Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | UEFA has opted to temporarily soften its financial fair play (FFP) rules to help clubs impacted by the economic fall-out of the coronavirus crisis, European football’s governing body announced on Thursday. FFP rules mean that, over a three-year period, clubs competing in European competition are not …

Berlin, Germany | AFP | Chelsea-bound Timo Werner opted not to play for RB Leipzig in the Champions League quarter-finals this August, the Bundesliga club revealed Thursday, even though he is ineligible to play in Europe for his new club this season. Earlier in the day, Chelsea confirmed that the 24-year-old Germany international had signed …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The UN on Thursday wrapped up a historic debate about structural racism and police brutality in the United States and beyond — but rights groups voiced concern that countries might be backing away from committing to concrete action. The urgent debate at the United Nations Human …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | As coronavirus cases accelerate in Africa, those who recover from the virus find that their struggle is not over as denial of the disease and stigmatisation run deep across the continent. People who have been treated for COVID-19 say they are ostracised in their communities, …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Burundi’s new President Evariste Ndayishimiye is an army general likely facing a tricky balancing act to bring change to the troubled nation while pleasing the elites who helped put him in power. Ndayishimiye, 52, widely known by his nickname “Neva”, was sworn in on Thursday, two …

Washington, United States | AFP | The US Supreme Court dealt President Donald Trump’s efforts to choke off immigration a fresh blow Thursday when it rejected his cancellation of the DACA program protecting 700,000 “Dreamers,” undocumented migrants brought to the United States as children. The high court said Trump’s 2017 move to cancel his predecessor …

Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump’s presidency was in turmoil Thursday after top ex-aide John Bolton declared him unfit for office, raising the stakes on a controversial re-election rally meant to boost his flailing campaign — yet facing troubles of its own. Trump’s once supremely self-confident march toward a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has today discharged 44 patients who have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is the second biggest number of recovered patients being discharged in a day from one facility since Uganda recorded its first case on March 21. On Monday, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Assistant Settlement Commandant in the Office of the Prime Minister Bruno Asiimwe has been arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court on eight charges of fraudulent false accounting. Asiimwe who is attached to Base Camp Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Isingiro district on Thursday appeared before …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda (BoU) has warned that the rate at which Uganda’s public debt is increasing is a cause for worry as the country now hits 53 trillion Shillings in debt. BoU Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile issued the warning on Thursday while appearing before …