Al-Zawahiri: From Cairo clinic to al-Qaeda leader.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0813 EAT on Tuesday 2nd August 2022. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been killed in a US drone attack in Afghanistan, was the group’s key ideologue and strategist, masterminding its global network and planning attacks on the United States. The 71-year-old Egyptian eye doctor had central roles in…

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US VP Harris to announce $1bn to states for floods, extreme heat.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0755 EAT on Tuesday 2nd August 2022. Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States, has called climate change an “immediate” and “urgent” crisis as she detailed Biden administration efforts to respond to disasters such as the deadly flooding in kentucky and wildfires ravaging her home state of…

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Vladimir Putin talks about nuclear war

There can be “no winners” in a nuclear war and it must never be fought, Russian president warns. Russian president Vladimir Putin has commented on the prospects of fighting a nuclear war after his US counterpart Joe Biden called on Russia to negotiate a new arms-control deal to potentially replace the landmark New Start treaty….

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Egypt Protests at UN Ethiopia’s continued filling of Nile dam

By Xinhua – Updated at 14:50 on Sunday 31st July 2022 @HICGINewsAgency Egypt sent a letter on Friday to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to object to Ethiopia’s continued filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “Egypt completely rejects Ethiopia’s continuation of filling the GERD unilaterally without reaching an agreement with Egypt and…

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Celebrations kickoff of Kabaka Mutebi’s 29th coronation anniversary

By E K Benjamin @HICGINewsAgency Updated Sunday 31st July 2022 The people of Buganda around the world are celebrating Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II 29th Coronation anniversary today Sunday. Buganda Kingdom is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda’s Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. Earlier, the Katikiro…

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