Peru’s copper production recovers in first two months of 2023

LIMA, April 12 (NNN-ANDINA) — In February 2023, metal-mining production of copper and iron saw significant increases compared to the same month last year, thus cementing Peru’s position as the second largest copper producer in the world, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) reported. According to the latest edition of the Mining…

Finance Ministry: Peruvian economy’s pace of growth picked up in last 2 months

LIMA, April 12 (NNN-ANDINA) — Economy and Finance Minister Alex Contreras affirmed that the Peruvian economy has recovered after a decline of 1.1% in January and is believed to have expanded in February and March this year. “It is true that the economy dropped 1.1% in January, but it performed better…

Armenia, Azerbaijan say 7 troops killed in border shootout

 BAKU, April  12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijan and Armenia said seven servicemen died in a shootout along their shared border, the latest escalation between the arch-foes locked in a decades-long territorial dispute. The two ex-Soviet Caucasus nations have fought two wars over Azerbaijan’s Armenian-majority region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the latest hostilities…

Cuba announces surprise reversal of US dollar deposit ban

HAVANA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba’s government announced a surprise lifting of its ban on US dollar deposits in banks, reversing a policy which had been in place across the communist island nation since June 2021. “From this moment on, financial and banking institutions will accept cash deposits of US…

Mali journalist reported missing found ‘safe and sound’

BAMAKO, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Malian journalist who vanished following a press conference he organised last week has been found “safe and sound”, according to a crisis group set up by colleagues after his disappearance. The group did not explain the circumstances under which Aliou Toure was located, but…

England’s health service set for ‘catastrophic’ doctors’ strike

LONDON, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The public health service in England was on Tuesday braced for “the most disruptive industrial action” in its history as junior doctors walk out over pay and working conditions. The National Health Service (NHS) has been hit by waves of strikes in recent months as…

UN chief Guterres on visit to Somalia

MOGADISHU, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday at the start of a brief visit to Somalia, a country scarred by protracted armed conflict and climate disasters. Guterres was given a red carpet welcome at the capital city’s airport by Somalia’s Foreign Minister Abshir…

Kenya secures Ksh 50B for last mile internet connectivity from World Bank

Information, Communication and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo (C) and IC and DE Principal Secretary John Tanui (R) during the launch of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Lab at Kinango Vocational and Technical Training College in Kwale County NAIROBI, April 11 (NNN-KBC) — The Kenyan government has secured Ksh 50.7…

Russian volcano spews ash across Kamchatka Peninsula

MOSCOW, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s Shiveluch volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing a cloud of ash across a vast swath of the Kamchatka Peninsula and potentially posing a risk to flights, according to local volcanology authorities. The Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), which monitors eruptions in the region, issued…

Nigeria: Bandits demand N1.7m ransom for 85 women, children kidnapped last Friday in Zamfara

ABUJA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bandits operating in Zamfara and Katsina States who abducted 85 women and children in Wanzamai community of Tsafe local government area in Zamfara State have finally agreed to collect N20,000 from each of the victims amounting to N1.7 million. The bandits also demanded that military…