Jamaica secures $6.7 billion from agencies for post-Melissa rebuild

KINGSTON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Jamaica has secured up to $6.7 billion in support from international agencies to fund reconstruction over the next three years in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Melissa, one of the strongest storms on record to make landfall in the Caribbean, unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides…

South Africa hosts Earthquake Response Exercise 2025 in Gqeberha

GQEBERHA (South Africa), Dec 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — The Government of South Africa, through the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), is hosting the Africa, Europe, and Middle East (AEME) Earthquake Response Exercise (ERE) 2025. The event takes place at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha on Dec 1-5.  According to the Department…

SADC Parliamentarians express optimism as climate-focused plenary gets underway in South Africa’s Durban

DURBAN (South Africa), Dec 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — Over 300 delegates attending the 58th Plenary Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) in Durban have expressed confidence in the forum’s potential to advance stronger regional responses to climate change. This year’s programme focuses on “The Impact of Climate Change on…

Tanzania insists it won’t grant citizenship to refugees still in camps

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 1 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzanian government has reiterated its position that it will not grant citizenship to refugees living in camps within the country, urging them instead to prepare to return to Burundi, where peace and stability have reportedly been restored. This statement was issued in Dar…

South Africa: Light aircraft crash kills 2 in Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, Dec 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — South African authorities have launched a probe into a light aircraft crash that killed two people at the Morningstar Airfield in Cape Town, the country’s legislative capital. The Sling 2 crashed shortly after taking off at about 11:00 a.m. local time on Sunday. According…

Groundbreaking HIV prevention shots to begin in Africa: UNITAID

        JOHANNESBURG, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk…

UNFPA: Paraguay’s population reported to be ageing

ASUNCION, Dec 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Paraguay faces an impending demographic transition that will see its adult elderly population double within the next 25 years due to the accelerated aging of its currently large youth segment, according to warnings from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Sabrina Juran, a German development…

South Africa records R15.6 billion trade surplus in October

PRETORIA, Dec 1 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa has recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R15.6 billion in October 2025, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said.This surplus was attributable to exports of R192.2 billion and imports of R176.6 billion, inclusive of trade with Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN).…

Mexican military kills alleged drug trafficker wanted by US

MEXICO CITY, Dec 1 (NNN=AGENCIES) — A man wanted by the US on accusations of trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine was killed Sunday by Mexican military personnel during an anti-drug operation, officials said. Pedro Inzunza Coronel, alias “Pichon,” died during the operation in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.…

Mauritania’s deal with EU to stem migration appears to have some effect

NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 1 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The principal of a primary school in northern Mauritania set up specifically for children of migrants trying to reach Europe, says classrooms are emptier this year than before. It appears that a partnership deal signed last year with the European Union to stem migration is…