Caen, France | AFP |  The number of people visiting the World War II cemeteries, museums and battle sites along the Normandy coast of France has soared in recent years, creating a tourist windfall but generating criticism that a harrowing chapter of history is being sullied by crass commercialism. The tourist …

Blaj, Romania | AFP |  Ion, a 72-year-old retiree from Romania’s minority Roma community, says he is used to living without rights. “No matter where we go, to the town hall, to the police or to school, doors get closed,” says the former construction site worker, who lives on the outskirts …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Botswanan former president Ian Khama has accused the man he chose to succeed him of becoming an autocrat and threatening the country’s reputation as a beacon of stability in Africa. Khama, 66, last week left the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in a culmination …

Madrid, Spain | AFP |  Mauricio Pochettino kept tight-lipped about his future as Tottenham Hotspur coach after his side lost the Champions League final to Liverpool on Saturday. The Argentine has been linked with a move to Italian champions Juventus and German giants Bayern Munich but suggested he may stay to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda sold more goods to the East African Community, the Rest of Africa, and the rest of Europe than it imported in the month of March, according to the Ministry of Finance April report. The rest of Europe is made up of all countries outside …

Fez, Morocco | AFP |  In recent times the imperial city of Fez has been overlooked by tourists in favour of  Marrakesh, but now Morocco’s “spiritual” capital is bustling with visitors due to major renovations and low-cost flights. “It is an open air museum, with the largest pedestrian zone in the …

Madrid, Spain | AFP |   Jurgen Klopp revelled in the biggest night of his managerial career on Saturday after winning Liverpool’s sixth European Cup, ending his own run of six straight losses in finals. Klopp had lost his two previous Champions League finals, against Bayern Munich as Borussia Dortmund boss …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that former Tanzania President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was perhaps the most important person in human history. Museveni who was speaking at the annual Julius Nyerere Memorial Mass  at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine, Namugongo on Saturday, said Nyerere was unique …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP |  Traffic jams on the snarled up roads of Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos are legendary, but a growing problem is also clogging up the waterways of Africa’s biggest city — water hyacinths. The spread of the invasive species of fast-growing plant is not only damaging transport links …

Miami, United States | AFP |  Japan’s Mamiko Higa birdied her final hole in fading light to maintain her lead at the US Women’s Open where the second round was delayed for two hours due to thunderstorms and then suspended because of darkness. The 25-year-old Higa, who is ranked 49th in …