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Christ, where do you even start with this? Sergio Aguero will leave Manchester City at the end of the season. He does so after scoring (at least) 257 goals. He just had to score, right? Yes, you know it. Scroll the movie. If you had written the story that led to that moment in a Hollywood blockbuster, you would appear out of the building for being too unrealistic. Manchester City, the noisy neighbors, the underdogs, had not won the league title in 45 years. Just across the city was Man Utd, the establishment club that had…

The African Union (AU) has reached an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to supply the continent with up to 400 million single doses of its COVID-19 vaccine starting in the third quarter of this year, the manufacturer said on Monday. The virus has killed nearly 121,000 people across Africa and infected 4.18 million. The J&J unit Janssen Pharmaceutica NV has entered into a deal with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to deliver 220 million doses of its single-dose shot. AVAT was able to order an…

Xiddiga haysta rikoodhka goolasha Manchester City ee Sergio Aguero ayaa si bilaash ah kaga tegay Etihad Stadium xagaaga soo aaddan. Manchester City ayaa xaqiijisay in gool-dhaliyaha reer Argentina ee Sergio Aguero uu ka tego doono kooxdaas dhamaadka xilli ciyaareedkan, marka uu dhamaado qandaraaskiisa Etihad Stadium. 32 jirkan oo Manchester City ay kasoo iibsatay Atletico Madrid sannadkii 2011kii ayaa soo afjaraya muddo toban sannadood ah oo uu ahaa xiddiga laga sugo goolasha City, iyadoo uu muddadaasna noqday…

Next season will be crucial for Liverpool. After five years of steady progress gave the Champions League and Premier League, you can take the odd bad season on the chin. However, the world will see how they bounce back. Was 2020/21 a bowling stop at the end of an era? Or was it just a footnote within a legacy that will yield many more trophies in the years to come? If Liverpool want to be sure that it is the latter, they must get their recruitment right this summer. The squad is in need of serious cosmetic surgery, and…

France resumed its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday after a seven-year closure. "The embassy reopened in Tripoli on March 29, 2021," said a tweet from the diplomatic mission. Last week, Mohammad Menfi, head of the Libyan Presidency, announced during a press conference during his visit to Paris that the French embassy in Tripoli would be resumed. In July 2014, amid unrest following the 2011 ouster of strongman Moammar Gadhafi, the embassy closed its doors in Tripoli, but continued its work from Paris.…

A Kenyan radio station has been in turmoil since last week. Three animators were interrupted and then fired after, to say the least, shocking comments to a woman, subjected to gender-based violence. The three men suggested that a young Kenyan woman may be partly responsible for his assault. These comments sparked an uproar in the country. Wednesday morning, the show "Lift Off" takes place on Homeboyz Radio. Three animators, Shafie Weru, Neville Musya and DJ Joe Mfalme, evoke the case of a young woman, seriously injured,…

Horyaalka kubadda kolayga Maraykanka ee NBA ayaa xilli ciyaareedkan aad uga xiiso badan sidii hore, waxaanay wax walbaa sii tilmaamayaan, sida ay noqon doonaan kulamada ugu dambeeya ee toddobada ah.Taageereyaasha ayaa rajaynaya in ay arkaan finaladii ugu xiisaha badnaa oo lagu tilmaamayo ‘kuwii qarniga’, waana haddii ay iska hor yimaaddaan labada kooxood ee aadka isku dhisay ee Los Angeles Lakers oo horyaalka difaacanaysa iyo Brooklyn Nets oo soo urursatay xiddigo waaweyn oo u diyaarsan in ay dhulka la galaan Lakers.Laba…

Somali army kills over 10 Al-Shabab militants in southern region MOGADISHU, Somalia -The Special Forces of the Somali National Army (SNA) killed more than 10 al-Shabab militants, including three commanders in the recent onslaught of terrorist group fighters. The SNA-owned radio station reported Saturday night that the successful operation of the Special Forces (Dahab) was aimed at…

Manchester City have confirmed that Sergio Aguero will leave the club at the end of the season and end a wonderful ten-year association. The 32-year-old joined City in 2011 and has become the club's top scorer through the ages and has done so 257 times so far.He has kicked them to four league titles and looks set to grab a fifth this season with City with a 14-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.It will be emotional ...?? #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5rehttps://t.co/4COpSpmz7a- Manchester City (@ManCity)…

Hotel attack in Mozambique: Brit missing after terrorist attack killed dozens A British man is missing after leaving a hotel in Mozambique that was heavily attacked by militants. Islamic State said Monday it was behind the ambush in the northern city of Mozambique, in which dozens of people, including foreign workers, were killed. Sky News understands that British contractor Philip…