Tokyo, Japan | AFP | As Tokyo 2020 Olympics preparations enter their final stage, officials are touting the city’s readiness, but activists and workers groups say speedy venue construction has had dangerous consequences. The Olympic opening ceremony is now less than a year away and more than half the new venues …
Read More »Campbell stalks Manuel at swimming worlds after doping row
Gwangju, South Korea | AFP | Defending champion Simone Manuel set the pace in the women’s 100 metres freestyle Thursday as normal service resumed at the swimming world championships after a doping storm threatened to spiral out of control. As fallout lingered on two separate podium protests made by athletes …
Read More »Uganda’s popstar lawmaker to contest 2021 presidential vote
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan pop star turned leading opposition figure Bobi Wine on Wednesday officially announced he would take on veteran President Yoweri Museveni in 2021 national elections, vowing to fight corruption and create jobs. Wine has long hinted he would throw his hat into the ring and …
Read More »High cost of HIV misdiagnosis
Retesting people to confirm HIV positive results might appear costly but is cheaper than treating people wrongly diagnosed THE INDEPENDENT | Julian E. Sabiiti | It is well-known that an HIV-positive diagnosis can have detrimental results on people affected. A person diagnosed as HIV positive can undergo depression, withdraw from the public …
Read More »AFCON 2019 from A to Z
Football: The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations from A to Z Cairo, Egypt | AFP | An A to Z of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, which concluded in Cairo Friday with Algeria defeating Senegal 1-0 in a final decided by a Baghdad Bounedjah goal after only two …
Read More »Mukwano’s management style
It should be a model for Ugandan businesses Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Ugandan businesses are said to suffer from the founder’s syndrome; a situation where a business operates primarily according to the personality of its founder. It gets worse when the founder dies. However experts say majority of …
Read More »One giant leap: 50 years ago, humanity’s first steps on the Moon
Houston, United States | AFP | “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”: it was with these words that Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon 50 years ago, an occasion celebrated by space enthusiasts globally Saturday. The era-defining event was …
Read More »IMF/World Bank: 75 years as the world’s financial firefighters
Washington, United States | AFP | At the critical moment of a Hollywood movie starring A-lister Sandra Bullock, Bolivia’s newly-elected president calls in the International Monetary Fund to bail out the poverty-stricken country, violating a campaign promise. The streets erupt in violent protest. The movie, “Our Brand is Crisis,” is …
Read More »Two-try debutant Herschel Jantjies stars for Springboks
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Debutant scrum-half Herschel Jantjies scored two tries as South Africa beat Australia 35-17 Saturday in the opening match of the Rugby Championship season in Johannesburg. The Western Stormers half-back claimed the first and fourth Springbok tries before being warmly applauded when substituted 14 minutes from …
Read More »Pinot conquers Tourmalet as ‘weak’ Thomas fades in finale
Paris, France | AFP | Thibaut Pinot conquered the Pyrenean summit of la Col du Tourmalet on Saturday with Julian Alaphilippe following him across the line to extend his overall Tour de France lead over defending champion Geraint Thomas, who admitted to feeling “weak”. Thomas, in fact, lost time for a …
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