South Africa: President Ramaphosa opens Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital

DURBAN, Nov 25 (NNN-SANEWS) — The opening of the Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital is a reflection of South Africa government’s commitment to advancing the call of the Freedom Charter. The Charter calls for free medical care and hospitalisation to be provided for all and for the health…

Ecuador president to post VP in Israel for peace talks

 QUITO, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s vice president will take up a post in Tel Aviv to pursue a peace agreement between Israeli and the Palestinians, the government in Quito said. President Daniel Noboa, who took office on Thursday for an abbreviated 18-month term, assigned the peace portfolio to Vice…

Kenya floods: Seven feared dead after crossing flooded river in Makueni County

More than 71 people have died as ongoing floods continue to wreak havoc across Kenya and East Africa NAIROBI, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least seven people are feared dead after they were swept away by a flooded river in south-eastern Kenya.A local chief said they were sitting on a…

Somalia joins East African Community

Somalia’s economy has been devastated by many years of war MOGADISHU, Nov 25 (NNN-GNA) — Somalia has joined the East African Community (EAC) in a move intended to boost economic growth in the country following three decades of war.President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said joining the regional trade bloc was a…

Booming migrant charter flights to Nicaragua prompt US crackdown

HAVANA, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft. Irma Perez, a 28-year-old Cuban, said she arrived in the…

UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in DR Congo for the 1st time

Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox GENEVA, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in DR Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak, a worrying development that African scientists warn could make…

Ohio bird flu outbreak: 1.35 million chickens killed

COLUMBUS (Ohio, US), Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — – More than 1.3 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said all 1.35 million chickens on the farm in Ohio’s Union County will be slaughtered to…

US: More salmonella cases, two deaths reported as cantaloupe recall expands

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people are dead and at least 99 have become ill in a salmonella outbreak tied to contaminated cantaloupes and cut fruit, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Salmonella cases have now been reported in 32 states in connection with this outbreak, and…

Rainbow Bridge: US police identify couple killed in US-Canada border crash

 NEW YORK, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US police have identified the victims of a deadly car blast at a border crossing between the US and Canada. Kurt Villani and his wife Monica Villani, both 53, died when their car became airborne and crashed on the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.…

Netherlands elections: Centre-right VVD rules out tole in Cabinet

Dilan Yesilgöz, leader of the conservative-liberal VVD  AMSTERDAM, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The biggest party in the former Dutch government has ruled out a role in the next Dutch cabinet, after anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders’ dramatic election victory. In a blow to Wilders’ hopes of a majority, centre-right VVD leader…