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Doha-based international news channel, Al Jazeera have revealed that president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo responded to their request for information in respect of an allegation made against him by a notorious gold smuggler. The self-acclaimed smuggler Canadian Alistair Mathias is on record as saying Akufo-Addo was his friend and lawyer …

One of Zimbabwe’s most influential diplomats, Uebert Angel, offered to use his status to launder millions of dollars through a gold-smuggling scheme, during an undercover operation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit). Angel, appointed ambassador-at-large and a presidential envoy by Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa in March 2021, told reporters he …

Ronaldo scored his sixth, seventh and eighth Saudi Pro League goals as he netted a first-half hat-trick for Al-Nassr in a 3-0 win against Damac. Damac sit seventh in the Saudi Pro League and presented with Al-Nassr with a stern test on the road. However, having a talisman such as …

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club Al Nassr say his contract does not include any commitment to back a Saudi Arabia bid to host the 2030 World Cup. Reports claimed Ronaldo will earn 200m euros (£177m) to promote the bid on top of his annual salary of £177m. But the club said his …

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo suffered a slip of tongue on his first day at work as an Al Nassr player. Speaking at the first press conference preceding his official unveiling last Tuesday, he referred to Saudi Arabia, his new host country, as South Africa. “The football is different, …

Former world player of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo, will be officially unveiled by his new club Al Nassr FC today, January 3. The Portuguese national team skipper arrived in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia on Monday evening for the much-awaited ceremony. The club declared in a tweet that Ronaldo having …

Former Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for a new club months after United terminated his contract. Ronaldo is for the first time in decades going to ply his club football outside Europe, specifically for Saudi Arabia topflight side, Al Nassr. The club posted the news of his signing …

  Cristiano Ronaldo has denied reports linking him with a move to Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr – insisting they are ‘not true’.   The 37-year-old left Manchester United last month after his controversial statements about the club in a TV interview with Piers Morgan.   Since his departure from Old Trafford, …

Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly been offered a bumper three-year contract in Saudi Arabia.   The 37-year-old Portuguese star had his Manchester United contract terminated earlier this month after his controversial statements in a TV interview with Piers Morgan.   Saudi Arabian giants Al Nassr have offered a contract worth £186million over three years to the …

Somali militant group Al-Shabaab is targeting telecommunications infrastructure in areas where a concerted military effort is removing them from the villages, officials said on Tuesday. Somalia’s biggest telecom firm Hormuud said its infrastructure in Galmuduug, Central Somalia, had been destroyed in an apparent futile bid to limit communication and coordination …