Follow us on Social media , just type “HICGI News Agency” South Sudan is facing record-breaking rains and floods for a fourth consecutive year. As the climate crisis accelerates, South Sudanese fear worse is yet to come. A large part of the population is at risk of starvation due to destroyed crops from flooding in…
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Air Tanzania Suspends Services As Most Of Its Airbus A220s Are Grounded
Three out of Air Tanzania’s four Airbus A220s are not flying at the moment. Air Tanzania has announced a temporary suspension of some of its services because of the ongoing technical problems with the Pratt & Whitney engines on some of its Airbus A220s. The East African airline does not have a target date by…
William Ruto calls for more international efforts to bring peace to DR Congo
By David Ochieng Mbewa Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appealed to the international community through the United Nations to put more resources into peace efforts by countries from East and Southern Africa nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ruto made the comments following discussions with Huang Xia, the special envoy of the UN…
Court orders striking Kenya Airways pilots back to work
A Nairobi court has ordered striking Kenya Airways pilots to return to work by Wednesday morning after the days-long walkout forced dozens of flight cancellations and left thousands of passengers stranded. The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) launched the strike at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Saturday, defying a court order issued last week…
Inter-tribal conflict displaces 70,000 in Sudan’s Blue Nile state
Updated on Friday 28th October 2022 (WAD ALMAHI) – At least 70,000 people have been displaced from Sudan’s Blue Nile state as a result of inter-tribal conflict since mid-July, the International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM-DTM) indicates. The displaced are currently sheltering in the neighbouring Sennar, White Nile state. Blue Nile state had…
Burundi reopens its borders with Rwanda
People can now travel to Rwanda through land borders without having to seek permission By James Tasamba |23.10.2022 KIGALI, Rwanda Authorities in Burundi announced Saturday that the country’s land borders with Rwanda had been reopened more than five years after they were closed. The small country of Burundi closed its borders with Rwanda in…
Suluhu, Ruto task officials to eliminate trade barriers between Tanzania, Kenya
By Jerry Omondi Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu and her Kenyan counterpart William Ruto on Monday tasked relevant government officials in their two countries to work towards eliminating barriers that hinder trade between their two countries. The two leaders made the call at a joint press briefing in Dar es Salaam, where they held bilateral talks….
Ruto wants Museveni to Lead the way to EAC integration
The recently elected president of Kenya William Ruto has called for policies that facilitate the free movement of people and goods and services across the borders of East African Community countries, arguing that it’s the only way the region will be able to fight poverty among its 300 million people. According to Dr Ruto who…
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