Update: Suspect arrested in Brussels after two Swedes killed in ‘terror attack’

BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belgian police on Tuesday arrested a suspected gunman who shot dead two Swedish football fans in what authorities said was a “terrorist attack”. The arrest, in the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek, followed an intensive manhunt in the capital for the assailant armed with an automatic…

DR Congo: 7 members of a family killed in an arson attack in Goma

GOMA (DR Congo), Oct 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Seven members of a family were burnt to death on Saturday night in an “arson attack” in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, police said. The fire broke out at around 11pm in the Katoyi neighbourhood, according to neighbours…

Tanzania assures FAO cooperation to realise food security

ROME, Oct 17 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Tanzania will strengthen relations with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and other stakeholders on addressing issues related to agro production and blue economy for the country’s sustainable food security. He made the statement on Monday on behalf of President…

Grenada to host Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Conference

ews 9 hrs ago Lennox Andrews, Minister for Economic Development, Planning, Tourism and ICT, Creative Economy, Agriculture and Lands, Fisheries and Cooperatives  ST. GEORGE, Oct 17 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Grenada will host the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s Conference from April 22 to 24, 2024, to discuss sustainable tourism development. “We are…

US violence: Slain Palestinian boy mourned in Illinois; stabbing suspect appears in court

BRIDGEVIEW (Illinois, US), Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tearful mourners gathered in prayer at a mosque and placed white and yellow roses at the gravesite of a 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death by a man who police say targeted him and his mother because they were Palestinian Americans. Services for…

Ivory Coast: Governor Robert Beugré Mambé appointed as new Prime Minister

ABIDJAN, Oct 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The governor of the Abidjan district and former head of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), Robert Beugré Mambé, was named the new Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire on Monday and is expected to form a new government within the week, two years before the next…

Somalia: Somali TV journalist killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing

Somali Cable TV director and journalist, Abdifatah Moalim Nur (Qeys) MOGADISHU, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Somali television journalist was killed Monday evening in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu, police said. Abdifatah Moalim Nur Qeys, who worked for Somali Cable Television, was fatally injured in the explosion…

Uganda and DR Congo agree on visa-free travel

KINSHASA, Oct 17 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to mutually abolish visa requirements to allow visa-free travel between each country. The agreement is aimed at easing the movement of people and strengthening trade between the two countries. The agreement follows recent talks between the…

Tanzania, China trade volume rises by 6.8 pc in eight months

Tanzania, China DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 17 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TRADE volume between Tanzania and China has increased by 6.8 per cent to 5.41 billion US dollars (13.5tri/-) in the first eight months this year, compared to the similar period last year. The pace of increase in trade volume is likely…

EU to seek virtual elimination of fossil fuels at COP28

LUXEMBOURG, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU will seek a global phase-out of fossil fuels and for their use to reach a peak in this decade, according to the member states’ common position adopted unanimously late Monday. At the COP28 UN climate talks in November, the bloc will also call…