FULL TIME Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Mali 🇲🇱 0 ✳ Group E Mali 4 pts Kenya 2 pts Uganda 2 pts Rwanda 1 pt Kampala, Uganda | BY AGENCIES | Uganda Cranes earned their second point in the on-going FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers with a hard fought draw against West …
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FULL TIME Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Mali 🇲🇱 0 ✳ Group E Mali 4 pts Kenya 2 pts Uganda 2 pts Rwanda 1 pt Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cranes have been held goalless by Mali in Group E of the FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifiers at St. …
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TODAY Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Mali 🇲🇱 4pm ✳ Group E Mali 3pts Uganda 1pt Kenya 1pt Rwanda 0pts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The national football team, the Uganda Cranes will face Mali on Monday as they battle for the Group E top position in the FIFA 2022 Qatar World …
Read More »Mali lifts restrictive measures on former Malian transitional president and his PM
Bamako, Mali | Xinhua | The Local Committee for Monitoring the Transition in Mali (CLST) welcomed the transitional government’s decision to lift restrictive measures on former Malian transitional president Bah N’Daw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. In a statement, it also welcomed the measures taken by the government to …
Read More »Colonel Assimi Goita sworn in as transitional president of Mali
Bamako, Mali | XINHUA | Colonel Assimi Goita was officially sworn in as Mali’s transitional president by the Supreme Court on Monday. In a speech, the new Malian transitional president called for cohesion to meet all challenges, including the organization of fair, credible and transparent elections at the expected time. …
Read More »AU suspends Mali until restoration of constitutional order
AU calls on military to ‘urgently and unconditionally return to barracks’ and to refrain from further interference in Mali’s political process. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) Commission has suspended Mali from the pan-African bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the latest …
Read More »MILITARY: Mali’s transitional president and PM have resigned
Bamako, Mali | XINHUA | Malian transitional President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, arrested by the military on Monday following the formation of a new transitional government, have resigned, the special adviser to the transitional vice president confirmed on Wednesday evening during a press conference. “The transitional president, …
Read More »OKO raises $1.2 million to bring innovative insurance to smallholder farmers in Africa
The tech-firm aims to strengthen its presence in Uganda and Mali and expand its offerings to more markets on the continent | THE INDEPENDENT | OKO, an Insurtech start-up that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, has closed a Seed investment of $1.2 million. The round …
Read More »Ousted Malian President Keita leaves for UAE for medical treatment
Bamako, Mali | XINHUA | Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted by a military coup in August, left Saturday evening for Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to seek medical treatment, a local security source confirmed to Xinhua. On condition of anonymity, the officer said Keita departed Bamako on …
Read More »Behind the coup in Mali
The things that democracy (and pseudo democracy) evangelists need to know about freedom and liberty THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | So another military coup has taken place in Mali removing an unpopular yet democratically elected government of President Ibrahim Keita. Keita came to power as an opposition …
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