US to boycott 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Washington’s move is aimed at pressuring China’s over alleged rights abuses, while UK says it will consider boycott in due course. Published On By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on 7 December at 1242 EAT The United States has announced a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s “egregious” rights abuses, a move the…

Youth in Agriculture; Agro-Fresh Chief Speaks about E- Farming.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated 0807 EAT on Sunday 05th Dec 2021 KAMPALA- ED Agro fresh Uganda Musinguzi Raban Joshua speaks to HICGI News Agency on Youth in Agriculture during Uganda Government E Services Expo at Garden City in Kampala on Friday 3rd Dec 2021 Agro Fresh sells fresh clean organic agricultural produce directly from…

Kenya Suffering prolonged drought.

Absence of rainfall pushes pastoralists and their livestock to the brink of disaster, with 2.4 million people predicted to struggle to find food. By http://www.twitter.com/FaithNamagembe/ Published On 17 Nov 2021 at 0707 EAT. Wajir county, Kenya – As if in a macabre parade, cattle carcasses line the two sides of the dusty road leading into Biyamadow, a sleepy…

Looking towards the End of Using Coal at COP26

By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1239 EAT on 4th November 2021. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, and greenhouse gas emissions from burning it are the single-biggest contributor to climate change. The British government says the “end of coal is in sight” after Poland, Vietnam and Chile and other countries pledged for the…

Here is what took place in Sudan.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe, Hicginewsagency Updated 0751 EAT October 26 2021. Sudan has descended into crisis after the military dissolved  the country’s power-sharing government and declared a state of emergency on Monday.The move has crushed hopes for a peaceful transition of power following the ousting of former President Omar al-Bashir in 2019. What’s going on in…