Record sales for Uruguay in an exceptional year for rice production

MONTEVIDEO, Oct 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — For the first time in many years Uruguayan rice farmers are not complaining about the cereal’s price or asking for some form of government support. On the contrary the Association of Rice Farmers have admitted to have sold overseas all of this year-s crop an…

Poland votes in ‘most important’ election since communism

WARSAW, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poland votes on Sunday in parliamentary elections that could greatly affect future ties with the European Union and neighbouring Ukraine, as the ruling populists bid for a third consecutive term in power. Opinion polls indicate the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will get the…

Tanzania unveils El Niño Contingency Plan

DODOMA, Oct 15 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) —  THE government has unveiled its National El Niño Contingency Plan and Anticipatory Action for Tanzania Mainland, seeking to mitigate the most direct and immediate impacts of the anticipated rains forecasted between October and December 2023. The nine-month plan (September 2023 to June 2024) was handed…

Africa-Türkiye link to boost trade

INSTANBUL (Turkiye), Oct 15 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) —  THE Fourth Africa-Türkiye Economic and Business Forum (TABEF) has called for augmentation of seamless operation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to guarantee and promote increased intra-African trade. Under the AfCFTA mechanism, a market of 1.3 billion people and a value of…

Oct 15 presidential elections: Amid escalating drug war, Ecuadorans elect a new president

QUITO, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuadorans vote for a new president Sunday in the midst of a bloody drug war and a rash of political assassinations that cut short the bid of a popular candidate. The remaining finalists – lawyer Luisa Gonzalez, 45, and banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35…

Kenya: Pres Ruto heads to China for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum

President William Ruto NAIROBI, Oct 15 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday evening leaves the country for a three-day official visit to China. In a statement to newsrooms, State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed, the visit underscores the robust bilateral relations between Kenya and China, and highlights Kenya’s active…

Kenya cannot halt Haiti mission, says President Ruto

NAIROBI, Oct 15 (NNN-KBC) — President William Ruto has defended the planned deployment of  Kenyan troops to Haiti to lead the Multinational Security Support Mission pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution. The President who spoke at Embakasi Garrison Saturday said Kenyan troops are ready for the mission to bring stability…

Angolan parliament rejects president impeachment process

Angola’s President Joao Lourenco LUANDA, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — The National Assembly of Angola rejected a proposal to create an ad hoc committee for impeaching the country’s President Joao Lourenco. The proposal, put forth on Saturday by 90 deputies from the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),…

Tensions in northern Mali may impede withdrawal of UN peacekeeping mission: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations is gravely concerned about heightened tensions and the increasing armed presence in northern Mali, which are likely to impede the withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, said the press office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. This situation also…

WHO says evacuating Gaza patients effectively ‘death sentence’

GENEVA, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said that forcing thousands of hospital patients to evacuate to already overflowing hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip could be “tantamount to a death sentence”. Israel has warned Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas,…