Tanzania’s NGO Calls For Efforts To Save Endangered Grey-Crowned Cranes

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 6 (NNN-IRIN) – Nature Tanzania, a non-governmental organisation in Tanzania, that aims to support biodiversity conservation and human development, yesterday called for efforts to preserve the endangered grey-crowned cranes that are at risk of extinction. Noting that the birds are important tourist attractions, the organisation said,…

AU Calls For Dialogue To Solve Political Dispute In Senegal

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 6 (NNN-ENA) – African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki, has called for dialogue to resolve a political dispute in Senegal. In a press statement released Sunday, Faki expressed strong encouragement for all political and social forces in Senegal, to address any political disputes through civilised consultation,…

Two Persons Died Of Monkeypox Fever In South India

NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (NNN-PTI) – At least two persons have died, due to monkeypox fever in India’s southern state of Karnataka, so far this year, said media reports, yesterday. The two deceased were identified as an 18-year-old girl and a 79-year-old man. At present there are a total of…

Cambodia Records Fifth Case Of Monkeypox

PHNOM PENH, Feb 6 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported one more case of monkeypox, raising the number of infections to five since Dec, the Ministry of Health said in a statement, late yesterday. “Laboratory results from the National Institute of Public Health and the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia, showed, on Feb…

Thai Agricultural Exports To China Surged 6.1 Percent Last Year

BANGKOK, Feb 6 (NNN-TNA) – Thai agricultural exports to China, a major market for the country’s farm products, continued to grow last year, expanding 6.19 percent from a year earlier, a Thai government official said, yesterday. The kingdom shipped 387.11 billion baht (about 10.82 billion U.S. dollars) worth of farm…

Israel’s War On Gaza Updates: Officials Report ‘Massacre’ In Deir El-Balah – Death Toll Rises To 27,478

GAZA, Feb 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll of Palestinians killed from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 27,478, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, yesterday. During the past 24 hours, at least 113 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks in various places in the Gaza Strip, raising…

Egyptian President Calls For Two-State Solution To Settle Palestinian Issue

CAIRO, Feb 5 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, stressed yesterday, the need to reinvigorate the two-state solution as a basis for the comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue, and the restoration of security and stability in the Middle East. Sisi made the remarks during a meeting here with French…

World Defence Show Kicked Off In Riyadh

RIYADH, Feb 5 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia kicked off yesterday, the second edition of the World Defence Show in the capital, Riyadh. Organised by the Saudi General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI), the five-day event is expected to showcase the kingdom’s commitment to becoming a global hub for the defence…

Africa Mourns Passing Of Namibia’s Hage Geingob

WINDHOEK, Feb 5 (NNN-NAMPA) – Tributes flooded in from African countries, after former Namibian President, Hage Geingob, passed away earlier yesterday. In his message of condolences, Botswanan President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, described Geingob as a true friend of Botswana. “We deeply value his support in building an extraordinary partnership our two…

Two Pilots Died In Helicopter Crash In South-East Türkiye

ANKARA, Feb 5 (NNN-TRT) – Two Turkish pilots were killed, and one technician injured, in a helicopter crash in the south-eastern Gaziantep province, Türkiye’s Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya, said yesterday. The chopper, registered in the inventory of the General Directorate of Security Aviation Department, crashed in the Kartal village of…