By Faith Barbara Namagembe, Hicginewsagency Updated 0751 EAT October 26 2021. Sudan has descended into crisis after the military dissolved the country’s power-sharing government and declared a state of emergency on Monday.The move has crushed hopes for a peaceful transition of power following the ousting of former President Omar al-Bashir in 2019. What’s going on in…
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Sudan Coup leader says the army involved its self in the power of the country to prevent civil war.
Updated at 0811 EAT on 27 october 2021 by Faith Barbara Namagembe. Sudan’s coup leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the military seized power on Monday to prevent “civil war”. He added that the deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was being kept at the general’s house “for his own safety”, but has now returned…
Fighting Global Hunger ; Maj Jessica Alupo calls for support to Farmers
By E K Benj @kivumbi Updated at 1129 EAT on Sunday 24th Oct 2021 WAKISO- The Vice of Uganda H.E Maj Jessica Alupo on Saturday while delivering a speech on behalf of her boss President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the National Agriculture Research Laboratories in Kawanda, Wakiso said as a country and the government, reflects…
Brazil’s president accused of crimes against humanity during COVID out break.
Updated at 0905 EAT on 21st October 2021 by Faith Barbara Namagembe. Senate report says Bolsonaro – who faces an election next year – is ‘the main person responsible for the government’s mistakes during the pandemic’. A Brazilian Senate report has recommended pursuing crimes against humanity and other charges against President Jair Bolsonaro over his…
The International Court of Justice,ICJ rejects Kenya case in Maritime border with Somalia.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated at 2225 EAT on Tuesday 12th October 2021. The UN’s top court has ruled largely in favour of Somalia in its long-running dispute with Kenya over their maritime border. Kenya previously accused the International Court of Justice of bias and said it will not accept the ruling. The case concerned…
California bans non-consensual condom removal
By Holly Honderich & Shrai PopatWashington Updated at 1521 EAT on Monday 11th Oct 2021 About 30 years ago, just months after starting work as a prostitute, Maxine Doogan became pregnant. She had been with a new client at a massage parlour in Anchorage, Alaska, when she realised he had removed his condom surreptitiously during…
Taiwan defies China Aggression
HICGI News Agency Updated at 1256 EAT on Sunday 10th October 2021 TAIPEI- Tsai Ing-wen says Taiwan will continue to boost its defences ‘to ensure that nobody can force’ the territory to ‘accept the path China has laid out for us’. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen says her government will not bow down to pressure from…
Kenya refuses to accept court ruling in its long-running maritime border dispute with Somalia.
BY Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0922 GMT on Saturday 9th October 2021. The Horn of Africa neighbours have been feuding for years over a stretch of the Indian Ocean claimed by both nations and believed to hold deposits of oil and gas. “In addition to withdrawing its participation from the current case, Kenya ……
