AfCFTA to benefit South Africa

CAPE TOWN, July 10 (NNN-SANEWS) — The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents South Africa with unparalleled benefits and opportunities. Director of Africa Bilateral Economic Trade at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, Calvin Phume said the AfCFTA holds immense potential, promising to expand market access for South…

Gabon President Ali Bongo says will run for third term

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba LIBREVILLE, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said that he would seek a third term as the oil-rich African nation’s head of state. The Bongo family has ruled the country for 55 years already and is branded a “dynastic power” by the…

Peru: Non-traditional agricultural exports up 7.5% in Jan-May 2023

LIMA, July 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — Non-traditional agricultural exports in Peru amounted to US$3.210 billion between January and May this year, up 7.5% compared to the same period in 2022, the Peruvian Foreign Trade Society (Comex-Peru) reported. The exporting guild said that, according to the National Superintendence of Tax Administration (Sunat), non-traditional agricultural exports…

Peru rescues 23 Afghans from migrant traffickers

INAPARI (Madre de Dios, Peru), July 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian authorities on Sunday rescued 23 Afghans from migrant traffickers along the border with Brazil, the Attorney General’s Office said. The migrants, who were trying to get to Ecuador, paid money to people smugglers to transport them across the nation and to the northern…

BRICS summit to be ‘physical’ despite Russian Pres Putin arrest warrant: South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, July  10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to, will be held in-person despite an arrest warrant on the Russian president.  “The BRICS summit is going ahead and we are finalising our discussions on the format,” Ramaphosa told journalists on…

UN warns Sudan faces ‘full-scale civil war’ as air raid kills 22

       KHARTOUM, July  10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians. The health ministry reported “22 dead and a large number of…

Tanzania, Zambia plan new mega oil pipeline project

DAR ES SALAAM, July 9 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA and Zambia are planning to construct new oil and gas pipelines that will boost trade between the two countries and meet the high demand for energy in the two nations. Minister for Energy, January Makamba told journalists in Dar es Salaam that…

Tanzania: Seized ATCL plane returns

DAR ES SALAAM, July 9 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzanian government has secured the release of one of its planes that was seized in the Netherlands. Director of Information Services and Chief Government Spokesperson Gerson Msigwa told reporters on Satuday that the Air Tanzania A220-300 aircraft that was impounded in  Netherlands…

US Treasury Secretary Yellen says visit helps put US-China ties on ‘surer footing’

 BEIJING, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that her talks with top Chinese officials have helped put ties on “surer footing”, as she wrapped up a trip aimed at stabilising fraught relations between the two biggest economies. During her four-day trip — which came on…

Ecuador and the US negotiate opening of a migrant center

QUITO, July 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique revealed that Ecuador is negotiating the construction of a migrant center to attend people who want to travel to the United States.     Manrique affirmed he has held conversations with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, so that the…