SOMALI WORLD CUP REFEREE DENIED ENTRY TO UNITED STATES. (PHOTO).

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 Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to United States Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Artan, has been denied entry into the United States despite holding a valid visa, according to a senior official in Somalia’s sports ministry. Artan, who is set to become the first Somali referee to officiate at the FIFA World Cup finals, was stopped at Miami International Airport and subsequently returned to Istanbul, where he had been residing. The reason for the denial was not immediately disclosed. However, Somalia is among the countries affected by a travel ban introduced by the administration of Donald Trump. Reacting to the development, Ciise Aden Abshir, a senior adviser to Somalia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and a former national team captain, described Artan as one of Africa’s most respected referees. “Omar Artan is among Africa’s most respected referees and deserves the support of the entire football community,” Abshir told AFP on Monday. He added that preventing the referee fro...

DR CONGO, M23 INK 'HISTORIC' AGREEMENT IN QATAR FOR PEACE DEAL. (PHOTO).


 DR Congo, M23 ink 'historic' agreement in Qatar for peace deal


The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group have signed a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting.


The agreement was signed on Saturday by representatives from both sides in a ceremony in the Qatari capital, Doha, TRT Afrika reported.


Qatar, along with the United States and the African Union, has been engaged in months of back-and-forth talks aimed at ending the conflict in the DRC's mineral-rich east, where the M23 has captured key cities.


M23, in the latest of a string of actions supported by neighbouring Rwanda, seized Goma, eastern DRC's largest city, in January and went on to make gains across North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.


Since taking up arms again at the end of 2021, the M23 armed group has seized swathes of land in eastern DRC with Rwanda's backing, triggering a spiralling humanitarian crisis.


Rwanda has denied backing M23.


At the ceremony, Qatar's chief negotiator, Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, called the agreement "historic", adding that mediators would continue efforts to achieve peace on the ground.


Thousands were killed in a lightning offensive by the M23 in January and February, in which the group seized the key provincial capitals of Goma and Bukavu.


The July deal signed in Doha followed an earlier, separate peace agreement between the DRC and the Rwandan governments, inked in Washington in June.


Qatar has hosted multiple rounds of direct talks between the DRC government and the M23 going back to April, but they have dealt largely with preconditions and confidence-building measures.


In October, they reached a deal on the monitoring of an eventual ceasefire.

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