Chinese Foreign Minister: Africa isn’t a ‘wrestling ground’ for big powers

“Africa should be an arena for international cooperation rather than a ‘wrestling ground’ for big powers,” Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Wednesday, adding that it is cooperation not confrontation that really counts for Africa and no country in the world has the right to force African countries to take sides.  Qin made the remarks when being asked…

NUP Leaders Suspended o over Bickering.

By Brenda Namugenyi The National Unity Platform has suspended with immediate effect five leaders of the party in Busoga subregion over bickering. The party has instituted a five member committee to investigate their actions. Those suspended include Bamu Lulenzi the coordinator in the region, Moses Bigirwa the deputy secretary for mobilization, Saulo Nsongambi the acting…

US House Republicans announce investigation into President Biden

The new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives have requested information from Twitter and the Treasury Department. Republicans in the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday opened their long-promised investigation into Democratic President Joe Biden and his family, wielding the power of their new majority to demand information from the Treasury Department and former…

UNEB To Release 2022 PLE Results Next Week

By Our Reporter Results for the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations are set to be released next week, according to Uganda National Examinations Board. A total of 832,839 candidates sat for PLE from 14153 examination centres across the country. Daniel Odong the UNEB Executive Director says the results shall be released before commencement of the 2023 academic year…

Uganda’s Fifth Ebola Outbreak That claimed 55 Lives Comes to an End

By Brenda Namugenyi Updated at 14:40 EAT by HICGI News Agency on 11th Jan 2023 The world health Organization has declared Uganda free from the Ebola virus almost four months since the first case was reported. On 20th September 2022, Ebola, Sudan variant was declared in the districts of Mubende and Kassanda. The virus had killed one confirmed case…

President Yoweri Museveni to Contest for Seventh Term of Office

By Earnest Kivumbi Updated at 14:16EAT on 10th Jan 2023 ENTEBBE It is roughly 3 years to the next election in Uganda but the vice president Jesica Alupo has announced that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will run for president in 2026. Alupo made the announcement “from your faces and body language I can see you…

Visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Darkness.

The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a large primeval forest located in south-western Uganda in the Kanungu District. The Bwindi forest is on the edge of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, at elevations ranging from 1,160 to 2,607 metres (3,806 to 8,553 ft). The forest contains around 160 species of…