Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

NAIROBI, May 23 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — UNICEF calls for investment in sustainable, resilient systems across the region to protect children and communities from future crises Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity. More than 7 million children under…

Tanzania: Dar port excels in WB rankings

DAR ES SALAAM, May 23 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Dar es Salaam Port has climbed up by 49 places in the World Bank’s latest ranking on the most efficient ports globally. Container Port Performance Index 2022 indicates that Tanzania’s main sea gateway recorded improvement from the 2021 ranking to stand at…

Fake image of a Pentagon explosion briefly goes viral

WASHINGTON, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fake image of an explosion at the Pentagon briefly went viral and caused a ten-minute long dip on the markets on Monday, stoking further talk that generative AI could cause problems to society. The image, which many observers suspected came from artificial intelligence, was…

Sudan crisis: Air strikes, combat as one-week truce officially starts

 KHARTOUM, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Witnesses in the Sudanese capital reported clashes and air strikes minutes after a one-week humanitarian ceasefire took effect Monday night, with the smell of smoke still lingering after gunfire and explosions rocked Khartoum throughout the day. The witnesses reported combat in north Khartoum, and air…

WHO members approve nearly $7 bn budget

 GENEVA, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization won basic approval for a $6.83-billion budget over the next two years, including a 20-percent hike in mandatory membership fees. As the UN health agency kicked off its annual decision-making assembly, member states in a key committee approved the budget without…

Climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years; poor suffer most: UN

UNITED NATIONS, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO),…

Italian PM tours flooded areas in north, promises support

A damaged road in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy ROME, May 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has returned early from the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima to visit Italy’s flood-ravaged region of Emilia-Romagna as details from what is being called the worst floods to hit Italy…

Russian PM arrives in China for talks with Xi, business forum

 MOSCOW, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has arrived in China, Moscow’s foreign ministry said, for a visit in which he will meet with President Xi Jinping and ink a series of deals on infrastructure and trade. Mishustin arrived late Monday in Shanghai, the ministry said, where…

Dangote oil refinery launched in Nigeria

The oil refinery took nearly seven years to build  ABUJA. May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Africa’s biggest oil refinery has been opened in Nigeria, where it is hoped it will alleviate chronic fuel shortages. Nigeria is a major oil producer but most of this is sent abroad while it has to…

Brazil officially protested to Spain over racist abuse of footballer Vinicius

BRASÍLIA, May 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil said it had formally protested to the Spanish ambassador and would lodge an official complaint with authorities in Madrid over the latest incident of racist abuse directed at Brazilian footballer Vinicius Junior. There has been an outpouring of condemnation in Vinicius’s native Brazil since…