabwean people on the 41st anniversary of your country's independence.
Les judokas Madeleine Malonga (à gauche), médaille d’argent, et la championne olympique Shori Hamada (à droite), à Tokyo, le 29 juillet 2021. JACK GUEZ / AFP A quelques jours d’intervalle, la scène s’est produite trois fois. Trois fois, des judokas françaises ont quitté en pleurs le tatami du Budokan de Tokyo. Trois fois, l’équipe de
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[Monitor] Communities at Elegu Town in Amuru District, the border with South Sudan, are trying to pick up the pieces after River Unyama burst its banks. About 7,000 households were affected, property destroyed and cross-border trade halted.
[Daily News] AFTER some difficult years, grapes small scale farmers in Dodoma are hopeful of stable markets within and outside Tanzania as the government plans to expand grape and wine production and the inclusion of grapes on the list of economic strategy crops.
Assata Moore a Chicago South Side native, educator, and author advocates for educating young Black children, using math as the driving force. She also teaches adults how to achieve financial freedom. Assata Moore's motto is 'Math is the Blackest thing ever.' She says, 'I've seen the genius in young people. If you go back and … Continued
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Luxury brand Louis Vuitton flubs its \"tribute\" to Jamaica with wrong flag colors. With a Black creative director, this shouldn't happen.
Marseille took a historic step in the music industry on Thursday after the news that the French Ligue 1 club had launched a rap label alongside music industry giant BMG.
In a statement, BMG said OM Records was “a new label for hip-hop, rap and R&B” and was to be based in the city in the south of France, which has long been a major hub. hip-hop country.
To celebrate the new label, a jet black double-decker bus with some of the city’s local rap stars and DJs played music in France’s second-largest city.
“It’s good that the club is doing that,” said rapper Hollis the Infame, a lifelong Marseille fan who wears the team’s white jersey in his videos.
“I think I was a fan of Marseille even before I was born, it’s in our genes. ”
Emilie Hauck, head of A&R, told AFP that OM Records is a “50-50 joint venture” between the club and BMG and “the first time that a major in the record industry and a club like OM came together to create a label ”.
Marseille President Jacques-Henri Eyraud declared: “Marseille has been a cradle of French rap and hip-hop since the IAM collective and the links between OM and local artists have been strong for years”.
IAM has been one of the most important French rap groups since the late 1980s and has long collaborated with the iconic American group Wu-Tang Clan.
“The launch of OM Records strengthens this bond and symbolizes the club’s desire to promote the unique energy that emanates from Marseille and its inhabitants all over the world,” added Eyraud.
The new label will provide opportunities for artists and groups from “Marseille, southern France and Africa,” said Sylvain Gazaignes, BMG Managing Director for France.
The first album to be released on OM Records will be a compilation titled “Friday 13th” and will be produced by the four people behind the B18 label created in the tough neighborhoods of northern Marseille a year ago.
Close to 60 members of one family, including more than 20 children, in Lindo’s Gap in St Andrew East Rural are battling fears that further torrential rains and swirling winds triggered by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Zeta could sweep their...
Press Release - With less than four weeks to go to parliamentary elections in Algeria, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about the systematic and violent methods now being used by the authorities to prevent journalists from covering the regular \"Hirak\" anti-government protests, held above all on Fridays.
As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release Friday.
Kenya last week began mandatory COVID-19 testing for truckers, ordering that they undergo tests 48 hours before leaving the Port of Mombasa — a shipping hub in the country’s second-largest city — or before entering Kenya from elsewhere in East Africa.
But Wednesday, a day after Kenya announced the return of more than 180 foreigners to Tanzania because of positive COVID test results, a Tanzanian regional official accused the Nairobi government of faulty testing.
Zambia also had closed its border with Tanzania for several days last week after several truck drivers, immigration officers and sex workers tested positive for COVID, Reuters reported.
Several heads of state in the EAC bloc — including Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Salva Kiir of South Sudan — last week agreed to double testing of truckers.
