Dina Boluarte officially becomes President of Peru after impeachment of Pedro Castillo by Congress

LIMA, Dec 8 (NNN-ANDINA) — Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra was on Wednesday afternoon officially named President of the Republic of Peru for the remainder of the 2021-2026 term. She replaces ex-President Jose Pedro Castillo Terrones, who earlier was constitutionally impeached and removed from office by Parliament. It should be noted that Boluarte previously…

Kenya’s drought situation: 3.5 million children likely to miss out when schools reopen

NAIROBI, Dec 7 (NNN-KBC) — Over 3.5 million children in Kenya will be out of school when schools reopen for the first term in January 2023, due to the ongoing drought, Save the Children said. A 2021 study by the Global Out of School Children Initiative revealed that there are more…

US: Millions of birds killed because of bird flu, consumers suffering

DENVER (US), Dec 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Millions of birds have been killed in the United States because of the deadliest bird flu outbreak in history, which has in turn prompted poultry and egg prices to soar. Birds often die after becoming infected with bird flu. To control the spread of…

Pandemic treaty plans thrashed out at WHO

 GENEVA, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Negotiators are meeting in Geneva this week to thrash out a pandemic treaty aimed at ensuring the flaws that turned Covid-19 into a global crisis could never happen again. As the third anniversary of the virus emerging rolls around, negotiators are raking over an early…

Food prices send hunger soaring in Latin America: UN agencies

SANTIAGO, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rising food prices in Latin America and the Caribbean caused the number of people going hungry in the region to rise by more than 13 million between 2019 and 2021, a United Nations report said. The report by three UN agencies said the region was…

Argentina signs deal with US regarding undeclared taxpayers’ assets

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 7 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Superminister of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa signed an agreement with US Ambassador Marc Stanley for the automatic exchange between the two countries of information about undeclared assets owned by local taxpayers. The deal is expected to allow Argentina’s tax bureau AFIP…

Argentine court okays offshore oil activities

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 7 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — An Argentine court of appeals Monday lifted an injunction order from a lower magistrate, thus clearing the way for offshore oil drilling off Mar del Plata, but it demanded a “maximum level of control in the operations.” The local Federal Court of Appeals authorized…

Tigray capital back on Ethiopia power grid: operator

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 7 (NNN-NEWVISION) — The capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has been reconnected to the national power grid after more than a year of cuts caused by war, the electricity operator said. The announcement came a month after a peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels…

Lightning kills five people, injures seven watching football in Mozambique

A MAPUTO, Dec 7 (NNN-KBC) — The authorities in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado say lightning strikes killed five people and injured seven others at the weekend. According to district administrator Matias Constantino, they were hit while watching a recreational football match in Nangande district. Speaking to state…

French government commits to support EAC-led process in DRC

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 7 (NNN-KBC) — The French Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, Nabil Hahjlaoui, pledged his country’s commitment to support EAC-Led Nairobi Process, on restoration of peace and security in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  Hahjlaoui made the disclosure when he met with the Secretary…