WFP receives record funding from US to fight hunger in Kenya

NAIROBI, Sept 24 (NNN-KBC) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received record funding from the US government to mitigate the biting hunger in Kenya. The Ksh23.5B grant is the largest ever by a single donor to WFP’s operation in Kenya. Welcoming the contribution of US$194.5 million through…

Kenya: Death toll from Isiolo killer brew rises to seven

NAIROBI, Sept 24 (NNN-KBC) — Police in Isiolo have confirmed that the death toll from the killer brew tragedy that killed five people on Monday rose to seven after two more people succumbed. Security agencies have intensified a crackdown across the county to net and prevent circulation of the two…

Chilean police launch major search for British astrophysicist disappeared in the Atacama Desert

SANTIAGO, Sept 24 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chilean police have launched a major search for a British scientist who has gone missing in the north of the country. Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts…

Tanzania commits 2.3bn/- to Global Fund in the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

VICE-PRESIDENT Dr Philip Mpango NEW YORK, Sept 24 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA has committed to contribute one million US dollars (about 2.3bn/-) to support the Global Fund, while also calling upon other nations to fulfill their obligations in beefing up the fund to support the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.…

Equatorial Guinea’s president to run for sixth term – vice president

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.  MALABO, Sept 24 (NNN-NEWVISION) — President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea for more than 43 years, will seek a new term in November presidential elections, the vice president said. “Because of his charisma, his leadership and his political experience”, the ruling…

South Africa: Prosecutors drop sexual assault case against finance minister

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 24 (NNN-NEWVISION) — South African prosecutors said they had dropped a case against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana who had been accused of sexual assault. Godongwana, who is in charge of Africa’s most industrialised economy, had been accused of having inappropriately touched a masseuse at a luxury wildlife lodge last…

ALBA-TCP foreign ministers rejected Cuba’s inclusion in US list of “state sponsors of terrorism”

NEW YORK, Sept 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) strongly rejected the inclusion of Cuba on the list of alleged State sponsors of terrorism. This ‘unjustified inclusion’ by the US Government discredits the legitimate cooperation efforts of the UN and…

Venezuela and UN to sign cooperation agreement

CARACAS, Sept 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Venezuela and the United Nations (UN) reached a cooperation 2023-2026 agreement to cover strategic health, education, food, science and technology, social care and economy sectors. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez declared this agreement is on the right collaboration track and is part of the human…

Cuba elected to chair Group of 77 and China in 2023

HAVANA, Sept 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba was elected Friday to chair the Group of 77 (G77) and China in 2023 at a meeting on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The foreign ministers of the G77 approved Cuba’s candidacy by acclamation, a decision welcomed…

Heavy downpours kill 179 in Niger

NIAMEY, Sept 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 179 people have been killed in heavy downpours in Niger since June, the country’s General Directorate of Civil Protection said. The tragedy occurred as a result of drowning or collapse of their habitats, most built from clay. The Ministry of Humanitarian Action…