By Ben Knapton, Senior Reporter. Liverpool ‘agree £86m deal for Darwin Nunez’© Reuters. Liverpool have reportedly agreed to sign Darwin Nunez from Benfica in a deal that could reach up to €100m (£85.6m). The Uruguay international has been on the radar of numerous top clubs across Europe after ending the 2021-22 season as the Primeira […]
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) have been accused of asking for bribes in order to pay out compensation for land. Ssenyonyi chairing Cosase which heard that ULC officials sought bribes from claimants. Geoffrey Mugisa, one of the registered proprietors and claimants of the Shs10.6 billion supplementary budget allocated
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By Elizabeth KamurungiA section of the public opposes the Bill, warning that it is a government ploy to grab people’s land. President Museveni and then Lands State Minister Aidah Nantaba in Kayunga in June 2021 where the President had gone to mediate a land dispute. The government is set to reintroduce the compulsory Land Acquisition Bill.
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Zelensky ties fate of east Ukraine to city battle Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that fighting for the city of Severodonetsk may decide the outcome of the war in the east of the country. “In many respects, the fate of the Donbas is being decided there,” he said as combat raged in the industrial
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By Koch Madut June 6, 2022 South Sudanese security forces have Monday morning heavily deployed at the National Parliament, The Tower Post reports. The deployment, according to our reporter Koch Madut in Juba follows a strike by the parliement’s support staff. The support staff is protesting delayed salaries for six months.
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© Reuters Russian state media has confirmed the death of one of Moscow’s top generals during heavy fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Maj Gen Roman Kutuzov was killed leading an assault on a Ukrainian settlement in the region, a reporter with the state-owned Rossiya 1 said. Alexander Sladkov said Gen Kutuzov had been commanding
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The video below is copyright free and can be used at will, without asking for authorization Watch the video ZURICH, Switzerland, June 5, 2022/ — Ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, FIFA (www.FIFA.com) President Gianni Infantino has delivered a video message raising a “Green Card for the Planet” to highlight awareness on the protection
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KYIV (Reuters) – Kyiv was rocked by several explosions early on Sunday, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said, a day after officials said troops had recaptured a swath of the battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk in a counter-offensive against Russia. “Several explosions in Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of the capital,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote
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In our series of letters from African writers, novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at whether Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee is being celebrated in Nigeria, the largest former British colony in Africa, which remains an influential member of the Commonwealth. “The fascination for me is that the monarchy hasn’t died out,” said Chuka Mordi, who applied
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DHAKA (Reuters) – A massive fire swept through an inland container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 150, officials said on Sunday. The fire broke out at a container facility on Saturday night at Sitakunda, 40 km (25 miles) from the port city of Chittagong, triggering multiple container
