Somalia warns media not to publish Al-Shabaab propaganda

MOGADISHU, Oct 9 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Somalia’s government announced a crackdown on media outlets that publish what it deems propaganda for the militant group Al-Shabaab and warned that offenders would be punished. The move comes as Somalia’s armed forces, backed by local militias and international allies, wage an aggressive counter-insurgency against…

Uruguay’s Lower House passes euthanasia bill

MONTEVIDEO, Oct 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay’s Lower House passed a bill legalizing euthanasia with 57 votes out of 96. The project now goes to the Senate for further Parliamentarian treatment. The initiative of the Colorado Party deputy and president of the Lower House, Ope Pasquet, unified with the text presented…

Argentina, Brazil, Mexico not siding with OAS on Russia statement

LIMA, Oct 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The delegations of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico were among those who refused to sign a statement from the Organization of American States (OAS) condemning Russia’s military deployment in Ukraine as the continental group’s 52nd General Assembly kicked off in Lima. A total of 24 American…

Tanzania: Five million tourists target within reach, PM asserts

PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 8 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa exuded confidence that the five million tourists target was still within reach, as Tanzania explores other tourism products. The Premier hinted that the country was banking on Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions (MICE) tourism as an…

15 bodies of illegal migrants, some burned, found on Libya beach

TRIPOLI, Oct 8 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Fifteen bodies were found on a beach near the Libyan city of Sabratha, some of them burned, the Libyan Red Crescent said. The group did not identify the dead or say how they had died, but human rights groups said they were likely migrants. After…

Nearly 200 dead in Niger floods; 263,000 people affected and 30,000 homes destroyed

NIAMEY, Oct 8 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people, the Civil Protection Service said, describing the toll as one of the highest on record. Rainy-season floods claimed…

Saharawi representative appeals to the UN over Morocco’s violations

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Polisario Front representative at the United Nations, Sidi Mohamed Omar, called on the international community and the UN to take action against Morocco’s violations in Western Sahara. In a speech at the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, he claimed that the Saharawi…

Argentine minister of Women, Gender and Diversity resigns in protest of arrest of indigenous women, children

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Argentine President Alberto Fernandez accepted the resignation of Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gomez Alcorta after she opposed the eviction of a group of indigenous Mapuche women from land in the southern Patagonia region. According to a statement posted on Twitter…

Cuban and US companies agree on cargo transportation

HAVANA, Oct 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The companies Aerovadero S.A. and Maravana Cargo, from Cuba and the United States will work on the transportation of non-commercial cargo, thus increasing the facilities between both countries. By means of a contract, signed on the last day of the International Transport Fair, distances…

Africa has world’s highest suicide rates – WHO

GENEVA, Oct 8 (NNN-KBC) — The World Health Organization says Africa has the highest rate of people dying by suicide in the world. In a statement, the agency said Africa is home to six of the 10 countries with the highest suicide rates globally. The continent is said to have…