It is not clear whether Prak Sokhonn will meet members of the Natonal Unity Government or detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi in visit described as ‘shameful’ by critics. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1059 EAT on Tuesday 22/03/2022. A southeast Asian envoy has met Myanmar’s military rulers on a controversial first trip to…
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China plane crash; ‘Grim’ search as rescue teams comb hillside.
Firefighters and paramilitary police deployed to steeply-forested slopes of China’s first air crash in 10 years. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1028 EAT on Tuesday 22/03/2022. Rescuers in China are scouring heavily forested slopes in southern China where a China Eastern Airlines crashed and exploded in flames, as the airline expressed “deep condolences” for…
International Investigators Seek independent Inquiry into Death of Uganda Speaker of Parliament
Father claims Oulanyah was poisoned Updated at 0611 EAT on Tuesday 22nd March 2022 Several international private investigators have offered interest for an independent inquiry into death of Uganda’s Speaker Jacob Oulanya according to sources to HICGI News Agency. The moves follows Mr Nathan Okori, the father of Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, who has said his…
Iceland Donates U$300,000 to sustain hygiene in Uganda schools.
Updated at 0520 on Tuesday, March 21, 2022 The Government of the Republic of Iceland has donated to UNICEF up to $300,000 (about Shs1.07 billion) to get critical hand washing facilities and supply it to 600 primary and secondary schools across the country in a move aimed at maintaining hygiene in schools. Provision of safe…
US Sanctions Sudan’s Central Reserve Police For Human Rights Abuses
Updated at 0012 EAT ON 22nd March 2022. The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) force for human rights abuses. The Treasury Department accused the CRP of being “at the forefront” of the crackdown on protests against military rule in the northeast African nation. “Since the October 25 military…
132 feared dead in China Eastern plane crash in Guangxi
A China Eastern Airlines plane carrying 132 people on board has crashed in Guangxi province, Chinese aviation officials have confirmed. The number of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known. The crash of the Boeing 737 jet, in a mountainous region, led to a fire in the woods, state media is reporting….
Pentagon Confirms Russia has used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine
Moscow launches cruise and hypersonic missiles targeting Ukrainian military assets as it steps up its military offensive. Updated at 0512 EAT on Monday 21st March 2022 – HICGI News Agency & News Agencies – Follow us here US officials have confirmed Putin has used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine-Russia War. Sources to HICGI News Agency indicate…
Did M7 Delay Breaking News of Speaker Jacob Oulanyah Death?
Updated at 1320 EAT on Sunday 20th March, 2022 follow us @hicginewsagency “Countrymen and Countrywomen. It is with a lot of sadness that I announce the death of the Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, the Speaker of Parliament. I got information of this sad news at 10.30am, East African time from People that have been with…
