African states narrowly failed on Monday for a second time to halt the work of the first U. N. independent investigator appointed to help protect gay and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination. The attempt was voted down in the U.N. General Assembly 84 to 77 with 16 abstentions, a month after African states … Read more
First Germany coach Joachim Low. Then Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. Now the organization that speaks for Europe’s biggest football clubs has rejected FIFA’s plan to expand the World Cup in 2026. The European Club Association said Thursday that the number of games played throughout the year was already at an “unacceptable” level, and urged … Read more
An Afghan boy who gained online fame after a picture of him wearing a makeshift Lionel Messi jersey went viral has finally met his football hero in Doha, Qatar. Murtaza Ahmadi was shown dressed in a blue-and-white-striped plastic bag with Barcelona and Argentina star Messi’s name and number etched in pen on the back in … Read more
Downing Street has said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s comments on Saudi Arabia do not represent “the government’s position”. Footage has emerged from an event last week at which Mr Johnson said UK ally Saudi Arabia was engaging in “proxy wars” in the Middle East. The PM’s spokeswoman said these were the foreign secretary’s personal views. … Read more
Boris Johnson has accused Britain’s ally, Saudi Arabia, of engaging in “proxy wars” in the Middle East. The Guardian newspaper has published footage in which the foreign secretary talks of politicians “twisting and abusing religion” for political gain. He said Saudi Arabia and Iran were “puppeteering” because of a lack of strong leadership in the … Read more
The Kremlin has announced that commodities trader Glencore and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund are together buying a 19.5% stake in Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company. “It is the largest privatisation deal, the largest sale and acquisition in the global oil and gas sector in 2016,” President Vladimir Putin said. The surprise move sees Glencore and … Read more
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she wants to deepen defence cooperation with Gulf countries and work towards signing “an ambitious trade agreement” with them. Addressing the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) annual summit in Bahraini capital Manama on Wednesday, May said Britain wanted to “make a more permanent and more enduring commitment to … Read more
Saudi Arabia agreed to cut output by about 500,000 barrels per day – a total reduction of 4.5%. The oil cartel Opec has agreed its first supply cut in eight years in order to boost the price of oil. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Opec’s president, said a cut of 1.2 million barrels a day would … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump, who raged against the elite as a candidate, is populating his administration with the ultra-rich. On Wednesday, he named billionaire Wilbur Ross, who has made a fortune cobbling together dying companies, as his commerce secretary, and Todd Ricketts, part of the billionaire family that owns the Chicago Cubs, as deputy commerce secretary. … Read more
Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila has been named in the Qatar Stars League team of the week following his stupendous performance for Al Gharafa in their 2-1 win over Al Khor on Thursday. Rashid was named man-of-the-match after inspiring his side to their third straight win and six matches in the league without defeat. The strong … Read more
…Summary: “While Khartoum’s geopolitical impacts are felt across Africa; it must review and make the same of its social and economic role in the continent.” …Summary: “While Khartoum’s geopolitical impacts are felt across Africa; it must review and make the same of its social and economic role in the continent.” In 2014 ten public Sudanese … Read more
Ghanaian starlet Raphael Dwamena dominated the headlines among Ghanaian players across the globe after scoring a second hat-trick in three games. In England Albert Adomah earned raving reviews from Aston Villa fans while midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah made a surprise return to play the full 90 minutes for Juventus on Saturday. Defender Rashid Sumaila assisted a … Read more
Children paying the price in battle for Aleppo A Syrian man carries a girl from a destroyed building after barrel bombs were dropped. A barrel bomb killed a family of six in rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Sunday and rebel shelling took the lives of eight children at a school in the west, as one … Read more
Strategic Communications Africa Ltd. (Stratcomm Africa) has won the United Nations Award for Public Relations and Sustainable Development at this year’s International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards for Excellence in Public Relations. The ceremony took place on 5th November, 2016 in Doha, Qatar. The prestigious UN Award, one of the two top Golden … Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency and its head Craig Reedie faced stinging criticism from national Olympic committees yesterday for its handling of the Russian doping scandal, days before its board meeting where the Scot is up for re-election. Reedie, speaking to the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic committees in Doha, Qatar, said these … Read more
China’s Wu Xi (left) duels for the ball with Qatari players during their 2018 World Cup qualifier in Kunming yesterday. — Xinhua Hosts China failed to take the opportunities that came their way as they drew 0-0 with Qatar to stay rooted at the bottom of Group A after their FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 … Read more
Marcello Lippi, head coach of China’s national soccer team, reacts during the press conference for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone Qualifiers against Qatar at Tuodong Sports Stadium in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Nov. 14, 2016. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang) Marcello Lippi starts mission almost-impossible today as he bids to take China … Read more
Strategic Communications Africa Ltd (Stratcomm Africa), has won the United Nations Award for Public Relations and Sustainable Development at this year’s International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards for Excellence in Public Relations. The ceremony took place on November 5, in Doha, Qatar. The prestigious UN Award, one of the two top Golden World … Read more
Italian master-coach Marcello Lippi is facing one of his toughest assignments as he attempts what some fans think is impossible: putting under-achievers China on the path to greatness. Starting with Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Qatar, the silver-haired Lippi will set out to justify his hefty salary as China’s new boss and win over a … Read more
American allies woke up to Donald Trump’s victory early Wednesday deeply unsettled, questioning whether the US will remain a stalwart partner and a stable pillar of the international order. Trump himself promised change and uncertainty in his first major foreign policy address in April, saying he would “shake the rust off America’s foreign policy” and … Read more