Updated at 23: 59 GMT at Thursday 18th March 2021 FILE PHOTO: Tanzania’s President John Magufuli addresses a news conference during his official visit to Nairobi, Kenya October 31, 2016. THOMAS MUKOYA Following announcement of death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus sceptics, aged 61 by Vice President Samia Suluhu…
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Dutch court orders Shell to compensate Nigerian farmers over oil spills
Court of Appeal in The Hague rules the British-Dutch multinational must payout over a 2008 case. Updated at 14:00 GMT on Friday 29 Jan 2021 A Dutch court has ordered Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta in a ruling which could pave the way for more cases against the multinational…
Internet Restored in Uganda following Contested elections.
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…
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…
