Spain and Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts
MADRID, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft battled dozens of wildfires across…
Somalia: Disease spreads as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water
MOGADISHU, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been cut off from safe water supplies in recent…
SADC leaders vow to expand manufacturing, trade at Madagascar summit
ANTANANARIVO, Aug 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Held under the theme “Advancing Industrialisation, Agricultural Transformation, and Energy Transition for a Resilient SADC,”…
Update: Death toll in Russian gunpowder plant blast rises to 20
MOSCOW, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a blast at a gunpowder plant near Moscow rose to 20,…
Brazil: Record harvest of corn and soybeans, more area sown and good weather
BRASILIA, Aug 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The 2024/25 corn crop in Brazil was estimated at a record 137.0 million tons by…
Tanzania: Rescue efforts for 20 miners trapped in Shinyanga intensified; 5 others recovered – 3 alive, 2 died
SHINYANGA (Tanzania), Aug 18 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzanian government has reassured the public that the Fire and Rescue Force is…
Russia: 20 dead, 134 injured in fire incident at facility in central Ryazan Oblast
MOSCOW, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Twenty people were killed and 134 injured after a fire broke out at a production…
DR Congo: ADF militia attack kills at least nine in eastern town of Oicha
OICHA (DR Congo), Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An attack by a group affiliated to the so-called Islamic State group has killed…
Air Canada suspends plan to resume flights as union vows to continue strike
TORONTO, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Air Canada suspended its plan to resume flights over a strike by flight attendants…
TANZANIA 2025 PRESIDENTIAL RACE: Women rewrite the rules
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 18 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — As the window for presidential aspirants to collect nomination forms has closed, Tanzania’s…