By Halligan Agade & E K Benj Updated at 2241 EAT on Tuesday 06th Dec 2022 December 4 is the official International Day of Banks, marked globally to recognize the significant potential of multilateral development banks and other international development banks in financing sustainable development. This is in addition to providing know-how, and the vital…
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UNDP Supports KCCA Efforts to Fight Ebola
By KCCA-PCA The battle to end Ebola virus is registering tremendous success in Kampala city and the country at large and there is hope that the virus will be history soon. In Kampala it’s now day 18 since a case was reported in the city. However, to be declared epidemic free, the city has to…
Inequalities a roadblock in tackling AIDS- Winnie Byanyima
The United Nations has grim news about the global fight against HIV/AIDS. In a UNAIDS report released in conjunction with World AIDS day, the organisation said the world is not on track to end the AIDS pandemic because new infections are rising and AIDS deaths are continuing in too many communities. “Inequalities are holding us back,” said…
5$ Billion to Help Africans Build Water Resilience #AfricaClimateHope
Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Access to clean drinking water still remains a major challenge to many communities the world over and will increasingly be at the centre of dealing with the worst effects of the climate emergency.After days of intense negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, history was made when countries…
World Health Organisation Assigns New Name for Monkeypox
Published by Nakayima Ritah Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monkeypox…
Rosa Malango Jets in Uganda at the Invitation of President Museveni
By E K Benj United Nations Director Regional Commissions Rosa Malango on Sunday evening landed at Entebbe International Airport. H.E Malango who once served as UN Resident Coordinator to Uganda and head of Security in the region was recieved by Special Forces Command- SFC an elite force that guards Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni amidst…
Loss and Damage Deal – ‘A Step Towards Justice’, Says UN Chief
Compensation for the loss and damage suffered by countries on the frontlines of the climate emergency has been a key issue at the recently-concluded COP27 talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Also on the agenda has been how the move away from fuels – or the just transition – will be funded. After missing their Friday…
COP 27: UN Boss warns world is on path to ‘climate hell’
“Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt. He urged an energy pact between the world’s richest and poorest countries. Humanity must cooperate on cutting carbon emissions or face a bleak future, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the opening of the COP27 climate…
The food insecurity in parts of this country should make us to pause and ask ourselves what we are not doing right and what we need to do better- UG PM Speech.
SPEECH BY RT HON ROBINAH NABBANJA, PRIME MINISTER, OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, ON WORLD FOOD DAY CELEBRATIONS AT THE NATIONAL CROP RESEARCH RESOURCE INSTITUTE NAMULONGE.SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2022 Honorable Ministers & Ministers of State, The Country Representative FAO, The Country Director WFP, Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Agencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to…
WHO says depression, anxiety costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion
By Halligan Agade – Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” The UN health agency World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization (ILO) submitted on Wednesday that an estimated 12 billion workdays are lost yearly due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion, more action is needed…
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