Bolivian leader in favor of switching from US dollars to yuan

PUERTO IGUAZU (Argentina), July 6 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Luis Arce Catacora, president of Bolivia, a Mercosur associate nation that has long been trying to become a full member of the bloc, said during the 62nd Summit in Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) that it was time we “move[d] away from the [US] dollar…

Tanzania: President Samia makes minor cabinet reshuffle, forms new docket

President Samia Suluhu Hassan DODOMA, July 6 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Tanzanian Pres Samia Suluhu Hassan has made changes in her Cabinet of Ministers, further forming new dockets. Samia has dissolved the Ministry of Finance and Planning, the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade and created three dockets; Office of the President…

Zanzibar, India sign deal to establish technical college

ZANZIBAR, July 6 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — ZANZIBAR and India on Wednesday signed an agreement to establish Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ (IITM) Zanzibar Campus, with President Hussein Mwinyi pledging 6.3bn/- to support the initial establishment of the world’s prestigious technological school. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training…

Paraguayan police officers destroy 11 tons of marijuana

ASUNCION, July 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Paraguayan law enforcement officers on Wednesday destroyed as many as 11 tons of marijuana seized from alleged drug traffickers in the northeastern department of Amambay, bordering Brazil, the ABC Color newspaper reported.     The Strategic Intelligence Directorate officers, attached to the National Anti-Drug Secretariat, managed…

Haitian police to receive armored vehicles

PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Haitian police will receive new armored vehicles following a four-million-dollar contract signed by a foreign supplier, the newspaper Le Nouvelliste revealed.     The vehicles are expected to arrive in the coming weeks to help the National Police fight gangs and recover areas under the…

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, PAHO to eliminate malaria in cross-border area

SAN JOSE, July 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Ministries of Health of Costa Rica and Nicaragua on Wednesday joined efforts to conduct cross-border interventions to eliminate malaria, official sources informed.    Since 2015, Costa Rica has been aimed to crack down on malaria by…

All set for Russia-Africa second summit

The organising-committee has announced the programme MOSCOW, July 6 (NNN-KBC) — The Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic Forum will take place in Russia’s St. Petersburg at the Expo Forum Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 27–28. The events aim to comprehensively strengthen Russian-African cooperation and outline the trajectory of Russia’s…

Italy applauds Morocco’s efforts in the Moroccan Sahara

ROME, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy praised Morocco’s “serious and credible efforts” to resolve the Sahara conflict in the Action Plan for the Multidimensional Strategic Partnership between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Italian Republic, signed on Wednesday in Rome. According to the Action Plan, which was signed by Nasser…

Kenya calls for inclusion of women entrepreneurs in trade within EAC

LONDON, July 6 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya has called for the involvement of women entrepreneurs in trade and investment in the East African Community (EAC). According to the East African Community and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano, she considers focus on women a confirmation that the spirit of gender complementarity has slowly but surely demolished myths that hitherto held certain chores as a preserve of…

Twenty five African countries facing debt risks, warns AfDB

ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast), July 6 (NNN-KBC) — African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina has said that the rise in cost of debt servicing has led to 25 countries in Africa being at risk of either high –debt distress or in-debt distress. Adesina said African markets have had to…