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Chelsea Confidential Q&A special: Cole Palmer's injury return target and full details of his recovery, what the Blues will do in January transfer window, the truth about Reece James' England withdrawal and their plans for 'elite prospect' revealed
The international break is in full swing but there's still a lot happening at Chelsea, even with so many of their stars off playing for their countries. Estevao Willian's euphoric last-gasp winner against Liverpool last weekend sent the Blues into...
FCWC, partners launch WASOP-Pillar.
The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), in collaboration with its national and international partners, has launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP)-Pillar. The launch held at the Tema Canoe Beach...
What's going on with Mohamed Salah? Why new system is tripping him up, the reason Liverpool's opponents aren't as scared of him anymore - and what Wayne Rooney got wrong in criticising Egyptian King's work ethic
There are moments in every Liverpool game where an attack unfolds and you just expect the net to bulge. ‘Goal,’ you may mutter to the person next to you in the stadium. And most times last season, the premonition would be bang on. Not this year....
Assata Shakur (1947-2025), A Revolutionary Life
Veteran of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, former political prisoner, spent decades in Cuba under the protection of the socialist government Political Review On Thursday September 25, 2025, indications began to appear over...
COMMENTARY: My friend Grenadian revolutionary Lt. Col.Liam James, a personal memoir of the Grenada Revolution, Dominica & the Douglas brothers
Lieutenant Liam James Grenada Revolutionary ArmyIntroduction I was saddened to read in recent news that Lieutenant Colonel Liam James, a leader of the 1979 Grenada Revolution, was ill. I had met Liam James three times: once in Havana, Cuba in...
Pinch Point: China’s Latest Moves in Africa
This headline caught my attention last month: ‘China signs deal with Zambia, Tanzania for $1.4 billion railway upgrade.’ According to the piece, China, Zambia, and Tanzania signed a $1.4 billion deal to refurbish the Tanzania-Zambia railway. The...
The Left Can’t Abandon Nostalgia to the Right
A specter is haunting global politics: the specter of nostalgia. Nostalgia for the nuclear, single-earner family; nostalgia for the ethnically defined and uniform nation state; nostalgia for simpler, pre-Internet times; nostalgia for a time when...
8 best horror movies new on Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ this Halloween month
Summer may be over, but the world's best video streaming services are still giving us good reason to sweat through the nights with their lineup of horror-tastic Halloween treats, arriving throughout October. Devout TV show bingers can get their...
Olive Morris: The Black feminist icon and ‘rabble rouser’ whose life was tragically cut short
Olive Morris was not the sort of person to shy away from confrontation. ‘She spoke her mind; you couldn’t mess with Olive. If she didn’t like something, then you would know,’ her friend Danny DaCosta once said. Olive’s instinct to fight injustice...
Strengthening Jamaica-Tanzania ties
Prime Minister Michael Manley and Tanzanian President Julius K. Nyerere discussed a wide range of international and bilateral issues during the president’s official visit to Jamaica. The leaders explored developments in Portuguese colonial...
BGL Ligue: F91 storm to top with statement win
Ahead of the second international window in 2025/26, it is Mika Pinto's Dudelange team that took the top spot with a four-goal victory against Jeunesse, despite playing almost the entirety of the second half with a man down. It started as a...
Inside this year’s controversial Nobel Peace Prize
Nobody has ever lobbied as hard or as openly for the Nobel Peace Prize as Donald Trump. Time and again he has laid claim to the world’s most prestigious humanitarian award, including in his address to the UN General Assembly in September, where he...
Aurelien – Starting From Zero. Finlandisation 2.0?
I’ve written several times now about the uncomfortable situation resulting from the coming defeat in Ukraine, and the unpleasant consequences for Europe that may result. I now want to make a few tentative suggestions about how it might be sensible...
FCWC, partners launch West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme
By Laudia Sawer Tema, Oct. 02, GNA – The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), in collaboration with its national and international partners, has launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP)-Pillar. The...
€59m ocean governance drive launched …to tackle illegal fishing in W.A
A €59 million initiative aimed at promoting sustainable ocean governance and addressing the menace of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing has been launched in Tema. The programme, known as the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme...
‘This is what solidarity looks like’: Who are the Australians on the Gaza flotilla?
The mission represents the largest civilian-led maritime effort to date, attempting to break Israel’s 18-year land and sea blockade of Gaza, which has been enforced with the assistance of the Egyptian military in the south. Drums and cheers from...
Spike Lee Urges African Americans To ‘Come Back To The Motherland’ In Africa
Spike Lee wants African Americans to tap into their roots in the African motherland. Spike Lee is fully immersed in his ambassadorship role in Benin, where he’s urging African Americans to reconnect with their ancestral roots on the continent....
Cashew farmers decry exploitation, foreign interference
From Okwe Obi, Abuja National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has raised the alarm over the spate exploitation of farmers at the farm gate, distortion in the industry’s value chain, and the negative impact of unregulated foreign interference....
Seedy Ceesay in Conversation with President Adama Barrow
- Advertisement - Journalist Seedy Ceesay who heads the bureau of the ruling NPP hosts an interview programme Kachaa (In conversation) on the state broadcaster GRTS on Monday evenings. A fortnight ago he sat down with President Adama Barrow for an...
More than 40 times they asked the UN to lift the blockade on Cuba
Photo: Prensa Latina At the close of the High-Level Segment of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, the call to lift the US blockade of Cuba was heard here more than 40 times. The speech that closed the marathon succession of speakers on...