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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, won with 57 percent of the vote, flouting predictions that she might be forced into a run-off. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected Namibia’s president and will be the country’s first female leader, results released by the country’s electoral commission show. The 72-year-old won with 57 percent of the vote, according to official results declared on Tuesday by the electoral commission, flouting predictions that she might be forced into a run-off “The Namibian nation has voted for peace and stability,” Nandi-Ndaitwah said after being declared president-elect. Her win cements her governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) party’s 34-year hold on power since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 – a contested outcom...

Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xamse Cabdi Barre, ayaa ka qeyb galaya Munaasabad lagu xusayo Maalinta Caalamiga ah ee Naafada oo ka socota Magaalada Muqdisho. Munaasabadda oo ay soo qaban qaabisay Wasaaradda Qoyska iyo Xaquuqda Aadanaha ayaa waxaa sidoo kale ka qeyb galaya qaar ka mid ah Golaha Wasiirada Xukuumadda, Xubno ka tirsan labada aqal ee Baarlamaanka, Diplomaasiyiin iyo marti sharaf kale. https://youtu.be/Hk6S2F-NAuA?si=OZlz463ayz1yXpRc

The International Boxing Federation’s (IBF) world heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois will defend his title against Joseph Parker on February 22 in Riyadh, event organisers in Saudi Arabia have confirmed Dubois, who was awarded the belt in June after then-undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine relinquished it, made his first successful defence against fellow British boxer Anthony Joshua on September 21. The 27-year-old from London will face New Zealand’s Parker, the World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) interim heavyweight champion, in a bid to keep the title and raise his pedigree as the heavyweight champion The fight, announced Tuesday, will be the co-main event for the undisputed world light heavyweight title rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in a s...

Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement, with more than 100 nations advocating for a cap on plastic production and a handful of oil-producing countries only willing to target plastic waste. The fifth United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting in Busan, South Korea was intended to be the final session. It was hoped the meeting would produce a legally binding global treaty If successful, it would have marked the most significant global climate pledge since the Paris Climate Accords in 2015, but the group of nations could only agree on Sunday to postpone negotiations to a later date. Saudi Arabia, in particular, was accused of standing in the way. The country strongly opposed efforts to reduce plast...

More than 10 people have been killed and many others are feared dead after heavy rains caused landslides in eastern Uganda. The Uganda Red Cross Society said on Thursday at least 13 bodies had been recovered after landslides “completely buried” 40 homes in six villages of the mountainous district of Bulambuli the previous night Images on local media showed huge swaths of fallen earth covering the land in the village of Masugu, about a five-hour drive from the capital, Kampala. Videos and photographs shared on social media purported to show people digging for survivors in the village of Kimono. The Uganda Red Cross Society said the rescue effort was continuing but the death toll was likely to rise We lost about 30 people,” district commissioner Faheera Mpalanyi told the AFP ...

As Baku summit winds down, rich and poor countries at odds over how fight against climate change will be financed With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations’ annual climate talks have returned to the puzzle of finding an agreement to bring far more money for developing countries to adapt than wealthier countries have shown they are willing to pay Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion to deal with damage from climate change and to adapt to that change, including building out their own clean-energy systems. Experts agree that at least $1 trillion is called for, but both figures are far more than the developed world has so far offered UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged negotiators at the United Nations’ annual climate talks to launch a “major push” ...

Jon Jones sent Stipe Miocic into retirement with a stunning back kick to the ribs and used a series of blows to the head in the third round to retain the UFC heavyweight championship in front of United States President-elect Donald Trump in the main event of UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden. Jones posed and played to the crowd on top of the octagon on Saturday night in front of Trump, Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy Jr. Trump walked out to a rousing ovation in front of 20,200 fans just before the start of the pay-per-view card and seemed to bask in the thrill of the fighters that throughout the night gave him props, including Jones Trump did some dance moves as his signature campaign song, YMCA, played over the loudspeaker. He eventually sat down and talked animatedly t...

Jake Paul has beaten boxing legend Mike Tyson by a unanimous decision to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas that failed to live up to its enormous hype. The Friday night bout between the 27-year-old social media influencer-turned-prizefighter Paul and the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Tyson was streamed live on Netflix and played out in front of a sold-out crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington Those fans were left largely disappointed as Tyson showed his age and was never able to generate any offence against his younger opponent, landing just 18 punches to Paul’s 78. “First and foremost, Mike Tyson – it’s an honour to be able to fight him,” said Paul. “It was as tough and hard as I thought it would be.” Tyson, who wore a knee brace, never ...

Climate hazards helping to double the number of displaced people to 120 million, UNHCR reports Climate change is helping to drive a rising refugee crisis, adding to the huge numbers already displaced by conflict, according to a United Nations report. Three-quarters of the world’s forcibly displaced people live in countries heavily affected by climate hazards, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in the document released on Tuesday The number of people fleeing conflict doubled to more than 120 million over the past decade, 90 million of them in countries with high-to-extreme exposure to climate-related hazards, it reported. Half of displaced people are in locations affected by both conflict and serious climate hazards, such as Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Syria For the...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is diving even deeper into the world of politics after Donald Trump’s election win, cosying up to the president-elect and offering him input on key administration hires, according to US media reports Musk, who donated $119m to a pro-Trump political action committee and aggressively campaigned for the Republican, has made near-daily visits to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida since Election Day on Tuesday, spending time with the president-elect and his family, CNN reported Kai Trump, Donald Trump’s granddaughter, posted a photo of herself with Musk and his child on social media, joking that the billionaire was “achieving uncle status Musk is making his voice heard on important staffing deliberations, according to CNN, while using the X social ...