Uganda lawmakers amend controversial anti-gay law but death penalty for HIV positive sex remains

Flag of Uganda KAMPALA, May 4 (NNN-GNA) — Uganda’s parliament has passed an amended version of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023.Under the new proposed bill, homosexual conduct will still be illegal, but identifying as homosexual without conducting in homosexual acts will not be outlawed.The bill, however, retains its more extreme…

South Africa: National Assembly approves sign language as official language

PRETORIA, May 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — The National Assembly (NA) has approved the South African Sign Language (SASL) as the 12th official language during a hybrid plenary sitting on Tuesday. The National Assembly approved the Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill [B1…

UN chief says ‘we failed’ to stop Sudan war as clashes break truce

NAIROBI (Kenya)/KHARTOUM, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN chief on Wednesday said “we failed” to stop war from erupting in Sudan, where persistent fighting between rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. “The UN was taken by surprise” by the conflict, because the world body and others were hopeful…

Peruvian, Japanese Foreign Ministers highlight excellent state of bilateral relations

LIMA, May 4 (NNN-ANDINA) — The bilateral relationship between Peru and Japan is in an excellent state, which translates into bilateral trade and the presence of both cultures in their territories, Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi said. She met with her Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi, as part of his visit to the South…

Prime Minister: Peru to expel undocumented foreigners

LIMA, May 4 (NNN-ANDINA) — Prime Minister Alberto Otarola announced that undocumented foreigners will be expelled from Peru in order to confront the wave of citizen insecurity and address the current migratory crisis. Similarly, he said that foreigners who do not have their documents in order will not be allowed to enter…

258 million needed urgent food aid in 2022: UN

PARIS, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 258 million people needed emergency food aid last year because of conflict, economic shocks and climate disasters, a UN report said, a sharp rise from 193 million the previous year. “More than a quarter of a billion people are now facing acute levels of…

Heavy rains kill at least 109 in Rwanda; 6 killed in Uganda’s landslide

KIGALI/KAMPALA, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — Heavy rains and flooding that hit Rwanda’s western and northern provinces in two days have killed at least 109 people, according to local officials. Francois Habitegeko, governor of Western Province, told national broadcaster Rwanda Television on Wednesday morning that at least 95 people were killed…

Serbia: 9 killed, 7 injured in school shooting

Belgrade shooting suspect arrested by police BELGRADE, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — A 14-year-old shooter was arrested by Serbian police in Belgrade after a shooting in an elementary school on Wednesday, in which at least nine people died and seven more were injured, according to the Serbian interior ministry and local…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Kenya for a two day official visit

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres NAIROBI, May 3 (NNN-KBC) — The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is in Kenya for a two-day official visit. During the visit,  UNSG will hold talks with President William Ruto, with top of his agenda being the security and humanitarian situation in Sudan as well as…

World should prepare for El Nino, new record temperatures: UN

GENEVA, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations warned Wednesday of a growing likelihood the weather phenomenon El Nino will develop in coming months, fuelling higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records. “The world should prepare for the development of El Nino,” said Petteri Taalas, head of the UN’s…