By Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi When a group of 15 cyclists reached Kasese town, barely 48 hours to the Rwenzori Marathon on August 24, one slender body sporting a red helmet, black veil, nose ring and a multi-coloured jersey, stood out like the national flag she was waving as she leisurely rode before […]
BY REUTERS British actress Maggie Smith, an award winning Shakespearian actressand double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Friday. One of the few actors to win the treble of an Oscar (two), Emmy (four), and Tony, Smith’s long […]
BY REUTERS Ten-man Tottenham Hotspur secured a convincing 3-0 victory over Azerbaijani side Qarabag in their opening Europa League group stage clash on Thursday after the match was delayed by over half an hour due to travel disruptions. Spurs were reduced to 10 men after eight minutes when Radu Dragusin […]
BY REUTERS Representatives of Libya’s rival eastern and western legislative bodies, in talks facilitated by the United Nations, signed an agreement on Thursday to end a crisis over the leadership of the central bank, nominating an interim governor and deputy. The agreement could help to defuse a crisis over control […]
BY REUTERS Thousands of mourners stood before rows of small white coffins on Thursday at a memorial service for 21 children who died in a boarding school fire in central Kenya earlier this month. The coffins were topped with bouquets of flowers and photographs of the young boys from Hillside Endarasha Academy […]
