700 drown in Congo River boat disaster

Whaling vessel was carrying 700 passengers at night from Kinshasa when it capsized in Mai-Ndombe province, minister for humanitarian action says. By Alain Uaykani Updated at 9:10 GMT on Tuesday 16th Feb 21 Kinshasa, DRC – At least 60 people have died and hundreds are missing after a boat capsized in the Congo River in western…

M7 wants Youth Partnership to Save Uganda’s Forests & Wetlands

STATE HOUSE- ENTEBBE By E. K Benj. Updated at 16:40 GMT on Friday 12th February, 2021 Ahead of United Nations Wildlife Day scheduled 3rd March, Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday (10th February 2021) at State House, Entebbe held an extra ordinary 4 hours engagement with representatives of 25 youth led organisations under their…

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Gets U.S. Green light for WTO Post

By HICGI News Agency Updated at 18:14 GMT on Monday 08th February 21 Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is now poised for the top job as the director-general of the World Trade Organization. She will make history as the first woman to hold the post, and the first African. She was among five contenders…

Dominic Ongwen guilty of war crimes- ICC.

By Kisakye Ann Mary Updated at 23:15 GMT on Thursday Feb 21 Child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen convicted by Netherlands-based court. The International Criminal Court has convicted a Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Netherlands-based court on Thursday found Dominic Ongwen, 45, guilty of…

Biodiversity: Food ‘key driver’ of accelerating death of wildlife

EnvironmentBy Ajit Niranjan & E K Benj Updated at 22:27 GMT Wednesday, 3rd January 21 Eating more plants and less meat would take pressure off land needed to feed a growing world, according to a UN report. Experts say organic farming alone is not the answer. The way food is grown around the world threatens…

‘Soldiers in the house’ Vanguard of democracy or time bomb?

By Halima Athumani & E K Benj Updated at 14:27 GMT on Monday 1st Feb 21 BOMBO- The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Council on Friday (29th Jan 21) elected new representatives to the 11th Parliament. In a meeting held at the Land Forces Headquarters in Bombo, the Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF H.E Gen (Rtd) Kaguta…

End of road: What happens to Vision Group without Robert Kabushenga?

By our reporter Updated at 17:59 GMT on Friday 29th January 21 KAMPALA- Vision Group’s Managing Director Robert Kabushenga has resigned. However according to various sources, he has been sacked by the board for poor performance with the influence of an upper hand which former State House Press Secretary Tamale Mirundi in the rest couple…