World Bank approves 708bn/- for Tanzania food systems resilience programme

DAR ES SALAAM, June 4 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE World Bank has approved a financing of 300 million US dollars (about 708bn/-) for implementation of Tanzania Food Systems Resilience Programme, which is a Programme for Results (PforR) under International Development Association (IDA). The financing is part of a Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA)…

Tanzania receives first-ever cargo plane

DAR ES SALAAM, June 4 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — President Samia Suluhu Hassan leads other leaders at a ceremony of receiving a first-ever cargo plane at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in Dar es Salaam on Saturday and thanked Tanzanians for their support and prayers. According to the Head of State,…

Tanzania: Anti-poaching drive pays off; elephants, black rhinos increase significantly

DAR ES SALAAM, June 4 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Tanzanian government’s anti- poaching measures have yielded positive results with the country recording an increase in the number of wildlife, especially elephants and black rhinos. Tabling the 654.6bn/- budget estimates for his docket for the 2023/2024 financial year here on Friday, Minister for…

Kenya, Angola hold bilateral talks to discuss trade

LUANDA, June 4 (NNN-KBC) — Prime Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi held bilateral talks with the President of the Republic of Angola Joāo Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço at the sidelines of the high-level summit on DRC peace initiative in Luanda, Angola. The talks centered on issues of…

Belarus to modify charging stations to adapt to Chinese electric vehicles

MINSK, June 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — About 200 charging stations run by Belarusian oil company Belorusneft will be modified to adapt to Chinese electric vehicles by the end of 2023, a senior manager of the company said. They account for about 30 percent of all existing charging stations of Belorusneft in…

Update Senegal protest: Death toll rises to 15 as tensions persist

DAKAR, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tensions remained high in Senegal Saturday after clashes brought the death toll to 15 since a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Sonko’s ongoing legal woes have prompted rare flare-ups of violence in Senegal, typically a bastion of stability in West Africa, and foreign allies…

Venezuela: 12 dead from asphyxiation in flooded gold mine

CIUDAD GUAYANA (Venezuela), June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twelve people have died from asphyxiation in a shuttered gold mine in southeastern Venezuela, a local official said. “We have 12 dead,” the secretary of security in El Callao, General Edgar Colina Reyes, said in a telephone interview. “They entered a mine that…

Canada: Four children drown while fishing on river; 6 children rescued, 1 man missing

    MONTREAL, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four children died after being swept away by the tide while fishing on a riverbank in Canada’s Quebec province, police said. “According to preliminary information, a group of 11 people were fishing for capelin on foot along the shore when they were caught by the…

Canada wildfires: Rain aids mass firefighting effort

 MONTREAL, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The arrival of rain to eastern Canada Saturday brought relief to firefighters in Nova Scotia province battling historic wildfires for nearly a week, though the situation in Quebec remained critical. Of the fires threatening Nova Scotia’s provincial capital Halifax, 85 percent have been brought under…

Cuba: Storm Arlene to turn into remnant low

HAVANA, June 4 (NNN-ACN) — Tropical depression Two of the current hurricane season which formed in the Gulf of Mexico gained intensity and organization to evolve into Tropical Storm Arlene, a weak system expected to degenerate into a remnant low on Saturday.In its advisory 3 Friday afternoon, the Cuban Meteorology…