Iranian President on African tour, arrives Uganda on Wednesday

Iran’s Raisi Kampala, Uganda– Iranian President, Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi is scheduled to arrive in Uganda this Wednesday for a two-day state visit, according to the Deputy Presidential Press Secretary, Faruk Kirunda. The three-day trip – which includes Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe – will be the first by an Iranian president to Africa in 11 years….

Meet the co-wives of Uganda with an extraordinary bond

Dorothy Nankinga (L) and Milly Nazziwa at their home in Kireku village, Wakiso district, Uganda, on June 22, 2023. The co-wives say they are best of friends and their children have followed suit. Photo credit: Moraa Obiria I Nation Media Group Read more here https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/meet-the-co-wives-of-uganda-with-an-extraordinary-bond–4294190 Invest or Donate towards HICGI New Agency Global Media Establishment – Watch video…

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija Writes Book on torture, exile and activism

The award-winning author was arrested and tortured for his work – and then tortured again for writing about his detention. Now he smuggles his latest banned book into Uganda to ensure it is read Kakwenza Rukirabashaija tries to keep his scars covered around his children. Even in the height of summer he never takes off…

Uganda walks away from US firm-led consortium after refinery contract expires

Uganda is seeking new investors for its $4.5 billion refinery after its Project Framework Agreement (PFA) with a consortium of American and Italian firms expired. Uganda is seeking new investors for its $4.5 billion refinery after its Project Framework Agreement (PFA) with a consortium of American and Italian firms expired on June 30. The Ministry…

A war on nature’: rangers build mountain out of wildlife traps found in Uganda park

“Over the past 10 years, we’ve removed about 47 tonnes of snares and bear traps,” says Michael Keigwin, the founder of Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF), a charity that works with the country’s wildlife authorities. Speaking from the Ugandan capital, Kampala, Keigwin is referring to a set of photographs showing a 12-tonne pile of tangled snares and metal…

Uganda expects to start oil production from Tilenga project in 2025

SINGAPORE, Uganda National Oil Co (UNOC) expects to start oil production from the Tilenga project in the first half of 2025, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday. “The drill kits have been put up and the drilling has started,” Uganda National Oil Co CEO Proscovia Nabbanja told Reuters on the sidelines of an Energy Asia…

DNA: 32 ‘dads’ demand cancellation of children’s passports

At least 32 men have written to the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control –DCIC demanding the cancelation of children’s passports after DNA testing has shown they are not the biological fathers. Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson, said the men whose details they have decided to keep confidential applied and acquired passports…