UN Security Council condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali

UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — The members of the UN Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack on the UN mission in Mali, which left one peacekeeper killed. The attack was perpetrated against the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Friday near Ber, in the…

Big jump in gold output returns Ghana to position as Africa’s top gold producer

ACCRA, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — Ghana has regained its position as Africa’s top gold producer and the 10th biggest producer globally with a 32 percent jump recorded in gold production in 2022, the Ghana Chamber of Mines said Friday. During its annual general meeting, the chamber said the gold production…

Angolan President fires economy Minister amidst fuel subsidy protests

Angolan President João Lourenço LUANDA, June 9 (NNN-GNA) — Angolan President João Lourenço has dismissed the country’s Minister of Economic and Social Development, Manuel Nunes Júnior, in the midst of widespread protests sparked by the government’s decision to eliminate fuel subsidies.The move to end subsidies, aimed at reducing government spending,…

Honduran President says relations with China bring development opportunities

SHANGHAI (China), June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — President of the Republic of Honduras Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento arrived in Shanghai and started her China visit on Friday, expressing her expectations for the visit that will run until June 14. Noting that her visit to China is expected by the Honduran people, Castro…

Peru expects to reach FTA with Hong Kong in 1Q 2024

LIMA, June 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Foreign Trade-Tourism Minister Juan Carlos Mathews on Friday affirmed that, as part of the actions that the government has been implementing to increase export opportunities, progress has been made in terms of new free trade agreements with different markets. In this sense, he announced that…

President: Peru to become one of countries with highest growth, lowest inflation in 2023

LIMA, June 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte stressed that Peru had reversed, at the end of 2023’s first quarter, the downward economic trend registered at the beginning of this year. She said that these indicators, registered last March, reverse the downward trend observed between January and February 2023. This contributes…

Russia, UN start grain deal consultations in Geneva

 GENEVA, June 10 (NNN-TASS) — A Russian delegation and UN representatives began another round of talks in Geneva on Friday to discuss a memorandum that was signed in Istanbul in July of last year to supply food and fertilizer to the global market, Russian and UN officials told TASS.   The…

Twenty-two killed in ordnance blast in Somalia

MOGADISHU, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-two people, including two children, died in southern Somalia when mortar shells exploded, a local district official said.    Abdi Ahmed Ali told a press conference that a blast “caused by unexploded mortar shells” occurred near the town of Qoryoley, around 120 kilometres south of the…

Sudan crisis: Mediators announce 24-hour truce with warning to rival generals

 KHARTOUM, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire from Saturday, US and Saudi mediators said, acknowledging that previous attempts to pause a conflict now nearing its third month had proved abortive.    Multiple truces have been agreed and broken since fighting erupted on April 15,…

Clashes in South Sudan civilian camp leave 13 dead

JUBA, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Clashes between ethnic groups in a South Sudanese civilian protection camp have left 13 people dead and 20 injured, the UN humanitarian agency said.    A 14-year-old boy from the Shilluk community was stabbed to death on Thursday, triggering “intercommunal violence” at the Malakal camp in…