Somalia: New US airstrikes kill Al-Shabaab militants

MOGADISHU, July 10 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The US military says it has conducted three new airstrikes against al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia, killing 10 militants overnight. The “collective self-defense” airstrikes were carried out in support of the Somali National Army who were engaged by al-Shabaab, the US Africa Command known as AFRICOM said…

India to inject 1tri/- to enhance water accessibility in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, July 10 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE government of India has promised to strengthen cooperation with the government of Tanzania and promised to inject 1tri/- in improving the water sector. That was said over the weekend by the India Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyan Jaishankar, during his visit to…

US aircrash: 1 dead, 1 injured in small plane crash

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 (NNN-XINHUS) — One person was killed and another seriously injured on Saturday night in a plane crash at San Rafael Airport in the western U.S. state of California, officials said. Responding to the crash, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that the pilot is in critical…

Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off Canary Islands

Spanish maritime rescuers have spent days looking for the small Senegalese boat  CANARY ISLANDS (Spain), July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a week ago. The aid group Walking Borders…

US Pres Biden visits Britain ahead of NATO summit

LONDON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden arrived in Britain on Monday for a brief visit to his key ally during which he will meet King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before going on to a NATO summit in Lithuania. Ahead of the visit, the White…

Guatemala candidate asks top court to pave way for presidential runoff

 GUATEMALA CITY, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo appealed to Guatemala’s top court on Sunday, asking it to clear the path toward an August runoff election. Arevalo, who according to published results finished second in last month’s first round of voting, said his party had filed a motion…

UK: Second 8-year-old girl dies after car crash into London primary school

 LONDON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A second eight-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into the building of a primary school in London, police announced Sunday. The crash, which police have said was not terror-related, happened at the private Study Prep girls’ school in Wimbledon on Thursday. Police released…

Algeria, Total Energies sign new gas contracts

 ALGIERS, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria’s state oil company Sonatrach signed on Sunday contracts worth around $740 million with French energy giant Total Energies, Sonatrach said in a statement. The deals comprise hydrocarbon contracts concerning the exploitation of TFT (Tin Fouye-Tabankort) II and TFT South fields in the desert in…

Yemen, Cuba discuss environmental cooperation

ADEN (Yemen), July 10 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Yemen and Cuba on Sunday discussed on several aspects concerning bilateral cooperation in environmental matters, sustainable development and climate actions, the Saba news agency reported.  According to Saba, the Yemeni Water and Environment Minister Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi and the Cuban Science, Technology and Environment…

Uruguay boosts electricity generation in photovoltaic parks

MONTEVIDEO, July 10 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Uruguay is betting on renewable energies and for this reason the first photovoltaic solar park owned by the state company Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Eléctricas (UTE) is under construction today.     There are 67,000 panels being assembled in Punta del Tigre, in San…