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LIVE: Botswana 42 Uganda 46

UPDATE– Netball World Youth Cup FT- Uganda ?? 46 – Botswana ??  42 Gabarone, Botswana| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER |  Uganda’s She Pearls will come up against a high flying and unbeaten Botswana Under 21 side as the Netball World Youth Cup enters day 3 in Gabarone on Monday. LIVE   #NWYC2017 LIVE! | Botswana v …

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Cardinal Pell back in Australia to face abuse charges

Embed from Getty Images   Sydney, Australia | AFP |  Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell arrived back in Australia on Monday ahead of a court appearance later this month over historical sex abuse charges. The 76-year-old, a top advisor to Pope Francis, touched down in Sydney and was met …

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Kenyatta talks tough on election date, warns judiciary and IEBC

Kenyatta urges Kenya courts not to ‘aid opposition to sabotage polls’ KABARTONJO, Baringo County  | PSCU KENYA  |  President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto today cautioned Kenya’s judiciary “not to aid the opposition to scuttle the election process.” The two leaders accused the courts of increasingly getting entangled in what …

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Mukwaya visits West Uganda, says women’s fund UWEP starting to bear fruits

Kisoro, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT |  Gender Minister Hajat Janat Mukwaya has said the fruits of the Uganda Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) are begining to show countrywide, with more groups making big strides in fighting poverty in Uganda. Minister Mukwaya alongside the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana and the Programme line managers are …

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Farah eases to victory, Thompson edges Schippers

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  British athletics superstar Mo Farah eased to victory in the 3000 metres at the Diamond League meet in the London Stadium on Sunday and said off the track matters didn’t concern him. The 34-year-old — a quadruple Olympic and world champion having achieved the …

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Mugabe, Buhari, Dos Santos all abroad for treatment

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe in Singapore for medical check Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP |  Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for a “routine medical check-up”, state media reported Sunday. “President Mugabe on Friday left the country for Singapore for a routine medical check-up,” the Sunday Mail newspaper reported. The paper …

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VIDEO: Ssebana Kizito buried amidst political drama and chaos

VIDEO: Ssebana Kizito buried amidst political drama and chaos Uganda | NTV UGANDA| Chaos broke out at the burial of former Democratic Party President Ssebaana Kizito as supporters of the current DP leader Norbert Mao tussled it out with supporters of Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago. The burial also turned into a political …

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