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CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Despite its verbal boasts of victory and so-called weapons superiority, the United States has struggled to achieve decisive results in its ongoing conflict with Iran as the regional war approaches the one-month mark. Analysts say that while Washington retains a clear edge in firepower, a …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | John Ekudu, the formerly long-serving dean of students, has died at the age of 76. He has been living a silent life in Entebbe and his home village in Kaberamaido following his retirement from the country’s top University in mid-2000. On retirement, students whom he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following its launch in November last year, Housing Finance Bank (HFB) hosted a two-day Zimba Challenge bootcamp at Forest Park, Buloba, for the 12 finalists across four categories: Designers, Developers, Dealers, and Departments. The bootcamp aimed to transform participants’ ideas into practical, scalable solutions …

  Pearl Bank backs efforts of Diocesan Education Inspectors to Access Remote Schools by Donating Motorbikes   Mengo, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Church of Uganda (COU) education directorate will now be able to send out school inspectors to remote areas across the country after they got a boost of …

PRAIA, Cape Verde | Xinhua | In Sao Francisco, on the outskirts of Cape Verde’s capital Praia, a community recycling project is turning waste into school desks and chairs, helping improve classroom conditions while cutting pollution. At the center of the effort is Ekonatura, a community-based micro-enterprise located about 12 km …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The International Energy Agency has called for urgent demand-side action as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has triggered the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. The conflict has sent shockwaves across Africa and intensified pressure on fuel-dependent economies …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | A new study found that road traffic noise affects wildlife across vast non-urban areas, reaching much farther from roads than previously thought, according to a statement from Israel’s Ben Gurion University. The study found that noise pollution penetrates deep into natural areas, including protected zones, and …

COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | For many years, citizens of our ancient continent and beyond have grappled with the question of national growth, or, as Adam Smith framed it, the “wealth of nations”. It was Smith who, exactly 250 years ago this March, offered the first systematic account of this …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  A light bulb is not something most people would associate with governance. Yet nearly four decades ago, while working in one of the poorest parts of east China’s Fujian Province as the Party chief of Ningde Prefecture, Xi Jinping told local officials that ensuring access to …

Boys Team results 1. South Africa -22 2. Kenya +13 3. Morocco +18 4. Uganda +25 5. Zimbabwe +27 6. Zambia +33 7. Mauritius +49 8. Namibia +52 9. Botswana +55 10. Ghana +76 11. Egypt +86 12. Tanzania +100 13. Cote D’Ivore +106 14. Tunisia +130 Girls team results …