Tanzania shuts down a key highway due to bridge damage caused by floods.

Tanzania’s 396-kilometre highway, connecting the port city of Dar es Salaam to the southern regions of Lindi and Mtwara, was shut down on Sunday due to flash floods that washed away at least four major bridges. “The highway has been closed until further notice,” Joseph Mwasabeja, the Tanzania Fire and Rescue Force commander for Lindi…

Read More

Chad presidential election  expected to bring an end to the military rule .

Chad is poised to hold its first democratic presidential election, marking a transition from its current junta-led state. After the sudden death of long-serving leader Idriss Déby Itno while fighting rebels, a three-year transition period will come to an end. But as his son, and successor, Gen Mahamat Déby is one of the favourites to…

Read More

A Syrian asylum seekers are afraid that Rwanda will not be a safe place and threatened to kill themselves

                      Updated by Ronald sserwadda A Syrian asylum seeker in a detention centre awaiting deportation to Rwanda plans to commit suicide on arrival, as he believes the country is unsafe for him. Khaled, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, recently spoke exclusively to the hicginewsagency from his cell in Colnbrook immigration removal…

Read More

South Korea to host its ever first African summit.

Rice may not be a staple in most of East Africa, but it is one of the most consumed cereals in the region. Koreans know it, so, over the past couple of years, they have introduced a technology for higher-yielding seed, known as K-Rice. In East Africa, Kenya and Uganda have been pilot sites, although…

Read More

Is Zimbabwe zigzagging into further currency chaos?

Sylvia Dhliwayo, an expert at scaling the hurdles of Zimbabwe’s crisis-ridden economy and negotiating the many currencies at play, is upset. She works hard every day to send her four children to school. Waking up at 04:00 most mornings, she heads to the main market in Mbare in the capital, Harare, to buy maize, peanuts,…

Read More

Buckingham palace drops new bombshell as Prince Harry heads to UK.

                            Updated by Ronald sserwadda King Charles III’s office has made a major announcement ahead of the first anniversary of the monarch’s Coronation as Prince Harry prepares to return to the UK. Buckingham palace has announced that King Charles, Queen Camilla and other senior royals are to relinquish patronages of almost 200 charities and organizations…

Read More

Rwanda and rebels accused by US of deadly camp attack.

The US has accused the Rwandan army and M23 rebel group of being responsible for the deadly bombing at a displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Friday, a strike on the Mugunga camp in Goma killed at least nine people, including seven children. The Congolese army and M23 blamed each other for…

Read More