Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the opposition leader of Cameroon, has fled to The Gambia “for the purpose of ensuring his safety” following the recent presidential election, which saw the resumption of Paul Biya’s rule amid fierce protests.
In a statement released on Sunday, the Gambian government confirmed that it was holding Tchiroma “temporarily” there on “humanitarian grounds” while working toward a “peaceful and diplomatic resolution” to the country’s post-electoral tensions.
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Following the disputed election in October, The Gambia worked with regional partners like Nigeria to “support a peaceful and negotiated outcome,” according to the statement posted on the office of Gambian President Adama Barrow’s Facebook page.
Biya, the oldest head of state in the world, received 53.7 percent of the vote, compared to 35.2% for Tchiroma, a former government minister leading the Cameroon National Salvation Front, who received the results of official election results.
However, Tchiroma, who claimed voter tampering, claimed he was the real winner. He later claimed that this was a constitutional coup that was both flagrant and shameful. It was electoral theft.
The opposition leader repeatedly exhorted supporters to stage “dead city” protests by closing shops and halting other public events.
Despite the opposition and civil society organizations’ claims, the Cameroonian government has confirmed that at least five people were killed during the demonstrations.
Tchiroma has been accused of making repeated calls for insurrection by the government, which the government has stated it intends to bring.
Following a constitutional amendment that removed term limits in 2008, Biya came to power in 1982 after the first president of Cameroon resigned.
“At the end, I looked down on my bench and discovered something inside of me.”
Flavio Cobolli needed the extra cheer as he battled to realize his dream of being a world champion as he fought for his victory from the sidelines.
In front of a jubilant home crowd in Bologna, the 23-year-old came back from a set and a break down to defeat Spain’s Jaume Munar to claim a historic third successive Davis Cup title.
Following Matteo Berrettini’s 6-3, 6-4 victory over Pablo Carreno Busta, Cobolli’s gritty 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 victory came two days after he won an epic 32-point tie-break to confirm Italy’s place in Sunday’s showpiece.
It took a long time to create an Italian double act.
As a youngster, Berrettini and Cobolli’s father, former professional footballer Stefano, worked together. Cobolli, who was six years his junior, would frequently be needed for care and Cobolli would frequently engage in tennis with him.
After practicing together in 2011, a video from the Italian outlet Spazio Tennis shows Berrettini towering above Cobolli as they leave a tennis court.
After going unbeaten in singles in the tournament, Cobolli and the team-mate he describes as being “like a brother” to me were walking off the court in Italy as champions.
It’s difficult to describe this sensation. I had a lot of dreams this night,” Cobolli said.
“Our country cannot lose,” he said. You may learn, but you never lose.
How “brotherhood” led Italy to victory
Italy won their fourth overall victory in the Davis Cup since the defending champions stopped receiving automatic automatic qualification for the competition 53 years ago. They are the first nation to win three straight titles.
Despite missing key players, both Italy and Spain made it to the final. World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who is currently injured, is not with Spain, and Lorenzo Musetti, who is also in Italy, is missing.
Cobolli and Berrettini, however, won three of their three singles matches and were the ones who won the spotlight.
Cobolli kept his composure as the crowd, which had forced the breakthrough in the eleventh game of a tense deciding set, sang his name to the ten-person crowd, who had already sold out.
Given his heroics in the semi-finals two days earlier, his heroics had left him feeling both emotionally and physically exhausted.
With a one-sided opening set conceded, world number 22 Cobolli had to pay the price for a slow start.
However, he immediately launched a necessary, immediate response after suffering a break-down at the start of the second before once more delivering in a crucial tie-break before finding the motivation to win a memorable game.
We made an effort to imitate the spirit of the 2006 World Cup-winning Italian football team, according to Cobolli.
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Since Flavio and Berrettini first met when he was 14 and Flavio was eight, Berrettini has been there for Cobolli, who had already won 11 matches in his Davis Cup singles career with a strong performance against Carreno Busta.
Cobolli was struggling for form earlier this year, so Berrettini advised him to avoid competing in lower-tier competitions and instead to go back to a training regimen to regain his form.
In an interview with the International Tennis Federation, Bertrettini said, “I just told him, Don’t worry, child.”
Cobolli then won his next Hamburg-based ATP competition.
The fact that we are currently teammates is “crazy.” “It gives me goosebumps to reflect on this relationship over time,” Berrettini said.
After getting the team off to a winning start on Friday, Berrettini lost his voice and yelled Cobolli on in the dramatic semi-final against Belgium. He backed his childhood friend in the end all the way on Sunday.
Cobolli continued, “Every member of the team is special to me.”
Matteo is like a brother, but he’s special to me. He is very significant to me.
“At the end, I looked down on my bench and discovered something inside of me.”
Flavio Cobolli needed the extra cheer as he battled to realize his dream of being a world champion as he fought for his victory from the sidelines.
