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Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as Cyclone Ditwah death toll reaches 123

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Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction. Sri Lanka has made an appeal for international assistance as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 123, with another 130 reported missing. The extreme weather system has destroyed nearly 15,000 homes across the […]

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Pope Leo XIV gets warm welcome from Turkey’s Catholics on first foreign trip

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey’s tiny Catholic community to find strength in its small size as he embarked on the key day of his first trip that is meant to bolster Christians and pursue their centuries-old quest for unity. Shouts of “Papa Leo” and “Viva il Papa” (Long Live the pope) erupted

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Russia bans Human Rights Watch in widening crackdown on critics

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Authorities also designate Anti-Corruption Foundation as ‘terrorist’ group and consider total ban on WhatsApp. Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organisation”, a label that, under a 2015 law, makes involvement with it a criminal offence. Friday’s designation means the international human rights group must stop all work in Russia, and opens

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Indonesia death toll rises to 248 after catastrophic flooding in Sumatra

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Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with cyclone-driven rain for a week, killing about 400 people in total across the three countries. Rescue workers in Indonesia are continuing to battle to reach victims in several devastated areas submerged by cyclone-driven torrential rain over the past week, as authorities said the death toll has now reached 248

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CAF appoints Match Officials for TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025

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The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) has announced the list of Match Officials set to officiate the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 that will take place from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. A total of 73 highly experienced officials comprising 28 referees, 31 assistant referees, and 14 VAR officials

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Trump vows to freeze immigration from “Third World Countries” following Washington, DC shooting 

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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House. The comments mark a further escalation of migration measures Trump has ordered since the shooting on Wednesday that investigators say was carried

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UCC trains Kotido youth in ICT, multimedia skills

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Kotido, Uganda: The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), under the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, is conducting a five-day ICT and multimedia skilling programme in Kotido aimed at empowering youth with practical digital content creation, entrepreneurship and online safety skills. The training, now on day three, will run until Friday. Local multimedia experts Jemba Hosea and

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Afro Exchange Creative Summit Ignites Kampala with a Celebration of Uganda’s Creative Firepower

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Kampala, Uganda – Friday, 28 November 2025: Kampala came alive last night as Johnnie Walker hosted the inaugural Afro Exchange Creative Summit, transforming Dstrkt 24 into a vibrant melting pot of sound, style, art and storytelling. The atmosphere buzzed with energy as some of Uganda’s biggest and most exciting emerging creatives gathered under one roof

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MTN-SPONSORED KIIRA MOTORS’ GRAND EXPEDITION HITS 3,000KMS MARK

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28.11.2025: Lusaka, Zambia. The “Made in Uganda Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition” has officially touched down in Lusaka, Zambia,  marking a defining milestone in a historic 13,000-kilometer journey from the Pearl of Africa to the Cape. Led by Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) in partnership with the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (Office of the President),

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MTN Uganda and WWF announce winners of the Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge

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  MTN Uganda, in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), has announced the three national winners of the inaugural Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge, following an intensive training programme and final pitch presentations held on Thursday  in Kampala. Introduced to Uganda for the first time in 2025, the Pachi Panda Challenge aims to

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