Uganda’s Fifth Ebola Outbreak That claimed 55 Lives Comes to an End

By Brenda Namugenyi Updated at 14:40 EAT by HICGI News Agency on 11th Jan 2023 The world health Organization has declared Uganda free from the Ebola virus almost four months since the first case was reported. On 20th September 2022, Ebola, Sudan variant was declared in the districts of Mubende and Kassanda. The virus had killed one confirmed case…

President Yoweri Museveni to Contest for Seventh Term of Office

By Earnest Kivumbi Updated at 14:16EAT on 10th Jan 2023 ENTEBBE It is roughly 3 years to the next election in Uganda but the vice president Jesica Alupo has announced that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will run for president in 2026. Alupo made the announcement “from your faces and body language I can see you…

Visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Darkness.

The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a large primeval forest located in south-western Uganda in the Kanungu District. The Bwindi forest is on the edge of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, at elevations ranging from 1,160 to 2,607 metres (3,806 to 8,553 ft). The forest contains around 160 species of…

Kampala Launches Tourist Information Centre

By PCA – KCCA Kampala City, with a rich history, set uniquely over undulating hills and a lake side to one end, is by far a beautiful place; a place that should offer to residents, visitors and commuters more than commercial or public administrative services. Kampala for all its endowments presents the best there can…

Pele’s funeral: Brazil legend given joyous send-off

By Katy Watson If Monday’s wake for Brazilian football legend Pele was a day of reflection, Tuesday’s funeral cortege was one of carnivalesque proportions.  The 82-year-old, who many regarded as the world’s best football player, died on 29 December. His coffin arrived in Santos on Monday, where thousands of mourners came to pay their respects…

TZ President Samia lifts ban on political rallies

Follow us on Social Media , just type “HICGI News Agency” Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted the ban on political rallies, a demand that opposition parties have been calling for. The ban on political party rallies was imposed by the late President Magufuli in 2015 in his first address to Parliament…

Libya says boat with 700 Europe-bound migrants intercepted

Follow us on Social Media , just type “HICGI News Agency” A vessel carrying at least 700 migrants was intercepted off the eastern coast of Libya, the coast guard said. It was one of the largest interceptions in recent months of migrants seeking a better life in Europe through the North African country. The coast…