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Top-seeded Serena Williams continued her dominance through the first week of the U.S. Open and added a piece of history to her name by eliminating Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-1 in her third-round match at New York on Saturday. Check also: Serena Williams Builds Special Needs Schools In Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe & Jamaica Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and fifth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania also won third-round matches, but ...

ABUJA, Nigeria – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead, a Nigerian army commander confirmed Friday. Shekau was reported injured and “fatally wounded” in an Aug. 23 airstrike which killed several other Boko Haram leaders. Check also: Boko Haram Will Be Destroyed Within 90 Days Friday’s announcement of confirmation of his death came not from the army’s public relations department, the usual method for releasing ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – Officials with Uganda’s ruling party passed a resolution to remove the age limit on the presidency so President Yoweri Museveni can run again.[9] Check also: Opposition MPs Walk Out On Museveni Over Besigye Museveni, now 71, would be ineligible to seek re-election in 2021 because the constitution bars anyone older than 75 to serve. He has been ...

SEOUL – North Korea stated Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni sent a message to Kim Jong Un congratulating the North Korean leader for his new appointment as chairman of the Korean Workers’ Party.[9] Check also:North Korea Seriously In Car Production Business Museveni wasn’t the only African leader to send a missive,[4] according to Pyongyang’s state-controlled news agency KCNA on Friday. Mozambique ...

A Canadian oil company with a focus on Africa said an independent survey of its holdings in Kenya led it to increase its reserve estimate by 24 percent.[9] Check also: Singapore Advises Uganda To Forget Oil, Concentrate On Agriculture Africa Oil Corp., which has its headquarters in Vancouver,[4] said an independent review of its reserves in the South Lokichar basin ...