Ugandan IOC member Nyangweso dies at 72

Maj. Gen. Francis Nyangweso, a Ugandan sports administrator and former boxer who served as a member of the IOC for the past 23 years, has died. He was 72.

The International Olympic Committee announced Nyangweso's death Wednesday.

According to African news reports, Nyangweso died Tuesday in a Ugandan hospital from kidney failure after battling diabetes.

The former banker and military officer served as president of Uganda's national Olympic committee from 1975-2009. He'd been a member of the IOC since 1988 and served on the Culture and Education Commission and Olympic Solidarity Commission.