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Ndejje University Drops Volleyball Star From Scholarship Over ‘Lack of Excellence’

A female volleyball player at Ndejje University has lost her sports scholarship after the institution ruled she had failed to demonstrate “sufficient proof of excellence” at regional and international level. In a letter dated 29th August 2025, the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr Christopher Samuel Mayanja, informed Pearl Akankunda, a member of the […]

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Putin offers Trump one-year extension to nuclear weapons treaty

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set in the 2010 New START accord after it expires in February if the US agreed to do the same. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Putin’s proposal sounded “pretty good,” but she added that US President

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Three West African countries to quit UN top court

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would not recognise the authority of the United Nations’ top court, based in The Hague. “The ICC has proven itself incapable

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Dembele becomes first Black Muslim to claim the Ballon d’Or

Dembele beat Lamine Yamal to succeed Rodri, claiming football’s most prestigious prize, long dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as Ballon d’Or winner. Paris Saint-Germain winger Ousmane Dembele won the Ballon d’Or on Monday as a reward for his starring role in the club’s Champions League triumph last season, while Spain’s Aitana Bonmati claimed

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Proposed war authorization could allow Trump to target 60+ countries

A draft proposal to authorize the use of U.S. military force against drug cartels is currently floating around Congress and the White House, according to a recent New York Times report. Although an official version of the proposal has yet to be released, publicly available information suggests that it could be used to justify U.S. military

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Hajjat Namyalo rallies women at NRM Prayers ahead of Museveni nomination

Entebbe, Uganda: The Head of the Office of the National Chairman (ONC), Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye, on Monday evening, joined hundreds of National Resistance Movement (NRM) Women’s League leaders for their national prayers held as a dedication of President Museveni’s nomination due Tuesday, September 23, at the new EC offices in Lweza. The prayers, organized at

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Bobi Wine nomination deferred to September 24 to avoid clash with Museveni schedule

Kampala, Uganda: The Electoral Commission (EC) of Uganda has deferred the nomination of National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential flagbearer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine, to Wednesday, September 24, 2025, to avoid a schedule clash with incumbent President, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The development was confirmed Monday in a letter EC Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama addressed

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UNEB releases official timetable for 2025 PLE, UCE & UACE exams

Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the official timetable for the 2025 national examinations, covering the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE), while cautioning candidates and schools against examination malpractice. According to the schedule, UCE candidates will be the first to sit for

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