Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei keeps off funerals of commanders and scientists killed by Israel

Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei keeps off funerals of commanders and scientists killed by Israel

In attendance were President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior figures including Ali Shamkhani, who was seriously wounded during the conflict and is an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as Khamenei’s son Mojtaba.

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Uganda presidential election: Museveni gunning for five decades – not five years – in power to fight official corruption he’s part of

Uganda presidential election: Museveni gunning for five decades – not five years – in power to fight official corruption he’s part of

The opposition says hundreds of their supporters disappeared or were killed during the last presidential election in 2021 when musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine presented the biggest threat yet to Museveni’s reign.

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Kenya’s plan for 60,000-megawatt nuclear plant in western Kenya on course as it eyes EAC electricity market

Kenya’s plan for 60,000-megawatt nuclear plant in western Kenya on course as it eyes EAC electricity market

Siaya, which is in Lake Victoria Basin, has been identified for the project because of its proximity to the lake. The site of the plant is also strategic as Kenya will export the surplus power to Uganda and other East Africa Community (EAC) countries to the west.

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Listen, President Museveni: Governance without ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset is crime against Uganda

Listen, President Museveni: Governance without ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset is crime against Uganda

Since 2009 I have committed time and energy to develop the collective public ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset of Uganda, East Africa, the Nile Basin, the Great Lakes Region, Africa and the world.

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After signing bumper deal Arsenal’s teenage fullback Myles Lewis-Skelly reveals ‘mamba mentality’ that endears him to fans, team manager

After signing bumper deal Arsenal’s teenage fullback Myles Lewis-Skelly reveals ‘mamba mentality’ that endears him to fans, team manager

As well as Myles, both Marcia and his father, Paul, spoke on their experience as academy parents. It was important to them that Mertesacker was present, given his role in Lewis-Skelly’s education. Mertesacker and under-18s coach Adam Birchall have been integral to Lewis-Skelly’s development.

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Dust has hardly settled as Trump warns he’d consider bombing Iran again, drops sanctions relief plan

Dust has hardly settled as Trump warns he’d consider bombing Iran again, drops sanctions relief plan

Trump also said that in recent days he had been working on the possible removal of sanctions on Iran to give it a chance for a speedy recovery. He said he had now abandoned that effort.

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Vice President JD Vance is the loyal convert-in-chief and he is on top of the world after roping in for tech billionaires for Donald Trump

Vice President JD Vance is the loyal convert-in-chief and he is on top of the world after roping in for tech billionaires for Donald Trump

After serving in the Marines and graduating from Yale Law School, Vance bounced around from a stint on Capitol Hill in Texas senator John Cornyn’s office to a federal clerkship in Kentucky to a brief stint in corporate law before cutting his teeth in the VC field at Mithril Capital, a firm founded by billionaire Peter Thiel.

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Song and dance that shut out pangs of hunger in Kenyan refugee camp as Trump’s aid freeze takes heavy toll on youth in exile

Song and dance that shut out pangs of hunger in Kenyan refugee camp as Trump’s aid freeze takes heavy toll on youth in exile

The happiness of these children isn’t guaranteed now as funding cuts have affected operations here. Fewer resources and staff are available to engage the children and ensure their safety. One of the dancers, Gladis Amwony, has lived in Kakuma for eight years now. In recent years, she has started taking part in the Acholi traditional dances to keep her Ugandan roots alive.

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‘We’re getting for US a lot of mineral rights from the Congo’, Trump makes American interests clear in DRC, Rwanda peace deal

‘We’re getting for US a lot of mineral rights from the Congo’, Trump makes American interests clear in DRC, Rwanda peace deal

Rwanda has sent at least 7,000 soldiers over the border, according to analysts and diplomats, in support of the M23 rebels, who seized eastern Congo’s two largest cities and lucrative mining areas in a lightning advance earlier this year.

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