South African parliament speaker resigns, charged with corruption.

South Africa’s ex-Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been charged with 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering. She made her first court appearance after handing herself over to a police station on Thursday morning. The politician is accused of soliciting bribes in return for awarding contracts during her time as defence…

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World’s first pig kidney transplant recipient discharged from hospital

The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past. But the success of this procedure so far…

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M7 Aide Speaks out on State House Scholarships

Phionah Barungi, Senior Presidential Assistant on Special Duties speaks to HICGI News Agency’s Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin on  President #YoweriKaguta’s free education for Ugandan children and why #Museveni retained #StateHouse Scholarships.  #UPE #USE … Watch here and subscribe

7 aid workers killed in Gaza during Israeli attack on aid convoy

There is growing outrage around the world after Israeli air strikes killed seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity, as the country faces increased scrutiny over its conduct in the war on Gaza. WCK, one of two NGOs spearheading efforts to distribute aid brought by boat, said a “targeted Israeli strike” on…

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Zimbabwe president declares state of disaster due to drought.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought crisis. Mr Mnangagwa said on Wednesday the country needs $2bn (£1.6bn) to tackle hunger caused by low rainfall which has wiped out about half of the maize crop. The grain shortage has pushed up food prices and an estimated 2.7 million…

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Inclusive Democracy ‘Vacillation’ Threatening African Renaissance in the New World Order; From Senegal’s Victory and Togo’s Crisis.

By Robert Kigongo On 26th February 1996, the first-ever international meeting on the African Renaissance was held in Dakar, Senegal to celebrate one of my greatest African intellectuals Cheik Anta Diop, among the specific objectives was fostering democracy as a prerequisite to the African Renaissance. Senegal the first host of the African Renaissance has through…

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