Sudan crisis: Clashes rage as conflict enters 100th day amid failed path to solution

KHARTOUM, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Clashes flared in parts of Sudan on the 100th day of the war on Sunday as mediation attempts by regional and international powers fail to find a path out of an increasingly intractable conflict.The fighting broke out on April 15 as the army and paramilitary Rapid Support…

Tanzania: Stop selling kidneys – VPresident

DAR ES SALAAM, July 24 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIANS, especially youths have been urged to shun donating their kidneys for business to avoid serious health complications which may arise. Vice-President Dr Philip Mpango made the call after inaugurating a building for dialysis services at St Joseph’s Peramiho Referral Hospital, as part…

Cameroon: Building collapses in Douala city, killing at least 12

DOUALA (Cameroon), July 24 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — A four-story building collapsed in Cameroon’s most populous city Douala, with at least 12 people losing their lives, authorities said. Douala, located in the western Littoral region, is Cameroon’s commercial center and most populous city. The four-story building was in the city’s eastern Ange…

Tanzania on right track to improve mother, child health: Health Minister

DAR ES SALAAM, July 24 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA is on the right track in efforts to improve maternal, mother and child health, Minister of Health, Ummy Mwalimu has said. Minister Mwalimu said this in Dar es Salaam when she launched the ‘Research on Productive Health Rights for Urban and Rural…

Tanzania: Malaysian universities to exhibit programmes in Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar

Abdulmalik Mollel, DAR ES SALAAM, July 24 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TOP universities in Malaysia are expected to hold exhibitions in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar with aim of showing Tanzanians various courses they offer. The exhibitions will be held on the July 28 and 31 in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam,…

Greece: At least ‘two people killed and several trapped’ after under-construction bridge collapses

The site of a bridge that collapsed in Patras, Greece (Picture: Reuters) ATHENS, July 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least two people have died after part of a under-construction bridge collapsed on a motorway in western Greece, it has been reported. Footage shared on social media shows rescuers at the scene of the…

Peru protests: Injured and arrests in new march demanding president resignation

LIMA, July 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The National Coordinator for Unified Struggle (CNUL, in Spanish) of Peru condemned the police repression against a peaceful march demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, on the fourth day of protests for her exit.     CNUL, a block of diverse social organizations and progressive…

Illegal immigrants: Buoys placed by Texas government in Rio Bravo violates Water Treaty

MEXICO CITY, July 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The placement of buoys called floating wall that the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, is placing in the Rio Bravo, violates the Water Treaty of 1944, an environmentalist warned Sunday.     Waldo Terry, an environmental advocate, pointed out that this could be in violation…

Kenya: Attacks against police won’t be tolerated, warns President Ruto

NAIROBI, July 24 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto has said violence against police will not be tolerated, warning that those who were sponsoring attacks against the police, who were doing their work professionally, would be dealt with decisively. He remarked that a significant number of police officers are in…

Peru’s Ubinas Volcano: Continuous ash emissions move towards Arequipa

AREQUIPA (Peru), July 24 (NNN-ANDINA) — The ash and gases emitted by the Ubinas Volcano —located in Peru’s southern Sanchez Cerro province, Moquegua region— since the early hours of Sunday have been blown by winds towards the west, heading to the province of Arequipa, in southern Peru. These emissions are affecting the district…