Belize receives prisoner released from US naval base in Guantanamo

BELMOPAN, Feb 4 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Saudi-Pakistani citizen Majid Khan, who was released after 16 years in a military prison at the United States base in Guantanamo, Cuba, without being tried, is rebuilding his life in Belize.     A US Senate Intelligence Committee report released in 2014 exposed Khan’s mistreatment and…

WHO launches new roadmap on breast cancer

GENEVA, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework providing a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The new Framework launched ahead of the World Cancer Day campaign marked Saturday, recommends to countries…

EAC Heads of State to meet over situation in DR Congo

EAC Secretary General Dr Peter Mathuki ARUSHA (Tanzania), Feb 4 (NNN-KBC) — Heads of State from the East African Community (EAC) will this Saturday meet in Bujumbura to assess the security situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. “EAC Heads of State are tomorrow, 4th February 2023, convening…

Pope meets war victims on South Sudan peace pilgrimage

JUBA, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis on Saturday meets victims of South Sudan’s civil war, a day after delivering an impassioned appeal for the country’s leaders to recommit to peace for the sake of their long-suffering people. Francis is making the first papal visit to South Sudan since it…

Northeast US, Canada gird for ‘epic’ Arctic blast

NEW YORK, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The northeastern United States and Canada steeled themselves for an “epic” Arctic blast that could see some areas record their lowest ever wind chill temperatures. America’s National Weather Service (NWS) warned that parts of Maine might see wind chills of minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit…

Ethiopia PM holds first post-peace deal meeting with Tigray leaders

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday held his first face-to-face meeting with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was agreed last year, officials and state media said. The talks took place almost three months to the day since the Ethiopian government and the…

Peru unrest: New bid to advance elections halted in Congress committee

LIMA, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Another bill to advance Peru’s elections to this year, which President Dina Boluarte hopes will quell ongoing deadly unrest, was blocked by a congressional committee on Friday due to procedural objections. The fresh legislative setback followed the failure of two other bills over the past…

Brazil scuttles warship in Atlantic despite pollution concerns

BRASILIA, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil on Friday sank a decommissioned aircraft carrier, the Navy announced, despite environmental groups claiming the formerly French ship was packed with toxic materials. The “planned and controlled sinking occurred late in the afternoon” on Friday, some 350 kilometers off the Brazilian coast in the…

US violence: California police arrest two over execution-style killings

LOS ANGELES, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California police investigating the gangland execution-style killings of six people, including a young mother and her baby, arrested two people Friday. The arrests — one after a firefight with federal agents — came almost three weeks after gunmen burst into a home in rural…

US: Giant panda Le Le, 25, dies at Memphis Zoo

MEMPHIS (Tennessee, US), Feb 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Memphis Zoo in Memphis, US state of Tennessee, said on Friday that giant panda Le Le had died. “Le Le was adored by his keepers, all of the staff at the Memphis Zoo as well as the City of Memphis,” the zoo…