WorldIn today's News Bill to set up Amaradeva Centre gazettedLONDON (Reuters) - Former tennis champion Boris Becker has claimed diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings against him by taking up a role with the Central African Republic as a sports envoy. Becker, 50, was declared bankrupt by a British court in 2017 in connection to a debt to private bankers Arbuthnot Latham & Co. He has recently been pursued for “further assets”, according to a statement by his lawyers. “I have now asserted diplomatic immunity ... in order to bring this farce to an end, so that I can start to rebuild my life,” he said in a statement. Violence erupted again in 2013 when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias.

Source: Sunday Times June 15, 2018 09:33 UTC