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KAMPALA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has named its final squad for the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, with the team aiming to secure a place in the 2027 continental championship. The 10-team tournament will be held from October 10 to 19 in Kigali, Rwanda. Laryea Kingston, head coach of the Uganda Cubs, told Xinhua on Tuesday that he had selected a strong squad capable of competing well, with qualification for the 2027 U-17 AFCON the team's primary objective. "We have prepared well and the players who have been selected should be able to get the positive results that we shall be aiming for," added Kingston. Ahmed Hussein, corporate affairs director of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA...

KAMPALA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- A four-day conference of African defense chiefs opened here Monday to discuss ways to strengthen African countries' responses to emerging and non-traditional security threats. The conference, the first of its kind to focus on Military Operations Other Than War, brought together defense and military operations experts from more than 18 countries, African Union (AU) regional bodies, and force commanders from United Nations and AU peace support missions, according to a statement issued by the Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF). Opening the conference, UPDF Chief of Joint Staff Lt. Gen. Jack Bakasumba said Africa's security environment had changed significantly, requiring militaries to adapt to a broad range of threats, including terrorism, organized crime, c...

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Uganda names final squad for U-17 AFCON CECAFA zonal qualifiers-Xinhua

African defense chiefs meet in Uganda to address emerging security threats-Xinhua