Updated at 12:30 GMT on Monday 18 January 21. UGANDA Government has restored internet moments ago following a country wide blackout since 14th January when the country went to polls. Prime Minister Rt Hon Dr Ruhakana Rugunda yesterday appearing on a local television said the government kept the country offline due to security threats and…
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Presidential Decree; M7 Orders closure of FACEBOOK.
By E K Benj Updated at 21:40 GMT on Tuesday, 12th January 21. Ahead of polls on Thursday 14th January, Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a televised national address has said his government has closed Facebook. Dressed in a military jacket, Museveni who spoke calmly moments ago (9:30 PM local time) protested the move…
Trump has discussed pardoning himself, source says
Updated 13:30 PM, 08-Jan-2021 HICGI News Agency U.S. President Donald Trump looks on at the end of his speech during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. /Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed the possibility of pardoning himself…
Trump supporters storm Capitol buidling as congress gathers to count electoral votes, Biden demands Trump to end insurrection
HICGI New Agency Updated on at 12:14am on Thursday 07th January, 21 WASHINGTON DC Supporters of President Donald Trump have breached the US Capitol and one woman has been shot as one of the most iconic American buildings is engulfed in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial counting of the…
UK court blocks Julian Assange extradition to US
Updated at 4:00 PM GMT on Monday, 04th January 21 LONDON – UK judge says WikiLeaks founder should not be extradited to face espionage charges because he is at risk of suicide. A British judge has ruled that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face espionage charges, saying that such…
How Kirunda Kivejinja will be remembered.
Kampala, Uganda – By HICGI News Agency SATURDAY DECEMBER 19 2020 Deceased: Hon Ali Kirunda Kivejinja. PHOTO/FILE/COURTESY. Uganda’s second deputy Prime Minister, Kirunda Kivejinja has died. Kivejinja succumbed to Covid-19 related complications on Saturday at Mulago national referral hospital where he had been admitted for a month, according to his son Faruk Kirunda. “It’s true…
Emmanuel Macron tests positive for coronavirus.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus, his office has said. The Elysee palace said he was tested after showing early symptoms. He will now isolate for seven days but will continue to work and carry out his activities remotely…also read https://hicginewsagency.com/2020/12/08/egyptian-president-calls-out-the-western-media-on-his-visit-to-france-as-ngos-stage-demos/
M7 meets US & UK Diplomats; discuss peace & human rights ahead of UG 2021 elections.
Jinja, Uganda – By E K Benj Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta T Museveni has a few hours ago (10:00am EAT Monday 7th December 2020) met the United Kingdom Special Envoy delegation headed by special envoy H.E Robert Fairweather OBE and High Commissioner-designate H.E Kate Airey OBE. In the same meeting was the United States Special…
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