New Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 5 inmates dead

QUITO, Nov 9 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Another prison riot in Ecuador has left at least five inmates dead and six others wounded at the Pichincha correctional facility in Quito also known as “El Inca,” where some 1,365 inmates are housed. Also suffering consequences from the violent actions was a prison guard,…

Germany committed to allocating €229 million for technical cooperation towards Peru

LIMA’ Nov 9 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) has reported that on Nov 2-3 intergovernmental negotiations between Peru and Germany on cooperation for development were held in the city of Berlin. At said meetings, the Government of Germany committed to allocating a total of €229 million (about…

Tanzania plane wreckage removed from Lake Victoria

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 9 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Tanzanian authorities said the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Lake Victoria has been pulled out of the water, following the country’s deadliest air accident in decades. Nineteen people died when the Precision Air plane went down on Sunday as it approached…

10,000 French fans headed for World Cup, no boycott: ambassador

PARIS, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten thousand French fans have registered for World Cup fan passes and France will not boycott the tournament in Qatar, its ambassador to the Gulf state has said. Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Faivre also said in a television interview broadcast late Monday that 300 French police and…

Angola signs international agreement against illegal fishing

LUANDA, Nov 9 (NNN-LUSA) — Angola has signed the United Nations treaty on legal and sustainable fishing, as part of the agreement on port state measures to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. According to a press release from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO),…

Uganda’s first satellite surveillance system in orbit

KAMPALA, Nov 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Uganda has its first satellite surveillance system after the successful launch of Pearl Africa Sat-1 from the NASA station in the United States, the local news agency Mazima reported on Tuesday.     The report confirmed that the cube-shaped object, built by Ugandan engineers with the…

South African Pres Ramaphosa arrives in Kenya ahead of talks with Ruto

NAAIROBI, Nov 9 (NNN-KBC) — South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in the country for a two-day official visit. During the visit, he will hold talks with his host President William Ruto aimed at further strengthening bilateral relations. Ramaphosa was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Foreign…

Kenya gets IMF approval for Ksh 52B credit facility

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya is on course to receive Ksh 52.4 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to continue supporting economic recovery and address debt vulnerabilities. This follows an agreement between government officials and IMF staff to proceed with the fourth credit support under the Ksh 283…

UN calls for collective action to clear unexploded ordnance in Libya

TRIPOLI, Nov 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called for collective action against unexploded ordnance in Libya following the death of a child in the south of Libyan capital Tripoli. “The UNICEF is deeply shocked about the death of a 13-year-old boy yesterday succumbing to…

COP27: Colombia, Venezuela pledge to save Amazon rainforest; Venezuela proposes reviving Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday proposed reviving the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to protect South America’s Amazon rainforest. Addressing a High-Level Regional Dialogue on the theme of the “Amazon as a pillar of climate and life balance,” held in Egypt, Maduro…