Peru: Approved measures injected US$1.17 billion into economy

LIMA, Jan 7 (NNN-ANDINA) — Economy and Finance Minister Alex Contreras stressed that the measures approved in less than a month of President Dina Boluarte‘s government have allowed injecting around S/4.5 billion (about US$1.177 billion) into Peru’s economy. He said that since the beginning of the current administration, the guideline issued by…

Cuban President: We can overcome the crisis facing the country

HAVANA, Jan 7 (NNN-ACN) — “We must be aware that we can overcome the crisis facing the country,” said Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez during a meeting with top authorities in the central province of Ciego de Avila.We all have the capacity to contribute more to the revolutionary transformation of…

Botswana’s former president Khama asks court to set aside arrest warrant

Ian Khama, the former president of Botswana GABORONE, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana’s former president Ian Khama has filed an urgent court application seeking to strike down an arrest warrant issued against him by a magistrate last week.Court papers released on Thursday showed that he asked the high court in…

Al-Shabaab fighters kill six during village raid in Somalia

Al-Shabaab has been waging a war against Somalia’s government since 2007 MOGADISHU, Jan 7 (NNN-GNA) — Armed fighters from al-Shabaab have killed at least six people in an attack on a village in central Somalia that they were pushed out of last week, a government-allied militia said.Friday’s attack targeted the…

Prominent Kenyan LGBTQ activist Chiloba found dead in metal box

An LGBTQ activist holds a rainbow flag NAIROBI, Jan 7 (NNN-GNA) — Kenyan police have discovered the body of prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country, according to local media sources.Motorbike taxi riders alerted police after they saw the box…

World food prices hit record high in 2022: UN

PARIS, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December but hit their highest level on record for the full year in 2022, UN data showed. Food prices soared to a monthly record high in March after Russia invaded agricultural powerhouse Ukraine,…

Update: Deadly riots grip Mexico after arrest of El Chapo’s son; 3 security personnel killed

Trucks, buses burn and block roads on the streets of Culiacan, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three security force members have died in clashes in the state of Sinaloa after the arrest of a son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo”. Ovidio Guzmán-López – himself alleged to…

Uganda: 16 killed after bus rams into stationary truck at night in northern Oyam district

KAMPALA, Jan 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Sixteen people have died when a bus crashed into a stationary truck at night in the northern Ugandan district of Oyam, police said on Friday. The victims were traveling in the commuter bus from the capital, Kampala, to Gulu, when the vehicle ran into the…

Brazil rejoins Community of Latin American and Caribbean States

Brazil rejoins Community of Latin American and Caribbean States BRASILIA, Jan 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil informed member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) of its “full and immediate” reincorporation into the regional bloc. The government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who took office…

Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’

CULIACÁN (Mexico), Jan 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits. Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed “El Raton” (The Mouse), was caught in the northwestern…