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Paul Bakibinga
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@BBCAfrica Presenter and Journalist. Special interests in current affairs and the Arts. Opinions mine. Retweets not endorsements.
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24 million people in the UK now identify as women's sports fans – up from 18 million in 2021, a remarkable 33% increase in just five years 👏
And 13 million of them are interested in women's rugby after England's Rugby World Cup victory 🤯
Just as well we're showing EVERY single Women's Six Nations match live on the BBC 🤩

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BREAKING:
Iga Swiatek and Wim Fissette have ended their coaching partnership.
“Sometimes life and sport bring moments like this... Miami was challenging for me. I feel disappointment, bitterness and responsibility for my performance on the court of course. I've also learned a lot of important lessons and I think that's very human.
That being said, after many months of working together with my coach Wim Fissette l've decided to take a different path. It was an intense time full of challenges and many important experiences. I'm grateful for his support, experience, and everything we achieved together - including one of my biggest dreams in sport.
Wim, thank you for this time and for the lessons l've learned thanks to you. I wish you all the best - both professionally and personally.
The rest of my team remains unchanged. I know there are many questions, but I'll let you know what's next at the right time. I'm taking a moment to take care of myself, process this experience, and prepare for a new chapter. Simply, step by step, because as I often say - it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Thank you for your support. See you soon.”
(via Iga’s IG)

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So grateful for moment like this 🏆
I thank you Jesus, for the opportunities and talent you’ve given me and for the bringing the increase yesterday 🙌🏾🙏🏾❤️
I dedicate this trophy to you and pray that you may be glorified ❤️🙌🏾🙏🏾
The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.”
Proverbs 21:31 NLT




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CAF let the game continue, so what rule wins youtube.com/shorts/ocPgEDi… via @YouTube

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🚨🏆 Pep Guardiola has now won 40 trophies in his coaching career. 4️⃣0️⃣✨
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Premier League x6
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Carabao Cup x5
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Club World Cup x4
🏆🏆🏆🏆 UEFA Super Cup x4
🏆🏆🏆 Champions League x3
🏆🏆🏆 La Liga x3
🏆🏆🏆 Bundesliga x3
🏆🏆🏆 Spanish Super Cup x3
🏆🏆🏆 Community Shield x3
🏆🏆 Copa del Rey x2
🏆🏆 DFB Pokal x2
🏆🏆 FA Cup x2

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This Very Silly Idea Might Be a Good Fix for Africa’s Rigged Democracy
The self‑styled “emperor” of Congo‑Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso just staged another costly performance. At 82, and after 42 years in power, he secured a 5th term mid-March with nearly 95% of the vote. The script was familiar: a nationwide internet blackout, rivals such as Jean‑Marie Michel Mokoko left to rot in jail, and an electoral commission that counts votes like a private bookkeeper for the ruling party.
Sassou Nguesso belongs to a small but stubborn club of African rulers who have turned elections into exercises in self‑admiration. In Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang has held office for 46 years, winning by margins that would test even the most shameless ego.
In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni in January secured a 9th term (two of them unelected) in early 2026 after a campaign marked by abductions of opposition members and the seige of his main rival Robert “Bobi Wine” Kyagulanyi, who eventually had to flee into exile after the vote.
These spectacles often cost upwards of $100 million– money that could refurbish the hospitals where these same leaders refuse to be treated, preferring to go to European, Gulf, or North American facilities instead .
At some point, the pretence becomes too expensive to ignore. If democracy is reduced to theatre, then perhaps it is time to stop copying the script. One alternative, admittedly odd but not entirely foolish, is the meritocratic lottery. Think of it as a jury system for governing.
Many countries already trust ordinary citizens, randomly selected, to decide matters of life and death in courtrooms. It is not such a stretch to imagine a system where qualified citizens are selected in the same way to run ministries or even lead governments.
Under such a Merit Lottery model, there would be no campaigns, no rallies, no convoys choking city streets. Instead, there would be thresholds. A candidate might need 10 years running a hospital, managing a company, or overseeing a public agency before their name is entered into a pool. From that pool, a randomised draw would produce leaders; without posters, slogans, or a $100‑million plus bill.
The appeal here is efficiency. A lottery cannot easily be bullied, bribed, or choreographed. It cuts off the oxygen to the financiers and fixers who hover around elections. It removes the incentive for violence, because there is no prize to rig in advance.
Critics will say such a system lacks vision, that it replaces leadership with chance. That may be true. But it is also worth asking what kind of vision delivers 95% victories, ageing rulers, and elections that resemble rehearsed plays.
Between a predictable farce and an honest draw among the competent, the latter begins to look less like a joke and more like a new genius product from the Great Witchdoctor of Africa Democracy. In a continent where elections are often decided before ballots are cast, leaving leadership partly to chance might, paradoxically, be the most rational choice available.

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