Zimbabwe records over 3,000 suspected cholera cases, 19 deaths: Cabinet

Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa HARARE, July 1 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Zimbabwe has recorded a cumulative 3,017 suspected cases of cholera, including 19 confirmed deaths and 52 suspected deaths, cabinet has announced. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told the media during a post cabinet briefing that a total…

Bolivia signs lithium production deals with Russian, Chinese companies: Pres Luis Arce

LA PAZ, July 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) signed two separate agreements whereby Chinese and Russian companies will invest over US$1.4 billion to build two industrial complexes for the production of lithium carbonate, it was reported in La Paz. China’s Citic Guoan and Russia’s…

Cuban footballers defect to US

WASHINGTON, July 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Four Cuban footballers defected after their national team’s debut in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States, it was reported this week. “Roberney Caballero, Denilson Morales, Neisser Sandó, and Jassael Herrera left the delegation,” a local TV sportscaster was quoted as saying. The desertion…

Japan, Italy lead in consuming Tanzania coffee

Coffee DODOMA (Tanzania), July 1 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — JAPAN, Italy and Germany are the leading consumers of the Tanzanian coffee, it has been has been revealed. Revealing this was the Director General of Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB), Primus Kimaryo when addressing the 13th National Coffee Stakeholders Meeting held at St Gasper Hotel…

Colombia, Venezuela to launch Integration Commission

BOGOTA, July 1 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Colombian and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva and Yvan Gil, respectively, on Friday set the Good Neighborliness and Integration Commission between the two countries.     Both nations will seek to promote cooperation and joint development in neighboring areas, following the re-establishment of their political, diplomatic,…

Update: Hundreds more arrested in France unrest but violence ‘less intense’

NANTERRE (France), July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sporadic violence and looting hit several cities across France in a fourth night of protests after the fatal police shooting of a teenager, but it was much less intense than previously, authorities said early Saturday. France deployed 45,000 officers backed by light armoured vehicles,…

Dutch king expected to apologise for slavery

AMSTERDAM, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — King Willem-Alexander is widely expected to make a royal apology for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery on Saturday at an event marking 150 years since slaves were freed in formercolonies. Thousands of descendants of slaves from the South American nation of Suriname and the Caribbean…

Tenth Uruguayan police officer commits suicide so far this year

MONTEVIDEO, July 1 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Ten Uruguayan police officers have committed suicide so far this year, a problem that persists despite complaints from police unions.   The rate of suicides in the police forces in recent months has been on the rise. In May, three officers killed themselves, and the…

Haitian Prosecutor to investigate nationals sentenced by US, Canada

PORT-AU-RINCE, July 1 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The government commissioner in the Haitian capital, Edler Guillaume, will investigate those nationals sanctioned in the United States, Canada and the Dominican Republic for allegedly promoting corruption and financing gangs, it was reported.   The prosecutor, who took office three weeks ago, told the newspaper…

Zimbabwe, EU sign observation agreement ahead of August elections

HARARE, July 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Zimbabwean government on Friday signed an agreement with the EU for the bloc to observe the country’s general elections set for August. This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s invitation to international organizations to observe the elections. The agreement was signed between Zimbabwe’s Acting Foreign Affairs…