Cuba and Algeria promote scientific exchanges

ALGIERS, Nov 19 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Cuba and Algeria promoted the beginning of scientific exchanges between the Algiers-based Pasteur Institute (IPA) and other similar institutions in Cuba, including the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute.     Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal noted that, as part of the events held in…

Kenya: President Ruto calls for crackdown on illicit brews dens

NAIROBI, Nov 19 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto has directed the National Police and the provincial administration to close down factories manufacturing illicit brews. Speaking in Kwale county, Ruto said, “Officers from the Police and the provincial administration must ensure that every place where illegal brews are made are…

Tanzania sees 32 pct reduction in TB infections

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tuberculosis (TB) infections in Tanzania have gone down from 306 patients out of 100,000 people in 2015 to 208 patients out of 100,000 people in 2021, a senior official said. “The reduction of infections of TB is about 32 percent,” said Catherine Joachim,…

UNHCR appeals for global support for South Sudan amid historic floods

JUBA, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, urged international support for humanitarian efforts in South Sudan in the wake of historic floods that for four years in a row have left nearly one million people in desperate need of assistance. Raouf Mazou, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: More to be done to reintegrate Russian, Ukrainian food and fertilizers into global market, says UN

GENEVA, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — More remains to be done for the reintegration of Russian and Ukrainian food and fertilizers into the global markets, particularly in light of the fertilizer crunch caused by insufficient volumes and high costs, a senior United Nations (UN) official said. Rebeca Grynspan, secretary general of…

China ready to join Chile for stronger comprehensive strategic partnership, says Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Chilean President Gabriel Boric in Bangkok, Thailand BANGKOK, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said here that China is ready to join Chile in pushing for further development of their comprehensive strategic partnership. Chile was the first South American country to establish…

Cuba: Marella Discovery2 cruise ship kicks off winter tourism season

HAVANA, Nov 19 (NNN-ACN) — The Marella Discovery2 ship arrived Friday for the first time in Havana this year, and starts the winter tourism season in Cuba, Carlos Alberto Rivera Garcia, director of the western branch of Cubatur, the tour operator, told exclusively to the Cuban News Agency.With 1,600 travelers…

War in faraway Ukraine is suffocating Zimbabwe: UN report

President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa HARARE, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A war in far-away Ukraine has worsened Zimbabwe’s decades old multi-layered economic crisis with the southern African country’s agriculture industry being the hardest hit amid heightened food insecurity and rising cost of living, United Nations agencies have warned.In a report…

South Africa: Local government must improve lives – President Ramaphosa

PRETORIA, Nov 19 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa says although government has made significant strides in improving the living conditions of South Africans, more needs to be done to ensure better quality of life. The President was addressing a sitting of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) during the Taking…

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease confirmed in parts of South Africa

PRETORIA, Nov 19 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has confirmed the outbreak of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) in the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces. The department said it has received reports of die-offs of wild rabbits and hares from the Karoo…