Lima: US authorizes extradition to Peru of its ex-president Toledo

LIMA, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has authorized the extradition of former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, who served from 2001 to 2006, to face charges of corruption in his home country, Peru’s prosecutor’s office said. “We have been informed that the US State Department authorized the extradition of…

Paraguay on alert due to “imminent risk” of bird flu outbreak

ASUNCION, Feb 22 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Paraguay´s public and private institutions are on maximum alert in view of imminent risk of bird flu virus in the country. Yet no contagion has been reported, the government declared Tuesday.     The emergency action is in response to the announcement of bird flu cases…

Cattle rustling: Kenya, Uganda cooperate in ongoing herders disarmament exercise

MOROTO (Uganda), Feb 22 (NNN-KBC) — Heads of delegations from Kenya and Uganda have resolved that the disarmament that is ongoing in Kenya will require cooperation and coordination with the Uganda government in order to curtail herdsmen from crossing over to Uganda with illegal small arms and light weapons. In…

Bolivia reports 8,700 dengue cases, 29 related deaths

LA PAZ, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — Bolivia has seen a sudden increase in dengue fever cases this year, with a total of 8,700 cases and 29 related deaths reported to date, Health Minister Jeyson Auza said. As of Saturday, which marked the end of the seventh epidemiological week of the…

Tunisia voices readiness to support Libya in settling political crisis

TUNIS, Feb 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar voiced his country’s readiness to support Libya in reaching a political settlement to end its crisis. Ammar made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily to discuss the Libyan crisis,…

Nearly 570 illegal immigrants rescued off Tunisian coast

Nearly 570 illegal immigrants rescued off Tunisian coast TUNIS, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — A total of 569 undocumented immigrants were rescued off the Tunisian coast while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, Tunisian National Guard spokesman Houcemeddine Jbabli said. “As part of the fight against the phenomenon of illegal…

Death toll rises to 44 from landslides on Brazilian coast

SAO PAULO, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — The death toll rose to 44 from landslides and floods over the weekend on the coast of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, while some 40 people remain missing, the regional government said. According to a statement issued by the Sao Paulo government, 43 people died…

UN peacekeepers in South Sudan patrol to reduce tensions, prevent conflict

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan dispatches patrols to support the 2018 revitalized peace agreement among competing factions, a UN spokesman said. “In Eastern Equatoria, the mission reinforced the capacity of community members, particularly youth, to peacefully resolve conflicts,” said Stephane Dujarric, the…

UN Security Council condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali; 3 killed in explosive attack

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — The UN Security Council strongly condemned Tuesday’s attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, which left three peacekeepers from Senegal dead and five others injured. In a press statement, the members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences and sympathy to the…

Cuban president monitors the fight against forest fires in eastern región

HAVANA, Feb 22 (NNN-ACN) — The Cuban authorities are constantly monitoring the situation, said Pres Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez referring to the relentless fight offered by the Cuban Fire Brigade and Forest Rangers against a fire in Pinares de Mayari, in the province of Holguin.On Twitter, the president commented that the…