In pictures: Buildings in Gaza reduced to rubble Images emerge showing the level of destruction caused by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. A man takes a solar panel from a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip [Yousef Masoud/AP]A Palestinians man sits in the rubble of a building after…
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After almost 3 decades of service, UN Career Diplomat chooses Uganda as New Home to Promote PanAfrican values, Youth Entrepreneurs and Solutions on Global Stage.
By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin KAMPALA- H.E Rosa Malango, former United Nations Resident Cordinator to Uganda has returned to Kampala to take on a new mandate . In statement seen by HICGI News Agency, Malango says; After almost thirty years of service with the United Nations, I have begun a newphase as an international senior adviser…
Keep Kampala Clean Campaign takes Center Stage in Makindye.
By KCCA The streets of Makindye Division in Kampala recently witnessed a remarkable transformation. Brooms, spades, and unwavering determination filled the air as street sweepers, landscapers, desilters, from 7 Hills and Community Sacco and the community of Kibuli united in a powerful mission to rid their beloved area of garbage. This marked the official launch…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy: US House of Representatives votes to oust Republican leader
By Anthony Zurcher & Sam Cabral Kevin McCarthy has been toppled in a right-wing revolt – the first time ever that a US House of Representatives Speaker has lost a no-confidence vote. The final tally was 216-210 to remove the congressman as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress. Hardliners in…
Putin Holds Talks with South Sudan’s Salvar Kiir
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said relations between Russia and South Sudan were developing “intensively”. Speaking at a meeting with the South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Moscow, Putin noted Russia was one of the first countries to recognise the sovereignty and independence of South Sudan. “I must say we believe that we have…
Iraq fire: At least 100 killed in blaze at wedding party in Nineveh
At least 100 people have died and 150 others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq. Hundreds of people were celebrating in Al-Hamdaniya in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province when fire tore through the venue late on Tuesday evening. It is not yet known what caused the blaze, but early reports…
Pregnant ‘dwarf’-like creature found on tree in Uganda is ‘cryptic’ new species
Nestled into the woodlands of Uganda sat a “dwarf”-like creature. The pregnant animal waited out the night on a tree trunk —or tried to. Passing scientists spotted the pregnant animal — and discovered a “cryptic” new species. Researchers ventured into the woodlands of the Karamoja region of the central African country several times in 2015,…
Kenya, US sign defense agreement ahead planned Haiti deployment
Kenya and the US signed a defense agreement Monday that will see the East African nation get resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence. Kenya’s Defense Minister Aden Duale and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the accord at a…
