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Uganda Political Transition: Bobi Wine, Gen. Muntu Stay Silent on Forgiving Museveni

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda & Eric KikomekoUpdated at 21:35, Monday, 1 December 2025 Nandala Mafabi and Male Mabirizi Emerge as the Only Candidates Willing to Forgive Museveni As Uganda heads toward the January 2026 general elections, the question of political transition dominated Sunday night’s highly anticipated Presidential Debate hosted by NTV Uganda. The debate,…

Unity and Diplomacy: VP Alupo and 25+ Envoys Gather in Kampala to Honour 71 Years of Algeria’s Liberation.

By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D. (Hon.), Anastasias Gordon Sekandi, Faith Barbara Ruhinda & Princess Scovia K Kampala, Uganda — Updated at 2145 EAT on November 5, 2025 The Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria in Uganda on Tuesday hosted a colourful reception at the ambassador’s residence in Kampala to mark the 71st…

Uganda and Russia Reaffirm Strategic Partnership at Third Intergovernmental Commission Session

By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L. H. D (Hon.) & Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Munyonyo, Uganda — updates at 13:12 EAT on October 8, 2025 Uganda and the Russian Federation have reaffirmed their long-standing strategic partnership during the Third Session of the Uganda–Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, held at Speke Resort Munyonyo,…

Chinese rocket falls to Earth, NASA says Beijing did not share information

PUBLISHED SUN, JUL 31 2022 1:07 AM EDT KEY POINTS U.S. Space Command said the Long March 5B rocket re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approximately 12:45 p.m. EDT Saturday (1645 GMT). The Long March 5B blasted off July 24 to deliver a laboratory module to the new Chinese space station under construction in orbit,…

NRM Wins as FDC cries foul after arrest of party president, 70 poll agents in Soroti

By Simon Peter Emwamu Follow us on Twitter @HICGINewsAgency and Facebook The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) members are crying foul after the arrest of their president, Patrick Amuriat and other 70 party members who were meant to be their agents at the various polling stations during Soroti east division parliamentary by-election currently underway….

Nigeria’s 180,000 barrel-per-day oil pipeline stops flowing due to theft

HICGI News Agency Updated 0724 Friday 29th July 2022 Nigeria’s economy received a further blow recently as an oil pipeline with the capacity to move 180,000 barrels of crude daily across Nigeria was hit by oil thieves, forcing it to halt the transportation of oil since June. However, according to Bloomberg, who quoted an insider…

President Xi warns Joe Biden against ‘playing with fire’ over Taiwan

Two hour call between the two leaders comes amid escalating tensions over a potential Taiwan visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden against “playing with fire” over Taiwan, as the pair held their fifth call as leaders at a time of simmering economic and…

Shock – US going into recession as economy contracts for second consecutive quarter

The world’s largest economy has contracted for a second consecutive quarter, although the downturn is yet to be officially termed a recession. The US recorded a 0.9% decline in output on an annualised basis between April and June, when economists had forecast an increase of 0.5%.Sponsored link The early data would meet the international criteria…

Civil servants’ salary to delay

“The government is aware of its obligation and whatever they are doing is not an emergency … therefore, they should not bring plain excuses that they are still working on a (payment) system when they knew that they were going to change the system,” he said.Mr Baguma was reacting to a communication from Ministry of…

How different cancer cells respond to drug-delivering nanoparticles

The findings of a large-scale screen could help researchers design nanoparticles that target specific types of cancer. Using nanoparticles to deliver cancer drugs offers a way to hit tumors with large doses of drugs while avoiding the harmful side effects that often come with chemotherapy. However, only a handful of nanoparticle-based cancer drugs have been…

Largest pink diamond in 300 years found in Angola

This rare pink diamond, weighing 34 grams, is thought to be the largest discovered in the last 300 years. The 170-carat stone has been named the “Lulo Rose”, after the mine in Angola where it was found. It is believed to be the largest pink diamond mined since the 185-carat Daria-i-Noor, which was cut from…