BBC – Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been named African Footballer of the Year.Drogba scored five goals as Ivory Coast qualified for the 2010 World Cup and scored for Chelsea in the FA Cup final. Chelsea team-mate and Michael Essien and Cameroon forward Samuel Eto’o were also shortlisted for the award. Drogba, who turned 32 on Thursday, had previously won the award in 2006, while Algeria were named team of the year at the ceremony in Accra, Ghana. Algeria qualified...
AfricaNews.com – Ivorian and Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba, has been declared the African Footballer of the Year 2009 in Accra, Ghana. This makes it the second time since he last won the coveted prize in 2006. He edged out Inter and Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o to deny the latter a record fourth win. The 32-year-old is leading Les Elephants to the 2010 summer…
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BBC – Britain should apologise to a former Bosnian president for "mistreating" him in prison, the chairman of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Hercegovina said.Former Bosnian President Ejup Ganic, 64, was arrested at Heathrow over war crimes allegations on 1 March at the request of Serbia. He was later bailed. Haris Silajdzic, chairman of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Hercegovina, said Mr Ganic was denied basic rights. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office declined to comment on the...
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BBC – Many governments have used the internet to curtail freedom of expression at home, the US state department says in its latest annual human rights report.In many cases new forms of electronic communications are restricted to control domestic dissent, it says. The wide-ranging report also highlights continuing human rights violations in China against the Uighurs and extra-judicial killings in North Korea. Iran, Sri Lanka, Burma and Switzerland also come in for criticism. US Secretary of...
BBC – Burma’s leaders have formally annulled the National League for Democracy’s 1990 election win, under laws enacted for polls expected later this year.Authorities said the win was invalid because the poll had taken place under a law repealed by the new legislation. The new laws have attracted a storm of criticism from international observers. They banned NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior pro-democracy figures from taking part in the polls. A date for them has not...
BBC – Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and the central city of Jos in rallies against Sunday’s massacre near Jos.The women, mostly dressed in black, demanded that the government protects women and children better. At least 109 people were killed in the ethnic clashes near Jos. Many were said to be women and children. Survivors have told the BBC how they saw relatives and friends hacked down with machetes and their bodies burnt. Witnesses...
BBC – Former Bosnian President Ejup Ganic, who was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport over war crimes allegations, has been given bail by the High Court.Mr Ganic was detained on 1 March at the request of Serbia and is accused of killing wounded Bosnian Serb soldiers in 1992 during the Balkan wars. His lawyers say moves to make him face trial in Serbia are politically motivated and his arrest is illegal. Lord Justice Laws granted the 64-year-old bail on "stringent" conditions....
BBC – Under-fire Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini has received the backing of director general Jorge Valdano after the club’s Champions League exit.The nine-times champions of Europe failed to reach the quarter-finals for the sixth year in a row after Lyon beat them 2-1 on aggregate in the last 16. "We will respect Pellegrini because we believe in his work," said Valdano. "He has a contract for next season and the plan is that he will continue being our coach." He...
BBC – Sir Alex Ferguson has challenged Wayne Rooney to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo’s 42-goal season for Manchester United.England striker Rooney reached 30 with two against AC Milan as United beat them 4-0 to send them crashing out of the Champions League 7-2 on aggregate. "That has to be his goal now doesn’t it?" said Ferguson referring to Ronaldo’s 42-goal tally in 2007-08. However, Rooney said: "I’m delighted to get two more goals but I haven’t set...
BBC – Seven people have been remanded in custody for a further 72 hours in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.The suspects were arrested by Irish police on Tuesday. They are accused of hatching a plot to kill Lars Vilks over a cartoon he drew depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. Meanwhile US authorities announced they have charged a Philadelphia woman with plotting to kill Mr Vilks. The woman, Colleen LaRose – who described herself...
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