Mexico deploys 145 firefighters to put out wildfires in Chile

MEXICO CITY, Jan 23 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE) announced the deployment of 145 firefighters from the National Forestry Commission (Conafor) to combat recent wildfires in the south of Chile. The firefighters arrived in Concepcion City following instructions from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who reaffirmed Mexico’s solidarity…

Mali’s junta creates a new ministerial-level post to oversee the mining sector

BAMAKO, Jan 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Mali’s military junta has created a new ministerial-level post to oversee the mining sector, tightening the government’s direct grip on the country’s crucial gold industry, and has appointed a former Barrick Mining executive to the job. The legal texts establishing the role state that the…

Nigeria’s strategy to combat illegal logging and poaching

ABUJA, Jan 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Facing catastrophic deforestation, Nigeria is deploying an unconventional defense: recruiting the very poachers and loggers who once threatened its last wildlife refuges. In Okomu National Park, the NGO Africa Nature Investors (ANI), now trains former offenders as armed rangers. With Nigeria having lost 96% of…

Belgium: Six injured after knife attack during Kurdish demonstration in Antwerp

The stabbings took place at around 7.20pm (1820 GMT) as the local Kurdish community demonstrated in support of Kurds in northern Syria ANTWERP (Belgium), Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were wounded, two of them critically, in a knife attack at a Kurdish demonstration in the city of Antwerp Thursday,…

Colombia slaps 30 pct tariff on Ecuadorian goods in retaliation

BOGOTA/QUITO, Jan 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — Colombia will impose a 30 percent tariff on several Ecuadorian products, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Diana Morales announced Thursday, a day after Ecuador revealed its “unilateral” decision to levy a similar tariff on Colombian goods. “This tariff is not a sanction or a…

At least 21 UN personnel killed in deliberate attacks in 2025

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 21 UN personnel — 12 peacekeeping personnel and nine civilians — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2025, the United Nations said Thursday. This does not include the personnel of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near…

UK: Lords back social media ban for under-16s

LONDON, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The House of Lords has backed a move to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms.By 261 votes to 150, opposition peers voted to support a ban through an amendment to the government’s schools bill.The government has indicated it will try to overturn…

Jihadist attack claims lives of eleven police officers in Burkina Faso

A jihadist of the JNIM group OAUGADOUGOU, Jan 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — At least eleven police officers were killed in a major jihadist assault in eastern Burkina Faso over the weekend, security sources confirmed, highlighting the persistent and deadly violence plaguing the country despite military claims of progress.Security sources said that…

Mozambique counts 13 dead in floods so far but toll expected to rise

A house stands partially submerged in floodwater after weeks of heavy rainfall in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique authorities on Thursday reported 13 deaths from severe floods over the past two weeks, though the figure is expected to rise sharply, with aid workers saying they expect more…

UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse

Yaanama Abba, a 45-year-old mother of six children, receives pinto beans distributed by WFP ABUJA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, the United Nations said on Thursday, following the collapse of global aid budgets.Speaking…