HICGI Reporer-Updated at 1646 EAT on FEB 7th 2022 Former Kawempe South MP Hon Mubarak Munyagwa has come out to criticize the National Unity Platform (NUP) for lacking a sense of direction as far as the struggle to oust Gen Museveni is concerned. According to Munyagwa, NUP seems not to know what to do and…
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After series of deadly avalanches; Austria is on a high alert.
Published on Monday 7th/02/2022 at 1630 EAT Nine people have died following a wave of avalanches in a popular skiing region of Austria. Between Friday and Sunday, more than 100 avalanches have hit the western region of Tyrol, prompting the country’s danger level to be raised. Local authorities said the situation was “unprecedented”, and warned…
Finance minister Kasaija meets world bank executive Dr Taufila Nyamadzabo
Updated at 0420 EAT on Saturday 5th February Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has met the World Bank, Africa Group 1, Executive Director Dr. Taufila Nyamadzabo who is currently on a mission in Uganda ( 30th January to 4th February 2022).The Minister expressed gratitude to the World Bank for the support extended to Uganda especially in…
legislators in Uganda pass Landlord and tenant bill
Updated at 101 EAT on 4 February 2022. MPs passed the bill which will regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants Parliament has passed the Landlord and Tenants bill, 2021 that permits the landlords to access the tenants’ premises and take possession of the property to recover accumulated rent arrears.This has however, been conditioned on…
EU imposes Sanctions on Mali’s Coup leaders.
By http://twitter.com/FaithNamagembe Updated at 1009 EAT on 5 February 2022. The European Union has placed targeted sanctions on several senior figures of Mali’s transitional government, including the prime minister, citing delayed elections and a lack of reforms. Others sanctioned included top military commanders who removed former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020, the…
Sudan protesters block Road to egypt.
The ongoing closure of the highway connecting Sudan to Egypt by the Sudanese resistance committees of the north has entered its ninth day. Sudanese protesters in the northern state have erected several barricades along the road connecting the two countries and have disrupted the movement of Egyptian-owned vehicles returning to Egypt with Sudanese livestock or…
Guinea-Bissau launches investigations into foiled coup.
President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived a gun attack on Tuesday that also claimed 11 lives, the Guinea-Bissau government says. By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated at 0753 EAT on 3 February 2022. Guinea-Bissau has launched a major investigation into a foiled attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who survived a gun attack on Tuesday in…
The Horn of Africa is threatened by drought as millions of people are at risk
Updated at 1758 EAT on Wednesday 2nd February 2022 Somalia, Kenya, and now Ethiopia have raised the alarm about the latest climate shock to a fragile region traversed by herders and others trying to keep their animals, and themselves, alive. In Ethiopia’s Somali region, people have seen the failures of what should have been three…
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