🥇Halimah NAKAAYI 🇺🇬 1:59.55 🥈Tigist GIRMA 🇪🇹 2:01.68 🥉Winnie NANYONDO 🇺🇬 2:02.14 Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s middle distance star Halima Nakaayi showed Monday night that she is steadily returning to her top form with victory in a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver event – in France. She becomes the first woman …
Read More »Cameroon eyes on World Cup, no changes despite AFCON failure
Younde, Cameroon | Xinhua | Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education Narcisse Mouelle Kombi said on Monday that national football team head coach Antonio Conceicao will not be sacked despite failing to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy. “Every time we have won a trophy, it has …
Read More »UN Libya adviser urges all parties to preserve calm
Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | The Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Libya Stephanie Williams on Sunday urged the Libyan parties to preserve calm on the ground. Williams made her remarks during a meeting with Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah in the capital Tripoli, where they discussed the recent developments …
Read More »UN concludes 1st stage of consultations in Sudan to end political crisis
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | The United Nations mission in Sudan concluded on Sunday the first stage of consultations with Sudanese parties to end the political crisis in the country. The UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) would soon produce a summary document that highlights major areas of consensus …
Read More »Tunisian president signs decree to form temporary Superior Council of Judiciary
Tunis, Tunisia | Xinhua | Tunisia’s President Kais Saied signed on Sunday a presidential decree to form a temporary Superior Council of the Judiciary to replace the dissolved one. “This temporary council is characterized by its administrative and financial independence,” said the Journal of the Republic of Tunisia, a bi-weekly journal …
Read More »Military coup fear mounts
Why the soldiers want change Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Military coups and attempted putsches are on the increase on the African continent. And the leaders of African states are nervous. At their latest summit of the African Union (AU) heads of state and government in the Ethiopian capital …
Read More »Sudanese leader says military open to dialogue on democratic transition
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday stressed that the military was open to a national dialogue aimed at achieving democratic transition. “The army is ready to conduct a dialogue regarding a transitional period if a consensus is reached,” said Al-Burhan in …
Read More »Libyan gov’t denies resignation of ministers
Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | The Libyan government on Saturday denied reports that some ministers have resigned, confirming that the government is working as normal. “The Government of National Unity faces a series of misleading and fake news, including some fake documents on social media about the resignations of some ministers,” …
Read More »Museveni meets Tshisekedi in Congo Brazzaville
Oyo, Congo Brazzaville | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has met President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a mini-summit on peace and security in the region, three days after the International Court Of Justice ruled against the East African nation in a reparation case. Congo …
Read More »FAO appeals for 130 mln USD for drought-hit East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday appealed for 14.77 billion shillings (about 130 million U.S. dollars) to provide time-critical assistance to highly vulnerable communities in drought-hit regions of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. FAO warned that an extended, multi-season drought is …
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