Cabinet welcomes South Africa-Mozambique electricity agreement

PRETORIA, June 23 (NNN-SANEWS) — Cabinet has welcomed the signing of an agreement that will see Mozambique supply South Africa with 100 megawatts of electricity within the next three months upon the signing of the Power Purchase Agreement. The next three to 12 months will see South Africa importing up…

UN puts Russia on ‘list of shame’ over deaths of Ukrainian children

UNITED NATIONS, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations has put Russian military forces and proxy armed groups on its “list of shame” over the killing and maiming of hundreds of children in its war against Ukraine. In an annual report on the treatment of children in conflict zones, UN…

Missing tourist submersible: Wreckage found, all five passengers presumed dead

WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Navy detected the likely implosion of the Titan submersible on underwater sound monitoring devices shortly after it disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean during a trip to the wreck of the Titanic, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing an unnamed senior US Navy official, the Journal…

EU to hold crisis talks with Serbia, Kosovo

BRUSSELS, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union will hold crisis talks on Thursday with the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo, as the bloc seeks to ease the latest spike in tensions. “I have called the leaders of Serbia & Kosovo to Brussels for urgent meetings to find the way…

Nearly 40 migrants feared dead off Spain’s Canaries

 MADRID, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirty-nine migrants drowned when their dinghy sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spanish non-profit group Walking Borders said on Wednesday. The coast guard said rescue workers had recovered the body of a minor on Wednesday and plucked 24 other migrants from the…

Tunisia train derailment kills two, injures 34

Derailed passenger cars of a train accident near Msaken south of the capital in eastern Tunisia TUNIS, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were killed and 34 injured when an overnight passenger train careered off the tracks and overturned in eastern Tunisia on Wednesday, the state-owned SNCFT rail company said.…

Argentina again calls on UK for peaceful solution to Falklands/Malvinas dispute

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero, before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, again called on the United Kingdom for bilateral negotiations with Argentina for a specific and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas/Falklands Islands. Cafiero made his presentation during a…

Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul death toll updated to 16 due to extratropical cyclone

BRASILIA, June 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Civil Defense from the State of Rio Grande do Sul updated the number of casualties from last week’s extratropical cyclone to 16 as more bodies were found. The State government has set up a team to search for the missing and to help those left…

Zanzibar secures mega 1tri/- deal to develop key projects

ZANZIBAR, June 22 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — ZANZIBAR has secured EUR 400 million (about 1.04tri/-) loan to fund the development of Pemba airport and several key roads in the Isles. The deal was signed on Tuesday evening by the State Minister- President’s Office (Finance and Planning) Dr Saada Mkuya Salum and British…

Kenya doomsday cult suspect dies in custody

Paul Mackenzie (in the stripy shirt) and 29 other suspects were detained for their suspected role in the starvation cult  NAIROBI, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of 30 suspects being held in police custody for his alleged role in Kenya’s doomsday starvation cult has died. Joseph Juma Buyuka – along…