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49 Uganda’s Electoral Commission has cleared President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to contest in the 2026 presidential election, paving the way for the 81-year-old leader to extend his time in power to nearly half a century. The decision was announced on Tuesday in Kampala, where the electoral body confirmed that Museveni had fulfilled the legal requirements to seek another five-year term. President Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since 1986 after leading a successful rebellion, is Africa’s fourth longest-serving leader. His administration is often credited with bringing relative stability to Uganda, boosting economic growth, and reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, critics…

Monrovia — The National Health Workers Union of Liberia (NAHWUL) has elected and inducted a new corps of officers to steer the affairs of the union, with Francis B. Kerkula taking over as president. Others elected include Doris Konneh-Clarke, Vice President for Administration; Simon A. Morris, Vice President for Operations; Demmi T. Dearzua, Secretary General; Edwina Sheriff, Treasurer; and Alice Jackson, Chaplain. The election, held during the institution’s just-ended convention, followed weeks of debates on poor working conditions, low compensation, and the need for better healthcare delivery across Liberia. Speaking at the induction ceremony at the Monrovia Vocational Training Center,…

Lilongwe, Malawi – In the rural valleys of Malawi, where homes are built of mud and grass, and electricity is scarce, Tamala Chunda spent his evenings bent over borrowed textbooks, reading by the dim light of a kerosene lamp.During the day, he helped his parents care for the family’s few goats and tended their half-acre maize field in Emanyaleni village, some 400km (249 miles) from the capital city, Lilongwe. By night, he studied until his eyes stung, convinced that education was the only way to escape the poverty that had trapped his village for generations.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend…

Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor andTom GerkenTechnology reporterEmma Lynch/BBCLilly Sabri has nearly six and half million followers on YouTube, where she posts fitness videosYouTube content creators contributed £2.2bn to the UK economy in 2024 and supported 45,000 jobs, according to an impact report carried out by Oxford Economics.It comes as an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) is launched to represent UK creators and influencers.Its co-chair Feryal Clark, Labour MP for Enfield North, described them as “trailblazers of a new creative revolution” who had been “undervalued in Westminster for too long”.British content creator Lilly Sabri welcomed the research and the creation of the parliamentary…

Eve Myles (Hijack, Cold Water, Keeping Faith) will return for season 2 of the original drama series The Crow Girl, based on the bestselling novels by Erik Axl Sund, the pen name of Swedish author duo Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist, Paramount+ U.K. & Ireland said on Wednesday. Produced by Buccaneer Media (In Flight, The Burning Girls, Marcella), the second season will begin filming in Bristol this year. Picking up the morning after the events of season 1, “Bristol Police Detective Jeanette Kilburn has ended her marriage and found herself in bed with enigmatic psychologist Dr. Sophia Craven,” reads a plot description…

At least six of the 11 West Africans deported to Ghana as part of the US crackdown on immigration have been transferred to Togo, their lawyers have said.The group was in the process of suing Ghana’s government to prevent their further deportation, amid concerns over their safety.”We can confirm that six were sent to Togo, the others have been sent to countries which I can’t disclose at this point,” lead lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor told the BBC.The nationalities of those sent to Togo has not been disclosed. Togo’s government has not commented.The lawyers have subsequently withdrawn their case against the Ghana…

Liberia will host the 8th Conference of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, a gathering expected to draw more than 200 ministers, maritime administrators, shipowners, and international partners to shape Africa’s role in global shipping. The four-day event, themed “Safeguarding Our Ocean, Promoting Decarbonization in Shipping, Exploring Africa’s Blue Economy Potential,” will spotlight Africa’s expanding maritime industry and Liberia’s growing influence as a leader in international shipping. “This is not just a government success; it is a national achievement,” said Robert Kpadeh, Liberia’s permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization. “Our guests will…

Here are the key events on day 1,308 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Wednesday, September 24:Fighting Ukrainian drones attacked the Salavat petrochemical complex, controlled by energy giant Gazprom, in Russia’s Bashkortostan, causing a fire, regional Governor Radiy Khabirov said on Wednesday via his Telegram channel. Ukraine’s military struck two Russian oil distribution facilities in the Bryansk and Samara regions, as well as a military airfield in Russia-occupied Crimea, Kyiv’s general staff said on Telegram. The Russian Ministry of Defence said its troops hit…

Elon Musk’s X has called for a delay in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, arguing it has “serious concerns” about the lawfulness of the “punitive” policy.X was one of over a dozen companies the eSafety commissioner wrote to earlier this month, asking whether they believed they should be required to ban children under 16 years of age from their platform from 10 December, when the law is due to come into effect.The company has said in a submission to a Greens-led inquiry on age verification systems that compliance obligations for the ban should commence at least six months after the…

Syria’s al-Sharaa voices hope for deal, warns of regional risks due to Israeli attempts to fragment country.Published On 24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIsrael is close to striking a “de-escalation” agreement with Syria, after the latter’s President signalled that his country was “scared” of the former’s relentless attacks since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s rule last year.United States Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that the agreement would see Israel stopping its attacks on its neighbour, while Syria will agree to not move any machinery or heavy equipment near the Israeli border.Recommended Stories…