Paraguay strengthens sanitary barriers to contain avian flu

ASUNCION, May 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Paraguayan authorities are strengthening sanitary barriers to both contain the spread of avian flu, and protect industrial poultry breeding from catching it, since three outbreaks of that disease have been reported, in addition to forecasts of others in the country.     Poultry farmers warned due…

Kenya-South Africa: Nairobi, Cape Town sign Twin Cities Agreement

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis signed an agreement to make Cape Town and Nairobi sister cities. NAIROBI, May 24 (NNN-KBC) — Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja Tuesday signed the Twin Cities Agreement with the Mayor of Cape Town, Alderman Hill-Lewis.  The signing of the agreement will…

Kenya: Police raid Al-Shabaab camp in Garissa, seize weapons

NAIROBI, May 24 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan security forces are pursuing suspected Al-Shabaab militants who escaped following a raid on their makeshift camp in Garissa county. According to the National Police Service, officers from the Special Operation Group who were on patrol Monday at 11 am engaged about 10 militants in…

US storm: 2 killed, 7 hurt when Texas home under construction collapses during storm

HOUSTON, May 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were killed and at least seven others hurt when a house under construction collapsed during a storm in Conroe, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.   Conroe Assistant Fire Chief Mike Legoudes Jr. said that responding firefighters found two people dead at the…

Zimbabwe to make voters’ roll inspection ahead of general elections

HARARE, May 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will stage the voters’ roll inspection on May 27-31 ahead of this year’s general elections, ZEC’s chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said in a notice on Tuesday. Silaigwana said that 11,289 inspection centers had been set up in all the…

Tunisia calls for international strategy to confront terrorism

TUNIS, May 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — Tunisian Justice Minister Leila Jaffel on Tuesday stressed the need to develop a comprehensive international strategy to combat all forms of terrorism and money laundering, reported the Tunis Afrique Presse. In a speech at a regional symposium on the topic of Combating Terrorism and Arms…

Venezuela rejects US questioning of its commitment to fight terrorism

CARACAS, May 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Venezuelan government on Tuesday repudiated US questioning of its commitment to the fight against terrorism. In a statement, Caracas rebutted Washington’s “questioning of Venezuela’s commitment to the fight against terrorism, which has been demonstrated by the fulfillment of all its obligations year after year.”…

Heavy rain death toll in DR Congo rises to 443; heavy equipment needed: UN

UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (NNN-XINHUA) — With a continuing emergency response to the heavy rains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the official toll has reached 443 dead, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that hundreds of people were injured…

Protesters in Ethiopia’s Tigray demand Eritrean troops withdraw

Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south-central Tigray MEKELLE (Tigray, Ethiopia), May 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region to demand the return of people displaced by a two-year war there and the withdrawal of outside forces now that the…

Mozambique imposes beach curfew to combat crime

MAPUTO, May 24 (NNN-GNA) — The city authorities of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital have announced a curfew on all the beaches in the city between 7 pm and 5 am to combat crime.A municipal director of tourism, Leonel Matsumane stated that to hold an activity or ceremony on the beach in…