NEWS UPDATES STRONGEST AND MOST DISCIPLINED ARMY: The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) has been named among the strongest military and most disciplined in the world by the Africa Report magazine. The magazine ranks Kenya’s army highly above all other African armies. The troops reportedly train frequently with their British and American counterparts. In the wake of the Westgate attack, KDF have come under fire following CCTV footage showing some of them looting. FIGHT POVERTY: President Yoweri Museveni has viewed the lack of sustainable household income as the main remaining challenge to majority of Ugandans. Mr Museveni argues that even if government provides all the development infrastructures yet citizens are not earning at household level, the country cannot develop. He said this while in Rubirizi district for a poverty mobilization tour. SOLAR ECLIPSE : Hotels in and around Gulu district are already fast filling up with tourists visiting the northern part of the country, days to the famous solar eclipse of the sun on the 3rd of next month. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets between the Earth and the sun, and the moon casts a shadow over the sun. 95 REBELS KILLED: 95 suspected Boko Haram fighters have been killed in yesterday’s raids by Nigerias army in the countrys northeast. The Islamist group gunmen are said to have been battling security forces in a neighboring area. The army, which is battling to crush a four-year Islamist uprising in Nigeria, said it deployed bombs and ground troops to destroy rebel camps in Borno. END TO YEARS OF POLITICAL CRISIS: Madagascar voted in presidential elections Friday to restore democracy following a 2009 coup as international observers hailed a calm and transparent poll despite isolated incidents of violence. A senior government official was killed and a polling station set ablaze, as voters sought to end a political and economic crisis which has crippled the nation for four years.
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