Tanzania, India elevate ties following Pres Samia state visit

PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan holds bilateral meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA and India have agreed to open new avenues for political and economic development as well as economic cooperation that will lead to strategic…

South Africa participates in Indian Ocean Rim Association meeting

PRETORIA, Oct 19 (NNN-SANEWS) — International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, will take part in the 23rd Council of Ministers (COM) meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). The meeting will be held in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Oct 11.  According to a Department of International Relations…

Sunny Albania turns to solar power to fuel development

KARAVASTA (Albania), Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Along southwestern Albania’s coastline, the sun shines bright — warming the 234,828 new solar panels at the Karavasta power station that will be connected to the country’s energy grid in the coming weeks. In less than two years, the French-owned Voltalia company has built…

Tanzania: Operation destroys 807 hectares, seizes 507 sacks of marijuana

MARA (Tanzania), Oct 10 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) in collaboration with security organs conducted one-week special operation in Mara Region where it destroyed 807 hectares of cannabis farms and seized 507 sacks filled with dried marijuana ready for transportation. During the operation in Tarime Rorya, 50…

Sudan resumed diplomatic relations with Iran after a 7-year hiatus

Sudan is restoring diplomatic ties with Iran after a period of cessation KHARTOUM, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it will restore diplomatic relations with Iran which was severed in 2016 after the attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran. The Ministry said the decision to…

Russia rejects agreement with Armenia who ratified Rome’s Charter

MOSCOW, Oct 10 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has rejected the possibility of an agreement with Armenia after ratifying the Rome Statute, RIA Novosti reported on Monday. “We expected that Yerevan would refrain from such a step. They are on the side of the International Criminal…

Kenya: President Ruto signs Privatisation Bill into law

The Bill removes the bureaucracy in the privatisation of non-strategic or loss-making Government entities NAIROBI, Oct 10 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto has signed the Privatisation Bill, 2023 into law. It repeals the Privatisation Act, 2005 which was enacted before the current Constitution. The Bill removes the bureaucracy in…

Kenya: High Court temporarily stops police deployment to Haiti

NAIROBI, Oct 10 (NNN-KBC) — The High Court has temporarily blocked the planned deployment of 1,000 Kenyan Police officers to Haiti. Justice Chacha Mwita issued the orders on Monday pending the hearing of a petition filed by the Thirdway Alliance Kenya and two others. “A conservatory order is hereby issued…

WFP resumes ‘vital’ food distributions to refugees across Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun rolling out food distributions to nearly 900,000 refugees in Ethiopia following a full revamp of its refugee operations.   Families living in refugee camps, including new arrivals who have fled from Sudan, are receiving food parcels for the…

UN chief says ‘deeply distressed’ by Israeli siege of Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the Hamas attack against Israel but said he was “deeply distressed” by the country’s subsequent imposition of a total siege on the Gaza Strip.  “The humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities,” Guterres told reporters. “Now it…