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Coventry will be the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement, taking office on 23 June for an 8-year term 🟦 Results of the election for the 10th IOC President: ✳ Kirsty Coventry 49 ✳ Juan Antonio Samaranch 28 ✳ Lord Sebastian Coe 8 ✳ Morinari Watanabe …

  Can the continent walk the talk? **** The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: Ensuring that the continent manufactures 60% of its own vaccines by 2040. Africa currently manufactures a lowly 1% of the vaccines. However, since April 2021, when the AU …

Putin agrees in Trump call to pause Ukraine energy attacks but no full ceasefire Washington, US | BBC & TASS |  President Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate and full ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, following a call with US President Donald Trump. The …

MOSCOW | TASS |  Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump are expected to discuss the normalization of Russian-US relations and the situation in Ukraine during their telephone conversation this afternoon, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Certain discussions [between Moscow and Washington] have already taken place. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The M23 has withdrawn from the peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo that were scheduled for Tuesday, in Luanda, Angola. It follows a series of events on Monday that includes the European Union announcing sanctions against members of the Rwanda Defense …

Opposition win in chaotic poll leaves NRM shabby ahead of 2026 COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | After two weeks of chaotic campaigning where baklava masked soldiers dragged and arrested candidates from nomination booths, beat up journalists, and fired live bullets at civilians, Kawempe North Constituency is calm. And it …

KIGALI | Xinhua |  Rwanda on Monday severed its diplomatic relations with Belgium and ordered all Belgian diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours. “The government of Rwanda today notified the government of Belgium of its decision to sever diplomatic relations, effective immediately,” the Rwandan foreign ministry said in …

Performance of candidates has shown significant improvement in Economics, Literature in English, Physics, and Biology.  Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & UNEB MEDIA  | A level candidates offering Ugandan local languages have performed poorly according to the latest national A Level results released today by First Lady and Minister of …

🟥 Kawempe North Results as declared by the EC returning officer ✳ Luyimbazi Elias Nalukoola NUP – 17,764 votes ✅ ✳ Faridah Nambi Kigongo NRM – 8,593 ✳ Hanifah Mugerwa Karadi IND – 381 ✳ Muhammad Luwemba Lusswa IND – 240 ✳ Sadat Mukiibi FDC- 239 ✳ Muhamood Mutazindwa IND – …

  SADC summit terminates mandate of military mission in DR Congo Kigali, Rwanda | NEW TIMES RWANDA |  A Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on Thursday, March 13, terminated the mandate of the regional bloc’s military mission in eastern DR Congo and “directed the commencement of a phased withdrawal” of …