Putin Not Coming to South Africa For BRICS Summit – Presidency

By Jerry Chifamba Harare — Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, won’t be attending the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit in Johannesburg in August, the presidency said. The Presidency announced that instead of Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in attendance. Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had declared that any effort to…

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Kenya Schools, Shops Shut Before National Protests

Residents of Nairobi, Kisuma and other cities are being urged to bang pots and pans in protest against the high cost of living in the country, and what opposition leader Raila Odinga describes as an illegitimate government. Meanwhile, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) said it’s very concerned over reports of police in Kenya…

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Israeli Man Kills Wife in Uganda after DNA Results Showed Child Was Not His

Waeed Taheed, an Israeli businessman based in Uganda, suspected his wife, Monica Nabukenya, cheated on him His fears were confirmed when he took their six-month-old child for a DNA test, as he was not the father Taheed then took Nabukenya’s life before reporting her missing, but detectives unravelled the murder Negative DNA results led to…

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Africa’s Biggest Port to be Partially Privatised

In a first for South Africa’s national ports business, the largest harbour in Africa, Port of Durban, will be operated and controlled in part by International Container Terminal Services Inc. of the Philippines. “Private sector participation in Pier 2 is a key catalyst for repositioning the Port of Durban as a container hub port. We…

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Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels

The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans to host due to budget blowouts. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) struggled to find a host city before Victoria volunteered in April 2022. But the premier said the projected cost had now tripled and become “well and truly too…

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State House to Renew Dorothy Kisaka KCCA Contract

A section of city dwellers have asked if Dorothy Kisaka’s contract at Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA as Executive Director would be renewed. HICGI News Agency can confirm from sources near President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni that the soft-spoken lawyer and corporate executive who assumed office on 21st July 2021 will return at the expiry of…

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Iran President Praises Uganda Anti- LGBTQ Law

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was in Zimbabwe Thursday, wrapping up a three-nation Africa visit that also took him to Kenya and Uganda. While in Uganda, Raisi said the West was promoting homosexuality in order to end what he called the “generation of human beings.” Raisi’s visit came after Uganda in May signed a law with…

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Africa World Cup qualifiers 2026: Nigeria, South Africa to slug it out

Draws for African teams have been unveiled for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers billed to hold in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Nine groups of six have been drawn, while for the first time the continent will be represented by at least nine countries. This is a consequence of the new competition format adopted…

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