Museveni issues apology to Kenya for son’s controversial tweets

By Jerry Omondi Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday issued an apology to Kenya, following a series of controversial tweets from his son and army general, Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s, which drew a lot of attention. Gen Muhoozi made a series of bizarre social media posts between Monday and Tuesday in relation to a military operation in…

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Iran schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests against government

By David Gritten Schoolgirls in Iran have been waving their headscarves in the air and chanting against clerical authorities, in an unprecedented show of support for the protests engulfing the country. Videos verified by the B showed demonstrations inside schoolyards and on the streets of several cities. They echoed the wider unrest sparked by the…

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M7 drops military commander after controversial social media post

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday sacked Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Commander of Land Forces, after the latter posted tweets saying that his army “would only need two weeks to capture the Kenyan capital Nairobi.” The Ugandan military in a statement issued here said Museveni replaced Kainerugaba, who is also his son, with Kayanja Muhanga who has…

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1 million people displaced in northern Mozambique

By Jerry Omondi Nearly one million people have been forced to flee their homes in conflict-hit northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province since extreme violence erupted there five years ago, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. UNHCR said its latest figures showed 946,508 people were displaced by the first half of this year, pointing…

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Pastor Kayanja has Africa at Heart

By E K Benja In our special series , “Senior Citizen” today we bring you Robert Kayanja the founder and senior pastor of the Miracle Centre Cathedral, a megachurch in Kampala. He is also the founder and CEO of a Christian television channel, Channel 44 Television (Miracle Ltd). Robert Kayanja was born inMasooli, Gayaza ,…

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Buganda Premier hails KCCA on improved Service Delivery

By KCCA- PCA The Katikiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga has praised Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for improving service delivery in the city. Mayiga, who paid a courtesy visit to Makindye division offices on Thursday 28 September 2022, was received by His Worship the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, the Mayor of Makindye Division Kasirye Nganda Mulyanyama…

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WHO says depression, anxiety costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion

By Halligan Agade – Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” The UN health agency World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization (ILO) submitted on Wednesday that an estimated 12 billion workdays are lost yearly due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion, more action is needed…

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Félicien Kabuga, Top Rwanda genocide suspect and financier goes on trial

By Halligan Agade A senior UN official welcomed the start of the trial against Rwanda Genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga for crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Kabuga had a “substantial” role in the genocide, prosecutors said on Thursday at the opening of his trial in The Hague. Kabuga accused of encouraging and bankrolling the…

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