South Sudan slams extension of UN arms embargo

JUBA, June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s foreign ministry said it deplored the extension of an arms embargo and sanctions imposed on individuals in the troubled country by the UN Security Council. The resolution drafted by the United States was approved on Tuesday as all parties were urged to “avoid…

“Anti-homosexuality law in Uganda: “no one will make us move”, says Pres Museveni

KAMPALA, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — “No one will make us move,” Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday in response to threats of sanctions from some Western countries since he signed into law the “Anti-Homosexuality Law 2023”, considered to be one of the most repressive in the world. “The NRM…

17 children, 1 adult injured in walkway collapse in central Canada

OTTAWA, June 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — Eighteen people, 17 of them children, were injured after falling off an elevated walkway in central Canada on Wednesday, local media reported. The accident happened at Fort Gibraltar in Winnipeg’s St. Boniface area shortly before 10 a.m. when the children aged 10-11 from St. John’s-Ravenscourt…

Every Canadian cigarette will soon carry a health warning

OTTAWA, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada will soon print warning labels directly on cigarettes in a world-first, the country’s health agency announced. New packaging will feature a warning on each cigarette with phrases like: “Cigarettes cause cancer” and “Poison in every puff”. The regulation will come into effect on Aug 1,…

Yugoslav war: UN increases sentence on two Serbian war criminals

Franko Simatovic was accused of working with Jovica Stanišic to train death squads in the former Yugoslavia  THE HAGUE, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague has increased prison sentences on two top former Serbian security officials. Jovica Stanišic and Franko Simatovic were convicted of…

Update Sudan crisis: US ready to continue mediation, says Sudanese sides should be ‘serious’

WASHINGTON, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said Thursday it remained ready to mediate between Sudan’s warring parties but that they needed to be serious about a truce, after the army left talks in Saudi Arabia.“Once the forces make clear by their actions that they are serious about complying with…

Namibia signs $10 billion green energy deal with Germany’s Hyphen

WINDHOEK, June 1 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Namibia’s president recently signed a projected $10 billion deal that calls for Namibia and the German company Hyphen Energy to produce “green hydrogen,” a clean energy source that advocates see as the fuel of the future. Hyphen Energy last Friday concluded a multibillion-dollar agreement with…

West Africa: Illegal fishing costs West African nations billions in revenue

CAPE TOWN (South Africa), June 1 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Six West African nations lose US$2.3 billion a year as a result of illegal fishing, says a new report from Amnesty International. The human rights group names Gambia, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone as the countries in the regions whose economies…

Argentine Minister Massa announces agreements with China for about US$ 1 billion investments

SHANGHAI (China), June 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, announced from Shanghai that he has obtained financing for approximately US$ 1 billion for investments and disbursements that will strengthen the Central Bank’s reserves. Massa said on Twitter that the agreement was closed with the Chinese group Gezhouba…

Argentina forecasted to become 2nd world lithium producer by 2035

SANTIAGO, June 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina will overtake Chile as the world’s second-largest lithium producer by 2035, according to the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), it was reported in Santiago. Due to a lack of planning, Chile will fall from second to third place worldwide in lithium production in 2035, with…