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Ex-Dutch football star Johan Neeskens dies

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

Johan Neeskens, part of the Ajax and Netherlands teams that created “total football” in the 1970s and a key team-mate of Johan Cruyff, has died aged 73, the Dutch football federation said Monday. “With Johan Neeskens, the Dutch and international football world loses a legend,” the KNVB federation said in a statement, adding that the midfielder had died on Sunday from an unspecified illness.
Israel: Biden, Harris mourn Oct 7, Palestinian deaths

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

US President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris mourned the bloody Hamas attack on Israel a year ago Monday while deploring heavy civilian losses of Palestinians in the subsequent Israeli operation. “Let us bear witness to the unspeakable brutality of the October 7th attacks but also to the beauty of the lives that were stolen that day,” Biden said.
Oil prices extend upward march on Mideast tensions

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

World oil prices rallied more than two percent Monday as tensions escalated in the crude-rich Middle East one year after the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel. European stock markets mostly rose after more big gains in Asia as China’s stimulus boost, a strengthening US economy and the outlook for interest rates in major economies outweighed geopolitical unrest.
Orlando Pirates, Ahly paired in CAF Champions League draw

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

Title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt will face Orlando Pirates of South Africa after both were placed in Group C when the CAF Champions League group-stage draw was made on Monday. Chabab Belouizdad of Algeria and Stade Abidjan of the Ivory Coast complete the section following the draw at the Confederation of African Football offices in Cairo. Ahly is the team to beat in the premier African club competition as they seek a historic third straight title having won the past two finals.
Barca targets end of year for return to Camp Nou

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

Barcelona hopes to return to their legendary Camp Nou stadium, currently undergoing modernization and expansion work, “by the end of the year”, club spokesperson Elena Fort said on Monday. The Catalan giants’ construction roadmap was presented to the press on Monday, with officials insisting the club was “actively working” to return to Camp Nou “by the end of the year” with an initial 62,000 capacity, instead of the 105,000 planned at the end of the work.
HRW: Israeli strikes endanger civilians on Lebanon-Syria border

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

Human Rights Watch on Monday said Israeli strikes near the main Lebanon-Syria border crossing were putting civilians at “grave risk” as they prevented them from fleeing and hampered humanitarian operations. The Israeli military said Friday its fighter jets struck Hezbollah positions near the Masnaa border crossing in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.
Russia jails US 'mercenary' for seven years

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

A Russian court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old US citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary on the side of Ukraine to nearly seven years in prison. Russia has recently detained and tried a number of US citizens and completed a large prisoner exchange, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, which enabled the return of Russians jailed in the United States.
Gazans mark first anniversary of ‘year of suffering’

Oct 7, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

One year after Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel unleashed war in Gaza, the Palestinian territory is unrecognizable and its residents are exhausted by displacement and shortages, with no end in sight. “It felt like the first day of the war all over again”, said Khaled al-Hawajri, 46, as the Israeli forces bombarded his Gaza neighborhood on Monday, even as Israel marked the anniversary of the Hamas attack.
DR Congo launches Mpox vaccination drive

Oct 5, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of a mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on Saturday in the eastern city of Goma, AFP journalists said. The launch, initially scheduled for last Wednesday, was delayed by three days amid logistical difficulties in delivering the vaccines across the sprawling, infrastructure-poor central African country.
Thousands march for ceasefire ahead of Oct 7 anniversary

Oct 5, 2024 | guardian.ng | Juliet Nkemakolam

Thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world on Saturday calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark. Kicking off a planned wave of demonstrations worldwide, pro-Palestinian supporters gathered in cities in Europe, Africa, and the Americas to demand an end to the conflict, which has killed nearly 42,000 people in Gaza.