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The presence of US immigration and customs enforcement agents at widely attended matches had sparked controversy earlier this year. But the Trump administration has reportedly decided that ICE will not operate in or around stadiums.
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[Independent (Kampala)] The long-running show adds another season
[Scrolla] Safa says VAR will be up and running across South African professional football by the start of the 2026/27 season. Sports minister Gayton McKenzie promised VAR for the 2025/26 season but backtracked in July saying funding was still not finalised.
[New Era] Arandis -- Rising fuel prices and global supply shocks are forcing mining companies to rethink efficiency and survival strategies, as highlighted during a media visit to Swakop Uranium on Friday.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- At least 11 people were arrested on Tuesday after police dispersed separate groups of protesters attempting to access venues hosting the ongoing Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi.
[Scrolla] Nomabhaso Veli, 50, fled her flooded shack in Khayelitsha after heavy rain and gale-force winds hit Cape Town this week for the second time in a row. Three people have died and over 41,000 have been displaced across 26 informal areas as the Western Cape declares the storms a disaster.
[Nile Post] President Museveni has outlined an ambitious post-election economic agenda centered on industrialisation, value addition and skills development, arguing that Uganda and Africa cannot achieve prosperity while exporting raw materials and importing finished products.
In N’Djamena’s Bakara district, the third edition of the “At the Heart of Art” festival closed with soaring voices, bold rhythms, and a shared conviction: for Chadian youth, art is not a luxury — it is a future.
Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for a seventh five-year term on Tuesday, cheered by a crowd of thousands at the event outside Kampala. The 81-year-old won January's election with 72 percent of the vote, according to official results rejected by the opposition.
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Nairobi Summit: French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a €23 billion investment package for Africa during the Africa Forward Franco-African
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has moved to the Supreme Court seeking to strike out an appeal challenging the empanelment of the High Court bench handling impeachment-related petitions.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni on Tuesday missed President Yoweri Museveni's seventh-term inauguration ceremony at Kampala's Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, deepening questions over her prolonged absence from public view.
[Nyasa Times] Last evening, Kamuzu Stadium was no longer a place of football songs, celebration and roaring crowds. It became a place of unbearable grief, silence and heartbreak as 15 coffins carrying Malawians killed in a horrific bus crash in Zimbabwe arrived home.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he will not resign despite renewed political pressure and calls from opposition parties for his
[Premium Times] The court also ruled that the panel's report should be tabled in parliament for processing and interrogation by an impeachment committee.
UCT And Hyperiondev: The University of Cape Town (UCT) has collaborated with HyperionDev, a global leader in online tech education, in a strategic
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Yoweri Museveni, 81, won disputed elections in January to extend his 40-year rule.
Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for an eighth five-year term on Tuesday, cheered by a crowd of thousands at the event outside Kampala. The 81-year-old won January's election with 72 percent of the vote, according to official results rejected by the opposition.
[New Times] Rwanda is poised to further deepen its export footprint in China following a sharp rise in trade, with exports nearly doubling in value to $160.8 million (over Rwf270 billion) in 2025, up from $83.7 million the previous year, according to a recent report by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB).
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Independent Societal Watch Advocates (ISWA) has come to the defense of Justice Minister Oswald Tweh following criticism from Unity Party Youth League Chairman Togar Melvin Cephas over the government's handling of the high-profile US$6.2 million corruption case involving former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah.
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