In front of a jubilant home crowd in Bologna, the 23-year-old came back from a set and a break down to defeat Spain’s Jaume Munar to claim a historic third successive Davis Cup title.
Following Matteo Berrettini’s 6-3, 6-4 victory over Pablo Carreno Busta, Cobolli’s gritty 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 victory came two days after he won an epic 32-point tie-break to confirm Italy’s place in Sunday’s showpiece.
It took a long time to create an Italian double act.
As a youngster, Berrettini and Cobolli’s father, former professional footballer Stefano, worked together. Cobolli, who was six years his junior, would frequently be needed for care and Cobolli would frequently engage in tennis with him.
After practicing together in 2011, a video from the Italian outlet Spazio Tennis shows Berrettini towering above Cobolli as they leave a tennis court.
After going unbeaten in singles in the tournament, Cobolli and the team-mate he describes as being “like a brother” to me were walking off the court in Italy as champions.
It’s difficult to describe this sensation. I had a lot of dreams this night,” Cobolli said.
“Our country cannot lose,” he said. You may learn, but you never lose.
How “brotherhood” led Italy to victory
Italy won their fourth overall victory in the Davis Cup since the defending champions stopped receiving automatic automatic qualification for the competition 53 years ago. They are the first nation to win three straight titles.
Despite missing key players, both Italy and Spain made it to the final. World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who is currently injured, is not with Spain, and Lorenzo Musetti, who is also in Italy, is missing.
Cobolli and Berrettini, however, won three of their three singles matches and were the ones who won the spotlight.
Cobolli kept his composure as the crowd, which had forced the breakthrough in the eleventh game of a tense deciding set, sang his name to the ten-person crowd, who had already sold out.
Given his heroics in the semi-finals two days earlier, his heroics had left him feeling both emotionally and physically exhausted.
With a one-sided opening set conceded, world number 22 Cobolli had to pay the price for a slow start.
However, he immediately launched a necessary, immediate response after suffering a break-down at the start of the second before once more delivering in a crucial tie-break before finding the motivation to win a memorable game.
We made an effort to imitate the spirit of the 2006 World Cup-winning Italian football team, according to Cobolli.
Images courtesy of Getty
Since Flavio and Berrettini first met when he was 14 and Flavio was eight, Berrettini has been there for Cobolli, who had already won 11 matches in his Davis Cup singles career with a strong performance against Carreno Busta.
Cobolli was struggling for form earlier this year, so Berrettini advised him to avoid competing in lower-tier competitions and instead to go back to a training regimen to regain his form.
In an interview with the International Tennis Federation, Bertrettini said, “I just told him, Don’t worry, child.”
Cobolli then won his next Hamburg-based ATP competition.
The fact that we are currently teammates is “crazy.” “It gives me goosebumps to reflect on this relationship over time,” Berrettini said.
After getting the team off to a winning start on Friday, Berrettini lost his voice and yelled Cobolli on in the dramatic semi-final against Belgium. He backed his childhood friend in the end all the way on Sunday.
Cobolli continued, “Every member of the team is special to me.”
Matteo is like a brother, but he’s special to me. He is very significant to me.
-26 J Thitikul (Tha), -22 P Anannarukarn (Tha), -20 N Korda (US), -19 G Lopez (Mex), -17 N Hataoka (Jap)
Selected others:-16 K Sei-young (Kor), -13 L So-mi (Kor), -11 L Woad (Eng), C Hull (Eng)
Jeeno Thitikul, the reigning world number one, defeated fellow Thai Pajaree Anannarukarn by four shots to defend her title at the CME Group Tour Championship.
The 22-year-old shot a four-under-par 68 to finish at 26 under for the season in Florida, earning him the $4 million (£3.1 million) prize as well as the LPGA Player of the Year award and the Vare Trophy for the season low-scoring average.
With her victory at Tiburon Golf Club, Thitikul became the second player to do so twice in a row in the LPGA Tour Championships, joining Ko Jin-young of South Korea, who won in 2020 and 2021.
After recovering from a wrist injury, Thitikul, who played in the season finale, declared, “I love this golf course.”
“I feel really high up after my final tournament of the year.”
I was concerned about whether I would be able to play this week in Dallas last week. However, I believe that was the purpose of my not anticipating too much.
Lottie Woad and Charley Hull, both English, finished 11 under.
Thitikul, the final qualifier in the field of 60 players, made birdies on her first three holes as well as her sixth and seventh, leaving her six shots clear of Thitikul, who had already cut her lead.
The leader made a significant birdie on the back nine to increase her lead by five shots in the $11 million (£8.4 million) event, though.
Then, at par three, Pajaree made bogey, and Thitikul birdied the 13th to finish at 25-under.
