Nigeria: Boko Haram kills 37 in Yobe state – police

Boko Haram fighters ABUJA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militant group Boko Haram has killed 20 mourners returning from the burial of victims of an earlier attack by the jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria, police say.The mourners died after their vehicle drove over an explosive device planted by the insurgents in Yobe…

Somalia reaps $100m windfall after IMF policy review

The Hamarweyne market of Mogadishu, Somalia MOGADISHU, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia has been granted relief and an additional $100 million in financing under a three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after Mogadishu committed to further economic reforms.The financing, which is still subject to…

UK injects $14m into Uganda climate change projects

British High Commissioner to Uganda (C) Kate Airey KAMPALA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British High Commission has urged Ugandans involved in projects that are fighting against effects of climate change to apply for the about Ush53 billion ($14.02 million) fund that the UK government has set up.Speaking at the…

South Africa: NICD warns of malaria season

PRETORIA, Nov 3 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is urging people travelling to malaria-endemic areas to take the appropriate precautions this summer.  Summer generally marks the start of the malaria season due to higher temperatures and increased rainfall in the malaria transmission areas, the NICD…

Storm Ciaran kills six, lashes Europe with strong winds and rain

PARIS, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Storm Ciaran smashed into western Europe on Thursday, killing six people and forcing schools, airports and train services to shut down. A truck driver was killed when a tree fell on him in France while a second death was reported in Le Havre, according to authorities.…

Migrants to Europe dying in gun battles and car crashes

Hungary has shared footage of guns being increasingly used at the southern border with Serbia BUDAPEST, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lethal exchanges of gunfire between smugglers and fatal car crashes have made the migrant route through the Western Balkans into the EU even more treacherous in recent months. And yet…

Peru: Nearly 20,000 ha of illegal coca crops eradicated so far in 2023

LIMA, Nov 3 (NNN-ANDINA) — A total of 19,563.41 hectares of illegal coca crops have been eradicated so far this year by the Special Project for Control and Reduction of Illegal Crops in Alto Huallaga (Corah), the Ministry of Interior (Mininter) has reported. The operations have been carried out with the support…

Peru’s President announces public, private investment shock

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte said that her administration will soon launch a public and private investment shock, and invited U.S. investors to take part in it. “We hope that investors, through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will visit us, and we will be working together on our portfolios…

France, Britain hit by record winds of Storm Ciaran

 RENNES (France), Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Storm Ciaran battered northern France with record winds of nearly 200 km per hour killing a lorry driver as southern England remained on high alert Thursday and rail operators in several countries warned of traffic disruptions.  The death was caused by a tree falling…

Brazilian government signs decree that doubles tax on weapons making people’s access to firearms more difficult

BRASILIA, Nov 2 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree that will increase the so-called Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI) that will affect the sales of firearms and ammunition in Brazil. The IPI rate will go from 29.25 to 55 percent, and will determine the…