Kallis to retire from Test cricket

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South Africa captain Graeme Smith will retire from international cricket after the third Test against Australia.

The Uganda People’s Defence Force has approved the retirement of at least 1,400 soldiers, military sources said.

Al Ahly chairman Hassan Hamdi is to step down from his role ahead of a proposed new sports law which limits the tenure of board members.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said the people do not want him to retire although he does not “need power”.

Burundi is among African nations that are part of a “very worrying trend” of leaders ignoring or circumventing term limits, the US envoy to the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The Nation Media Group’s Editorial Director, Mr Joseph Odindo, will retire next month after more than two decades of journalism leadership at the biggest media house in East Africa.

>A senior presidential adviser on defence, Gen Salim Saleh, has said he will not seek the renewal of his contract-- which expires in March next year-- citing old age.

Bitterly disappointing. These two words best describe the national senior cricket team’s performance in this year’s ICC Africa Twenty20 Division 1 championship in South Africa.