South Africa: State of Disaster on Energy to resolve load shedding

PRETORIA, Feb 15 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’sMinister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, says the declaration of the National State of Disaster on Energy will assist in the speedy resolution of energy supply challenges, whilst minimising its impact and contributing to the rebuilding process. Addressing debate on this year’s State of…

Uganda starts oil drilling, targets first oil output by April 2025

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the official launch of the Kingfisher development area in Kikuube district, western Uganda KAMPALA, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda is on track for its first oil output by April 2025, putting the East African nation on the list of oil-producing countries.  The move is expected…

Peru: Health Ministry announces end of 5th covid-19 wave

LIMA, Feb 15 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Ministry of Health (Minsa), through the National Center for Epidemiology, Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), on Tuesday announced that the fifth wave of COVID-19 has come to an end in Peru. CDC Director Cesar Munayco said that 319,212 confirmed cases and 1,932 deaths —with a fatality rate of…

Peru unrest: President of Peru convenes leaders of political parties to address political crisis

LIMA, Feb 15 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte on Wednesday convened leaders of political parties to address the political and social crisis that the country is going through. According to the Presidency of the Republic, the aim is also to discuss the situation of Peru in the international context, so as to…

US: 1 killed after train hits 18-wheeler in Texas

HOUSTON, Feb 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — A train slammed into an 18-wheeler at a railroad crossing near Huffman, Texas on Monday, killing the truck driver and causing derailment near Splendora, south-central U.S. state of Texas, authorities said. More than a dozen of train cars derailed, according to the fire department. The…

Vehicle collision kills 20 in South Africa’s northern province

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — South Africa’s local transport authorities said Tuesday that 20 people were killed after a cash-in-transit truck lost control and collided head-on with an oncoming bus in the northernmost province of Limpopo. “The accident occurred at around 5 p.m. on Monday on road N1-29 Mashovhela towards…

US Gov’t seizes Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Government of the United States has taken temporary control of the premises where the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC used to function following the dissolution of the so-called interim government of Juan Guaidó, it was reported during the weekend citing State Department sources admitting…

Covid-19: UK Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for second time

LONDON, Feb 14 (NNN-AAGENCIES) — Britain’s Queen Consort Camilla, the wife of King Charles III, has tested positive for coronavirus, Buckingham Palace said Monday, the second time she has caught the disease. “After suffering the symptoms of a cold, Her Majesty The Queen Consort has tested positive for the Covid…

More illegal migrants cross through Panama on way to US

PANAMA CITY, Feb 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Panamanian authorities have so far reported 10,031 irregular migrants crossing through the Darien Gap jungle in February on their way to the United States, an official communiqué stated on Monday.     According to the report from the National Migration Service (SNM, in Spanish), until…

Violence decreases in El Salvador; increased femicides in Dominican Republic

SAN SALVADOR, Feb 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — El Salvador maintains a decreasing trend regarding the rate of violence that involves only 15 deaths, including four femicides, so far in 2023, authorities said.     Statistics from January to date show a rate of 0.61 homicides per day, less than 1.5 per day…