Martin Kemp, the star of I’m A Celebrity, opened up to his jungle campmates and shared her story of how she became pregnant with Shirlie, a fellow musician.
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Martin shared an insight into his marriage(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Martin Kemp described the unusual pregnancy story his wife told his I’m A Celeb campmates. WHAM has been married to the singer and actor! for almost four decades, including Shirlie Kemp as the singer.
Shirlie’s bandmate, George Michael, and the pair have been together ever since. Before they even met, however, Martin had already fallen in love with Shirlie. He once claimed that Shirlie had been unable to take his eyes off her performance of Young Guns on Top of the Pops.
After a brief break from dating, the couple decided to get married in 1988 on the island of St Lucia, but they later discovered they had incomplete legal documentation.
During Sunday night’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Martin opened up about their marriage after Vogue Williams said she’d been married to Spencer Matthews for eight years. “I got married in St Lucia on a clifftop overlooking the Caribbean” with just three people,” Martin told the camp.
He continued, “We’re not married, if you looked into it more,” he joked. He said, “Sirlie is everything for me, everything I do in my life, I do it for her,” giving an insight into how he and Shirlie have been married for almost four decades.
He added that Shirlie had issues with endometriosis while she was trying to conceive before they tied the knot. Then, he said, “Kaboom, on the night we got married.”
Emmerdale icon, Lisa Riley replied: “Meant to be!” But Martin went on to reveal the advice he and Shirlie received from her parents one day, with Shirlie’s mum asking: “Now, have you tried the wheelbarrow? It’s a position, imagine youre lifting someone up, hands on the floor.”
Everyone was in stitches as Ruby Wax OBE demonstrated the position while the camp was filled with laughter. After he left his number for her, Shirley previously revealed that she was too anxious to call Martin.
She said, “I believed he might not be in my league.” His number remained hidden in my pocket for a long time. She responded, “I just don’t understand why you’re not calling him,” and she said, “I don’t understand why.” I told him that calling him was intimidating. He was, and is, just so gorgeous. In the end, George was the one to call Martin. He picked up the phone, dialed the number, and then just gave it to me while we were in his bedroom. By that point, I was in the deep end.
Without him doing that, Martin said, “I really don’t think Shirlie would have called me.” We owe him a great deal. And we all eventually had a significant relationship with him. He was one of our closest friends, not George Michael, the superstar.
Get Me Out of Here Because I’m A Celebrity! airs on ITV1 and ITVX every day at 9 p.m.
Before making his secret breakup with his girlfriend in the Australian jungle, Aitch’s comments about Shona McGarty sparked romantic rumors.
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The Mancunian had been dating a psychology student, Lois Cottam, from Cheshire, but sources claim that their relationship started to fizzle out.(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
I’m A Celeb star Aitch secretly split from his girlfriend earlier this month before he jetted off to Australia to go into the jungle. It comes as the rapper’s recent comments about campmate Shona McGarty have fuelled romance rumours.
Sources claim that the Mancunian and Lois Cottam, a psychology student from Cheshire, started to become unfaithful. It is now said that just before he flew to Australia, the two men allegedly separated.
A source said that although Aitch and Lois still care deeply about one another, they both felt better off as friends. They continued, “They enjoyed the time they shared.” They made an amicable resolution.
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The source continued, “She hopes he does well in the jungle. There’s no bad blood.” According to reports, Ashton and Lois reportedly got engaged in May and have since traveled to both New York and Santorini.
A source earlier this year claimed that Aitch and Lois have been dating for a few months, but things have recently become more serious. Just the two of them, he took her away on a trip to New York. They’ve also introduced each other to friends and family.
Following Friday’s episode of I’m A Celeb, Aitch sparked romance rumours with EastEnders actress Shona, 34, as he was chatting to best friend and YouTuber, Angry Ginge, where he said: “I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Shona, me.
Ginge responded, “I think she’s really nice, if that’s what you mean, yeah.” Aitch remarked “Yes, that’s what I mean… “
When host dec said, “This came completely out of the blue this morning,” he seemed excited. It’s been a while since we’ve had a genuine one on this show, the host says. We’d like to see it, and we’d like to celebrate. The presenter duo’s confirmation of Aitch’s and Shona’s single status.
As some of the more outgoing campmates have stepped up to the plate, Shona has exuded a quiet confidence in the jungle. However, Jennifer, Shona’s mother, promises to deliver.
She said, “Until you get to know her, she is a slow burner and largely quite shy.” She doesn’t push herself too far. That is not Shona.
Shona’s feet have remained steadfastly on the ground despite being in the public eye for a while, according to her mother, who claimed fame is not important to the actress.
She claims that Shona has never been a celebrity personality, citing that “her fame isn’t important to her, it’s always been her talent and her work.” So Shona has to deal with something that is quite new, and it’s a challenge. She won’t, in my opinion, ever.
