Kenya: Government to convene conference on coffee, tea reforms – DP Gachagua

MATHIRA (Nyeri, Kenya), April 9 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will convene a stakeholder conference on the implementation of coffee reforms in two weeks. Speaking Saturday when he visited and engaged coffee farmers in Mathira, his home constituency, in Nyeri County where he has retreated for the Easter…

Kenya: 8 dead after truck slammed pedestrians in Migori town, 3 in critical condition

MIGORI (Kenya), April 9 (NNN-KBC) — Eight people have been confirmed dead after a lorry Saturday morning lost control and crashed pedestrians in the busy Migori town. According to Migori county police commander Mark Wanjala, scores were injured after the driver of the truck that was ferrying rice veered off the Migori- Isebania…

Update: Marseille building collapse injures two, fire hampers search

MARSEILLE, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The collapse of a four-storey building in the southern French port city of Marseille on Sunday left at least two people injured, but a fire was preventing rescue workers in their search for more possible victims, officials said. The collapse of the building in central…

Building collapses in centre of Marseille: French police

MARSEILLE, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A building in the southern French port city of Marseille collapsed, police said early Sunday, though it was unclear whether there were any victims.    The streets around the building, located in the central La Plaine district, were cordoned off and choked with dust, with many…

20 killed in DR Congo attack blamed on Daesh group

GOMA (DR Congo), April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 20 people have been killed in an attack in eastern DR Congo, with sources blaming rebels affiliated with the Daesh group.    “The enemy ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) ambushed farmers at around 4 pm (1400 GMT) on Friday near the village of Enebula,”…

World Bank releases over 150 mln USD to help Senegal accelerate digital economy

DAKAR, April 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — The World Bank has granted Senegal 91 billion CFA francs (about 151.4 million U.S. dollars) in financing to implement a project to accelerate the country’s digital economy. The financing agreement was signed in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, by Mamadou Moustapha Ba, minister of finance…

UN: Libyan Joint Military Commission agrees to support, secure elections

TRIPOLI, April 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday revealed that the Libyan Joint Military Commission (JMC) had agreed to support and secure elections in Libya during a meeting in the eastern city of Benghazi. “In presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary…

Brazil, Argentina announces official return to South American bloc UNASUR

BRASILIA, April 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil on Friday officially announced it will rejoin the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), from which it withdrew in 2019. “As Brazil resumes its main international alliances, it will once again join the Union of South American Nations,” the country’s foreign ministry said in…

Cuba: Search for worker continues after power plant wall collapse

HAVANA, April 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — Firefighters and rescuers continued to search for a worker in the rubble of a collapsed wall at a thermoelectric power plant in western Cuba, where at least one person died and two others were injured. The accident occurred on Friday as four workers were cleaning…

US returns over 3,000 irregular migrants to Cuba this year

 HAVANA, April 9 (NNN-ACN) — The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) have returned another group of 47 irregular migrants, in operation number 32, to total 3,045 Cubans returned from different countries in the area so far this year.On Tuesday, 36 men, seven women and four girls were returned, most of them…