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Vice President Alupo Represents Museveni: BRICS Summit, Ends with Renewed Push for a Multipolar World Order.

NEW DELHI, INDIA – By Dr.Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin L. H. D (Hon.)- HICGI News Agency updated at 1613 EAT on Monday 14 September 2026 Vice President Jessica Alupo represented President Yoweri Museveni at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, where she held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on strengthening cooperation between…

Lukyamuzi Takes on Odonga Otto Over Disappearance of Signatures Collected to Impeach the President

On the Senior Citizens Talk, veteran Ugandan politician Hon. John Ken Lukyamuzi, popularly known as The Man, revisits the controversial 2012 impeachment petition against President Museveni and addresses the alleged disappearance of signatures collected to support the motion. In this candid discussion with Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D. (Hon.), Lukyamuzi also shares his views on…

United Nations panel says it’s concerned about human rights violations in Uganda in recent years

Human rights violations in Uganda in recent years ranging from the arrest of government opponents to extrajudicial killings have raised the concern of a panel of United Nations experts The U.N. Human Rights Committee in findings released Wednesday also urged authorities in the East African country to repeal a recently enacted law that prescribes the…

Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia

Algeria was battling to contain devastating forest fires along its Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, in an inferno which has killed at least 34 people, authorities said, adding they had managed to control about four-fifths of the blaze. Fanned by strong winds, fires had also spread to neighbouring Tunisia, forcing the closure of two border crossings….

Indonesian police crack down on traffickers who sent 122 people to sell their kidneys in Cambodia

Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade in human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping traffickers send 122 Indonesians to a hospital in Cambodia to sell their kidneys By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human organs involving police and immigration officers who were…

Gabon’s Bongo to face 18 other presidential candidates in August election

Gabon’s leader Ali Bongo Ondimba will face 18 other candidates in next month’s presidential election, authorities announced Monday. Bongo is favourite to win a third term at the head of the oil-rich West African state ruled by his family for 55 years. The 64-year-old, who took over from his father, Omar Bongo Ondimba in 2009, officially announced in…

Eswatini: Election With No Democracy On the Horizon

By Andrew Firmin London — Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled for September. But there’s nothing remotely democratic in prospect. The country remains ruled by King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, who presides over Eswatini with an iron fist. Mswati dissolvedparliament on 11 July, confident there’s little chance of people who disagree…

Israeli parliament passes key part of Netanyahu’s divisive judicial overhaul plan

“We see the passage of part of the legal reform as unfortunate,” the Biden administration said of the move that has prompted mass protests. July 24, 2023, 11:17 AM EAT / Updated July 24, 2023, 9:51 PM EAT By Paul Goldman, Raf Sanchez, Patrick Smithand Corky Siemaszko JERUSALEM — Israel was in an uproar Monday after the country’s parliament gave Prime Minister Benjamin…

Pope Francis praises Uganda’s welcome of refugees

Pope Francis meets with the Prime Minister of Uganda, Ms. Robinah Nabbanja, and expresses his admiration for the welcome extended to migrants and refugees from various countries. By Devin Watkins Uganda’s Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja met on Monday with Pope Francis at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. The encounter lasted around 25 minutes and saw the…

Museveni says ex-DRC leader Kabila harboured ADF

Museveni says the ex-DRC president, as well as regional and international actors, gave the ISIL-aligned ADF ‘free tenancy’ in North Kivu and Ituri. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday accused Joseph Kabila, the former leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, of giving sanctuary to armed rebels and allowing them to use proceeds of exploiting…