Morocco and Burkina Faso kept Africa’s flag flying at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025™ on Tuesday, with the Atlas Cubs beating Mali 3-2 in a pulsating all-African tie and the Stallions eliminating debutants Uganda 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Burkina Faso will face Italy in the last eight, while Morocco meet […]
Uganda Cubs knocked out of the U17 World Cup after a 5–3 penalty defeat to Burkina Faso. The match ended 1–1 in normal time before heading straight to spot-kicks. Burkina Faso advance to the quarter finals.
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Gunmen stormed an all-girls’ boarding school on Monday (stock image) Two girls, who were among at least 25 children and a teacher kidnapped from their boarding school in north-western Nigeria’s Kebbi state on Monday, have managed to escape, a local official told the BBC. The pair ran away as their armed captors were leading them
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Each financial year, government allocates over 1 trillion shillings to the programme that has faced some challenges despite the successes registered Ministry of Finance @mofpedU GOVERNMENT RELEASES UGX 529 BILLION FOR PDM: Finance Minister @MatiaK5 Yesterday,Government (Ministry of Finance and Economic Development announced the release of the first tranche of UGX 529 billion for capitalisation
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, on Tuesday. Reuters Marking his first visit to the White House in more than seven years, the crown prince received a ceremonial welcome on the South Lawn, where Trump presided over a display
A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 12, 2025. – AFP Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor-Greene, seen here outside the Capitol on Tuesday, are among Republicans calling for a vote. Republican House speaker Mike Johnson has continued to
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The Ugandan government has sent a high-level delegation to Kenya for a three-day benchmarking mission, days after President Yoweri Museveni made headlines with controversial remarks about taking over the Indian Ocean.“Today, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry, Hon. Lee Kinyanjui, welcomed a high-powered delegation from Uganda led by Gen. Wilson Mbadi, Uganda’s Minister
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MTN Uganda, in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), has shortlisted 12 finalists for the Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge, a youth-focused programme supporting commercially viable solutions to climate and resource-management pressures. The shortlist follows a nationwide call for applications issued in September. Submissions were evaluated by independent experts using criteria published
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Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter, Wanu Hafidh Ameir, as the new deputy minister for education. Hafidh Ameir, 43, is the Member of Parliament for Makunduchi Constituency in the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. She retained her parliamentary seat in the October 29, 2025 general election under the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
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Doha, Qatar: Uganda’s U17 national team, the Cubs, will face Burkina Faso on Tuesday, November 18, in the Round of 16 at the FIFA U17 World Cup at Aspire Zone; but they will do so without one of their most influential players, forward James Bogere, who is suspended. Uganda progressed as one of the best third-placed
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