Mexico: 7.7 magnitude quake hits west-central region, kills 1

People gather in the Zocalo Square after an earthquake in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, Sept 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook west-central Mexico on Monday, causing some structural damage on the anniversary of two previous major earthquakes in 1985 and 2017. One person was killed when a wall…

Covid-19: Cuba has administered over 41,677,000 doses, which represents 90.2 % of the Cuban population

HAVANA, Sept 20 (NNN-ACN) — The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported that 41,677,178 anti-COVID-19 doses had been administered with the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala.In its update of the vaccine strategy against the current pandemic, the agency indicated that to date…

Nigeria: Two vigilantes killed while engaging terrorists in President Buhari’s home state

ABUJA, Sept 20 (NNN-GNA) — Two members of a local vigilance group called Youth Initiative of Operation Self-Defence were reportedly killed during a terrorist attack in Dutsin-ma community of Nigeria’s Katsina State.Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari.The deceased persons, simply identified as Shamsu and Sani, were volunteer…

South Sudan: Close to half a million people displaced by floods in Warrap state

JUBA, Sept 20 (NNN-GNA) — A report by the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) in South Sudan’s Warrap State disclosed that over 400,000 people have been affected by floods in the state.The survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics indicates that out of the estimated 1,222,673 population, 416,166 individuals…

South Africa: Five soldiers killed in collision with tree in Mpumalanga

PRETORIA, Sept 20 (NNN-SANEWS) — The South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) has announced the death of five members in a car accident in Mpumalanga. According to the SANDF, the members were part of the 9 South African Infantry Battalion (9 SAI BN) that was deployed under Operation Corona, which…

Colombian gov’t, dissident FARC guerrillas hold preliminary peace talks

BOGOTA, Sept 19 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, and representatives of dissident Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) guerrillas have met during the weekend to discuss possible talks.  ”In the department of Caquetá (…) we have held a meeting of exploration and rapprochement to evaluate the possibility…

Uganda’s oil projects ‘shall proceed’, says Museveni

KAMPALA, Sept 19 (NNN-NEWVISION) — President Yoweri Museveni has offered assurance that Uganda’s oil project “shall proceed as stipulated in the contract we have with TotalEnergies and CNOOC [China National Offshore Oil Corporation]”.His reassurance came only days after a motion moved in the European Union (EU) Parliament that seeks to…

Uganda earns sh262b from coffee exports in August

KAMPALA, Sept 19 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Uganda’s Coffee exports in August 2022 amounted to 501,054 60-kilo bags worth $71.15m (sh262b).  This comprised 456,271 bags of Robusta valued at $60.26m and 44,783 bags of Arabica valued at $10.89m. According to the monthly coffee report issued by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), this…

Cuba promotes its tourist destinations in Spain’s Alicante and Murcia

MADRID, Sept 19 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — More than 40 retail travel agencies took part in the presentation of the #CubaUnica campaign, which promotes Cuban tourism in Spain, industry sources reported. Murcia, in the southeastern Spanish autonomous community of the same name, and Alicante, on the Mediterranean coast of Valencia, were…

Russia, Egypt agree to use national currencies for trade exchange

CAIRO, Sept 19 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Egypt and Russia have agreed to use the pound and the ruble in their commercial exchange in view of the Western sanctions that blocked the access of Moscow to the dollar and the euro, an official source said. Quoted by the daily Al Ahram,…