World Leaders

16 Oct

Support Africa’s fight against terrorism, violent extremism …President appeals to world leaders

Evans ManassehNewsnana addo, World Leaders

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on leaders of the global community to put into full effect the provisions of Chapters Seven and Eight of the UN Charter and provide proportionate support to Africa’s fight against terrorism and violent extremism. According to him despite the considerable economic difficulties confronting ECOWAS Member States, 11 members out of the 15 Member States of ECOWAS, the four military-led States having been suspended, have made clear their willingness to take the fight to the terrorists, if they were sufficiently empowered. “Comparisons, they say, are odious, but some cannot be ignored. The Russian war…

30 Dec

‘Pelé Is Eternal!’: Tributes Pour In From Soccer Stars, World Leaders

wontumionline.comSports‘Pelé Is Eternal!’: Tributes Pour In From Soccer Stars, World Leaders

The soccer world lost its greatest legend Thursday, when Pelé died at age 82, and the sport’s biggest stars poured forth their tributes. One of the most heartfelt came from Neymar, the 30-year-old forward who has followed in Pelé’s footsteps as Brazil’s foremost active player. Neymar also wears the jersey number, 10, that Pelé made iconic and was subsequently worn to exhilarating effect by the likes of Michel Platini, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. “Before Pelé, ‘10’ was just a number,” Neymar wrote in Portuguese on his Instagram account. “I read that phrase somewhere, at some point in my life. But that sentence,…