Brazil: President-elect Lula calls for calm after terrorist threat

BRASILIA, Dec 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for tranquility and peace in Brazil, regarding the commotion caused by the arrest of a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro accused of terrorism.     “That is our commitment: to make the country smile again, to have peace of…

Kenya: Nine victims narrowly escape death after canoe capsized in Lake Victoria

NAIROBI, Dec 27 (NNN-KBC) — Nine people among them eight women escaped death by a whisker after the canoe capsized in Lake Victoria during the annual canoe racing festival held in Bumbe  of Funyula constituency, Busia county.  On board were eight women and a man who was the canoe’s skipper. …

Update: Death toll rises to 57 as big freeze grips US

WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — A massive winter storm stretching from the Great Lakes all the way down to the Rio Grande along the Mexican border has killed at least 57 people across the United States as of Monday. Storm-related deaths have been recorded in 12 states, including Colorado, Illinois,…

Nigeria: Shell to pay $16m to farmers over oil damage

ABUJA, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shell has agreed to pay $16m to four Nigerian farmers and their communities to compensate for damage allegedly caused by pollution coming from leaks in its oil pipelines. The sum was agreed in negotiations between the oil company and campaign group Friends of the Earth. But…

Ethiopia gov’t team makes first visit to Tigray after peace deal

MEKELLE (Tigray, Ethiopia), Dec 27 (NNN-NEWVISION) — A high-level Ethiopian government delegation on Monday made the first visit to the capital of rebel-held Tigray since the signing of a peace deal last month aimed at ending a brutal two-year conflict. Both sides applauded the visit, which aimed at building on…

Heatwaves: Five LatAm nations experience record heat in 2022 – WMO

LONDON, Dec 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Sites in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay experienced record temperatures during two consecutive heat waves in late November and early December 2022, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Monday.     The areas in particular are north-central Argentina, southern Bolivia, central Chile and most…

Kenya: Good tidings for tourism as another cruise ship docks in Mombasa

MOMBASA (Kenya), Dec 27 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya on Christmas day received another cruise ship at the Port of Mombasa with at least 500 tourists. The cruise ship, MV Nautica had 572 tourists on board who were welcomed by Tourism Cabinet Secretary Peninah Malonza and officials from the Kenya Ports Authority…

Kenya: Two shot dead by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Lamu; houses torched

NAIROBI, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were shot dead by al-Shabaab militants and several houses torched in a rural area in coastal Kenya, police said. The Christmas night attack happened in the Pandaguo area in Lamu county that neighbors Boni forest, where security agencies have been conducting an operation…

South Africa fuel tanker blast death toll climbs to 18

 JOHANNESBURG, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg last week has climbed to 18, regional health authorities said. A truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) got stuck under a bridge in Boksburg on Saturday, causing a leak and…

UK: Jersey blast death toll rises to 10 – police

 LONDON, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in a suspected gas explosion in Jersey has risen to 10 following the death of a 73-year-old woman, police said. The blast early on Dec 10 flattened a three-storey apartment complex in St Helier, the capital of the self-governing British Crown dependency off…