Qatar World Cup: We are world champions, there are no other words – Argentine President Fernandez

  BUENOS AIRES, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Sunday thanked the national soccer team for winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.    “Thanks to the players and the technical team. They are the example that we should not give up, that we have great people and…

Canada: Five killed in Toronto shooting – police

TORONTO, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people were killed and another wounded Sunday in a shooting in the suburbs of the Canadian city of Toronto, police said. The suspect also died after an exchange of fire with law enforcement, local police chief Jim MacSween told reporters, noting that the shooting…

Paraguay picks 2023 presidential candidates in primary vote

ASUNCION, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Paraguay’s opposition coalition and long-ruling Colorado Party held primary elections on Sunday to pick their candidates for the April 2023 vote to replace outgoing President Mario Abdo Benitez. Economist Santiago Pena, 44, was elected to lead the Colorado Party, which has been in power for…

UK set for ruling on plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

  LONDON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK high court judges were on Monday due to rule on challenges to the British government’s controversial policy of deporting migrants and asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Irregular migration is a thorny political issue for the UK government which promised to tighten borders after the country…

Netherlands expected to apologise for 250 years of slavery

 THE HAGUE, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Netherlands looks set Monday to finally embark on a path leading to a formal apology for its tainted 250-year history of slavery. Prime Minister Mark Rutte is giving a speech on slavery in The Hague in what he has called a “meaningful moment”…

Germany: Cologne hands over stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

COLOGNE (Germany), Dec 19 (NNN-KNA) — Nigeria has taken back ownership of 92 bronze sculptures that make up the so-called Benin Bronzes from a museum in the German city of Cologne, following an agreement that was signed by the city’s mayor. The director general of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums, Abba Isa Tijani,…

Kenya: Pres Ruto to launch national tree growing, land restoration campaign Tuesday

NAIROBI, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan President William Ruto is expected to launch the National Tree Growing and Land Restoration Campaign on Tuesday as part of his administrations climate action. The campaign which will be unveiled during a ceremony to be held at the Ngong Hills Forest is part of…

Uruguay’s Tourism Minister would like fewer requirements for foreign travelers

MONTEVIDEO, Dec 19 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay’s Minister of Tourism Tabaré Viera insisted that lifting all sanitary requirements from inbound travelers would be “the desirable” thing to do, but admitted that, in the end, such a decision was up to the health authorities who needed to protect the local population first…

Tanzania Shipping Agency TASAC forms taskforce to curb oil spills in sea

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 19 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzania Shipping Agency (TASAC) has formed a taskforce involving crude and refined oil stakeholders to control oil spills in the sea and protect the environment. Speaking to journalists TASAC’s Manager of Navigation Aid and Environmental Safety, Celestine Mkenda, said the decision was…

West African bloc ECOWAS pledges partnership to ensure peaceful, fair elections in Nigeria

ABUJA, Dec 19 (NNN-NEWVISION) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has promised to work with Nigerian political actors and stakeholders to make sure the general elections in February 2023 are peaceful and fair. A statement from the ECOWAS commission said the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework is an…