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Former England defender Sol Campbell has been appointed as manager of League One side Southend United. The club, which sit in 22nd place in League One, have handed the 45-year-old a contract that runs until 2022. Campbell’s coaching team will also feature former Portsmouth teammate Hermann Hreidarsson and former Manchester United striker Andy Cole. Southend have earned just one league win this season and have played without a full-time coach since Kevin Bond’s departure on 6th September. Former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson was expected to take the role, but negotiations faltered with the Shrimpers, who take on league leaders Ipswich on Saturday in Campbell’s first game in charge. Campbell played for Arsenal and Tottenham, and in his first ever managerial role he…
Applications for the Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship to study in the UK are open between 17 October and 9 December 2019, with applications to be submitted via www.chevening.org/camff. The fellowship is an eight-week residential course to be delivered by the University of Westminster, in London, from 18 May to 10 July 2020, and is designed for those involved in setting and pushing the boundaries of trust, standards and freedom in the media in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa including: senior journalists at public service and independent media; senior staff at media regulators; statistics agencies responsible for releasing information; and media…
The FUFA Drum (2nd edition) Group A (Gulu) : Buganda, Acholi, Tooro, Bukedi Group B (Lira): West Nile, Lango, Busoga, Bugisu The arrival of teams- 19th November 2019 Group games will kick-off on 21st November 2019 (Opening ceremony at Pece Stadium, Gulu) Final to be played on 30th November 2019 (Venue to be confirmed later) The second edition of the FUFA Drum hits the final bend with the stage set as the organising committee on Monday confirmed fixtures, dates and venues starting with the Quarter Finals. The draws for the championship phase were conducted at the FUFA Headquarters in Mengo, Kampala to determine the…
South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar ON Saturday arrived in Juba to try and save the fragile peace agreement as the mid-November deadline for forming a government with President Salva Kiir approaches. The two men “will meet behind closed doors at the presidential palace today,” said a spokesman for Machar’s SPLM-IO party, Manawa Peter Gatkuot, after the rebel leader arrived. South Sudan plunged into civil war in December 2013, two years after its independence from Sudan, when Mr. Kiir, a Dinka, accused Machar, then his vice-president, a member of the Nuer ethnic group, of plotting a coup d‘état. The conflict, marked…
A UNAIDS 2019 data report estimates around 23.8 million people in Africa have been diagnosed HIV positive, while another 4.7 million people could be living with the disease with no knowledge of their status. This is the largest population of HIV-positive people in the world who have no diagnosis, no treatment and no support. Young people and adolescents, especially young women, continue to be affected. Currently, over 30% of all new HIV infections globally are estimated to occur among young people aged 15 to 25 years. There are 1.4 million people living with HIV in Uganda. Statistics indicated 53,000 new…
The Electoral Commission has started a nationwide exercise to verify particulars of voters on the National Voters’ Register using village (LC 1) Councils. The exercise will be conducted in all villages throughout Uganda starting today, Monday 21st October and will end Monday 28th October 2019. The purpose of the verification exercise is to enable members of the particular village to scrutinise their respective Register and identify persons who are not eligible to be on the Voters’ Register for their village, for example, the dead and those who left the area. Voters will also be able to confirm their particulars on…
The Ruling National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) Kasule Ssebunya has praised president Museveni for the great leadership he has offered to the peal of Africa for last 33 years. According to the Nansana municipality lawmaker, Museveni’s wise leadership has offered great opportunities to the people and much favored the youth to actively participate in democratic elections. Ssebunya says now there are unmatchable rights and freedoms respected by the ruling government compared to the previous governments. “You can’t compare Museveni’s government and leadership to those of the colonialists and the previous governments. Its now that things have gotten better, you can walk…
The MTN Uganda Foundation has partnered with Fenix International Uganda to provide power and lighting for selected schools and health centers in Buvuma Island. Fenix International Uganda is a next-generation energy and technology company whose mission is to improve the quality of life of customers through inclusive energy. In the partnership worth 380 million, MTN Foundation has provided 550 customized solar kits for schools and health facilities. Fenix International Uganda will install and maintain the kits to ensure the project’s sustainability.Under a similar project in June this year, MTN donated and installed 100 solar kits in Bunambutye resettlement camp in…
Uganda is to benefit in a number of sectors including agriculture and education through improved bilateral relations with the Government of Serbia, in a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). According to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, a meeting with the Serbian Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Maja Gojkovic, and the Serbian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs discussed ways forward of improving cooperation and exchange between the two countries. “In 1987, there was an arrangement of barter trade between the two countries so it is time to renew that kind of economic cooperation. This will be best realized through a…
Forget about the controversial Muzaata Love Nigga Saga!, Today, Uganda’s celebrated singer Edrisah Musuuza alias Eddy Kenzo has again gone in book of records. This follows his triumph, when he bagged another International Award in the USA last night as Africa’s best entertainer of the year at the 5th edition of African Entertainment Awards, USA. The news came through Eddy Kenzo’s twitter news feed from where he congratulated Uganda, moments after scooping the Award. Tata Amaal defeated Eddy big names like Mr. Flavour, Diamond Platnumz,Davido, Wiz kid, Shatta Wale, Yemi Alade, Stone Bwoy, Tiwa Savage and Tekno. The 2019 African Entertainment Awards USA…