Vehicle Catches Fire Aboard Kalangala Ferry, Causing Panic

Updated by HICGI News Agency at 1557 EAT on Friday 25 September 2026 Passengers aboard the MV Pearl ferry were thrown into panic on Thursday after a vehicle caught fire shortly before the vessel docked at Bukakata landing site on the Masaka mainland. The ferry, operated by Kalangala Infrastructure Services Limited (KIS), was sailing towards…

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Trump Rolls Out Red Carpet for Xi, but Key Demands Remain Unmet

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1441 EAT on Friday 25 September 2026 China believes the United States is seeking to contain its rise as a global superpower and wants Washington to stay out of its way, particularly on trade, technology and Taiwan. On this visit, however, despite Trump rolling out the red carpet…

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UAE Bars Iranian Airlines Amid US Sanctions on Iran’s Aviation Industry

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1313 EAT on Friday 25 September 2026 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended flights operated by Iranian airlines, joining several other countries in enforcing United States sanctions aimed at putting pressure on Iran’s aviation sector. In a statement carried by the Emirati WAM news agency on Thursday,…

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Girlfriend Claims Matovu Was Not the Intended Target

Updated by HICGI News Agency at 1127 EAT on Friday 25 September 2026 Afrigo Band icon Moses Matovu may not have been the intended target in the fatal attack that followed a confrontation involving his alleged girlfriend and her former boyfriend, according to a new account of the incident. Matovu, 77, was pronounced dead at…

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Afghanistan Vows Retaliation After Pakistani Airstrikes Kill Four

Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1411 EAT on Thursday 24 September 2026 Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan have killed at least four people, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban government said, vowing an “appropriate response.” Pakistan said on Thursday that it had carried out airstrikes on 10 locations in Afghanistan allegedly used to store…

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Tallying Errors Admitted in Mukono LC V Election

Updated by HICGI News agency at 1350 EAT on Thursday 24  September 2026 Kampala, Uganda | Electoral Commission officials have admitted before the High Court that errors were made while tallying results in the Mukono District LC V chairperson election, in which National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Francis Lukooya Mukoome was declared the winner. National…

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Supreme Court upholds Kasiwukira murder convictions

By Ssentamu Derrick Peterson at 1327 EAT on Thursday 24 September 2026 Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Supreme Court has upheld the murder convictions and 20-year prison sentences imposed on Police Constable Jaden Ashraf and Sandra Nakungu over the 2014 killing of businessman Eriya Sebunya Bugembe, popularly known as Kasiwukira. A five-member panel dismissed…

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