Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Cranes players returned to training Wednesday night after Tuesday’s boycott in a pay dispute with soccer governing body FUFA. Sports state minister Charles Bakkalubindi met the players in three-hour long meeting to resolve the strike over emoluments. The players, by returning to training, indicated …

Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports state minister Charles Bakkalubindi has concluded a three-hour long meeting with Uganda Cranes players, who are on strike over emoluments. The players are currently meeting on their own to agree on an offer of $6000 from soccer governing body FUFA for making the …

  Last 16 matches: Egypt 🇪🇬 vs South Africa 🇿🇦 Madagascar 🇲🇬 vs DRC 🇨🇩 Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Cameroon 🇨🇲 Senegal 🇸🇳 vs Uganda 🇺🇬 – Friday Algeria 🇩🇿 vs Guinea 🇬🇳 Morocco 🇲🇦 vs Benin 🇧🇯 Mali 🇲🇱 vs Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 Ghana 🇬🇭 vs Tunisia 🇹🇳 Cairo, Egypt | …

💠 Qualified for #AFCON2019 Round of 16 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇲🇱 Mali BEST 3rd placed teams 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇧🇯 Benin 🇿🇦 South Africa Cairo, Egypt | THE …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President and Commander in Chief Yoweri Museveni has appointed four new Assistant Inspector Generals of Police, from Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). Seconded to join Police are Brig. Jack Bakasumba, Brig Godfrey Goloba, and Colonels Jese Kamunanwire and Chris Damulira. Brig. Jack Bakasumba has been …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Senegal humiliated Kenya 3-0, to advance as second team in their group and book a July 5 Africa Cup of Nations last-16 date with Uganda Cranes. Uganda Cranes qualified as 2nd in Group A despite a 2-0 loss to Egypt, but the Senegal result ensured …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | British police said Monday that officers were trying to identify a man they believe fell to his death from beneath a Kenya Airways plane about to land at Heathrow Airport. London’s Metropolitan Police said officers were called on Sunday after the discovery of the suspected …

  TECH ANALYSIS  | THE INDEPENDENT | Silk Road. Cryptocurrencies. Drug markets. Stolen databases and disturbing content. These are just a few keywords associated with the dark web, and not many people dare to dig deeper to understand the true and ambiguous nature of the underbelly of the Internet. The …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Bob Collymore died early today, Safaricom PLC has announced. “Our beloved CEO Bob Collymore has passed. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, our colleagues, partners and the nation at large,” Safaricom stated. He has been battling cancer. Safaricom is a listed mobile …

  Salah scores as Egypt maintain perfect Cup of Nations record FT: Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Egypt 🇪🇬 2 | DRC 🇨🇩  4 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 0 Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  Mohamed Salah scored from a free-kick as host nation Egypt defeated Uganda 2-0 in Cairo Sunday to win Group A at the …