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Kenya favourites for AGC Region IV event due in Madagascar

Kenya favourites for AGC Region IV event due in Madagascar ANTANANARIVO | Kenya will be seeking a fourth straight title when the Africa Golf Confederation – Region IV Competition 2025 tees off from November 25 to 29, 2025, at the prestigious Golf du Rova Luxury Hotel, PK 20 Andakana, Antananarivo – Madagascar. This …

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Xi leads China’s drive for building sports powerhouse

GUANGZHOU | Xinhua | President Xi Jinping declared China’s 15th National Games open on Sunday, marking his fourth straight appearance at the opening ceremony of the nation’s top multi-sport competition. As China’s top leader, Xi has made it a priority to build the country into a sports powerhouse and promote …

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Museveni’s campaign strapline

Why “Protecting the Gains” demonstrates how the president and his communication team are talking to themselves THE LAST WORD |  ANDREW M. MWENDA | President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign strapline, “Protecting the Gains,” shows NRM’s lack of a vision for the future of the country. But let me begin with the truths …

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Zohran Mamdani

34 years from Kampala to New York city mayor COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | The historic rise of Zohran Mamdani who was born in Kampala in 1991 to become the chief executive of the wealthiest and power-packed city in the world has excited Ugandans in the same way the rise …

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Farmers lend a hand in climate change resilience

Across Africa, smallholder farmers are financing their own fight against climate change, spending billions each year to keep food systems alive as global support lags. A new analysis shows they already shoulder most of the world’s adaptation costs, even as they receive less than 1% of the funding meant to …

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AI wants our water

ChatGPT is a prime example. Training GPT-3 required roughly 700,000 liters of water for cooling alone. A Greenpeace study estimates that data centers will consume 664 billion liters annually by 2030, compared to 239 billion liters in 2024. BERLIN/SANTIAGO | Friederike Rohde | AI is often portrayed as the harbinger of a prosperous, more efficient future. …

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New IGG, DPP sworn in

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s new Inspector General of Government, Justice Aisha Naluzze, and new Director of Public Prosecutions, Lino Anguzu, as well as new Principal Judge Justice Jane Frances Abodo, have been sworn in. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni presided over the swearing-in at Mbale State Lodge. Lady Justice Abodo …

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