Six dead, dozens missing after boat sinks in DR Congo: Officials

GOMA (DR Congo), April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least six people died and dozens are still missing, after a boat capsized in strong winds on Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said. The vessel had been loaded with traders and their goods heading from Mugote…

Cuba and China sign agreement on cybersecurity

BEIJING, April 4 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Representatives of China and Cuba signed Monday an agreement on cybersecurity, which they said ratifies the will of their governments to work for an Internet targeted to the development and welfare of the people.     The agreement was signed by the island’s Minister of Communications,…

African carriers to trim aviation losses to $213M, says IATA

MONTREAL (Canada), April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) projects African airlines to reduce losses to $213 million this year. According to the association, the continent’s carriers suffered cumulative losses of $3.5 billion between 2020 and 2022. Full recovery of the continent’s aviation sector after COVID-19 pandemic…

President Museveni calls on Africa to reject promotion of homosexuality

ENTEBBE (Ghana), April 4 (NNN-KBC) — Ghana’s President Yoweri Museveni has called on African nations to lead in rejecting the promotion of homosexuality, describing the vice as a big threat and danger to the procreation of human race. “Africa should provide the lead to save the world from this degeneration…

Residents near Colombian volcano evacuated

BOGOTA, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 120 residents living near Colombia’s Nevada del Ruiz volcano were evacuated Monday, officials said, after increased seismic activity. A 1985 eruption by the volcano that killed 25,000 people is considered the worst natural disaster in Colombian history and one of the deadliest eruptions of…

4 dead in apparent drug-related shooting on Mexican beach

MEXICO CITY, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shooting involving suspected drug dealers left four people dead Monday on a beach in Mexico’s popular Caribbean resort of Cancun, authorities said. The latest outbreak of violence in the city’s hotel zone came as tourists flocked to Mexico’s Riviera Maya during the Easter…

Dutch rail crash: Dozens injured as passenger train derails

THE HAGUE, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 30 people have been injured – some seriously – after a passenger train derailed in the western Netherlands, officials say. The train transporting about 50 people derailed after colliding with construction equipment on the line near the village of Voorschoten, between The Hague…

Death toll from Mexico immigration center fire rises to 40

MEXICO CITY, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a fire at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border has risen to 40 after another migrant died of his injuries, authorities said. The deceased, who was not named, had been flown by air ambulance from Ciudad Juarez…

Nigeria gunmen kill 12 people in four attacks

KANO (Nigeria), April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 12 people were killed and several others injured or kidnapped in a spate of attacks in northeast and central Nigeria, police and officials said. Insecurity is a major concern in Africa’s most populous country as a new president is set to be…

UN seeks humanitarian funds for Burundi, Malawi

 Humanitarian partners distribute relief items at a site for the internally displaced people in Mulanje District, Malawi UNITED NATIONS, April 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations and partners are seeking US$194 million to aid Burundi this year and an additional US$70 million for Malawi, UN Humanitarians said. The UN Office…