Nairobi, Kenya |THE INDEPENDENT|  All Uganda needed to do to seal a place in the U-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 on Saturday was to put up a decent score against a Kenya team they had beaten comprehensively earlier in the week. What happened next left even neutral observers stunned, and …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku is set to join Manchester United for a reported £75million ($97m, 85.5m euros), a record fee between British clubs, after the buying club announced Saturday they had reached agreement with Everton. The 24-year-old’s signing — which the BBC says …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  At least nine people were shot and hacked to death in Kenya’s coastal Lamu County early Saturday, in the latest attack on the area. Police sources said Shabaab militants were believed to be behind the killings which took place in Jima and Pandaguo villages near …

Russian media cheer over Trump and Putin handshake Moscow, Russia | AFP |  Russia’s pro-Kremlin media reacted triumphantly on Saturday to the first handshake and lengthy talks between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the G20 meeting in Hamburg. The popular tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda headlined its …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Five things on Romelu Lukaku after Manchester United agreed a fee with Everton for the transfer of the Belgian striker on Saturday. Lukaku not lost in translation Lukaku is fluent in six languages including Portuguese and Spanish. “I think education is very important. It …

Kenya’s interior minister dies in hospital: govt Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s government on Saturday announced the death of Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery at a hospital in the capital Nairobi. Nkaissery, 68, a retired army officer, had held the position of cabinet secretary for interior and coordination of national …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  A Kenyan court on Friday cancelled a contract to print presidential ballot papers for next month’s elections after the opposition claimed the winning company had links to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The election commission had awarded the $24 million contract to Dubai-based Al Ghurair. A panel …

Mutebi’s KCCA FC edged out after FUS Rabat wins RESULT Africain ?? 4 KCCA FC ??  0 KCCA FC fell short of their dream Friday, after a 4-0 defeat in the final group match, and comeback win for FUS Rabat, denied them a quartefinal place in the CAF Confederations Cup. They were …

Bata, Equatorial Guinea | AFP |  The leaders of the oil-rich African nations of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo will sue Transparency International over a case in France involving allegedly ill-gotten properties worth hundreds of millions, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea has said. French human rights lawyer William Bourdon …

 Africain ??  Vs KCCA FC ?? Tunis, Tunisia | KCCA FC MEDIA|  To dream is the first step. The Kasasiro boys have written their story on the continent, and can complete the dream today. The lads were painfully ejected from the 2017 Total CAF Champions league by defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns. However, another …