Tanzania: Coast region to become manufacturing, logistics hub

COAST REGION (Tanzania), Jan 2 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PLANS to transform the Coast Region into Tanzania’s leading manufacturing and logistics hub are at an advanced stage, with the establishment of the Bagamoyo Eco-Maritime City (BEMC) now firmly in sight. A total of 8.5tri/- is expected to be invested in the mega project…

Tanzania keen to retain global conservation status

Dodoma, Jan 2 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Tanzania has expressed its ambition to retain its position as a global leader in conservation following the acquisition of sophisticated technologies and transport equipment by the Tanzania Forest Services (TFS) Agency, valued at 3.25bn/-. The equipment, which includes 33 vehicles, 36 motorcycles and three modern drones capable…

Peru: Three killed, 7 missing in New Year’s Eve attack on informal miners

LIMA, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people were killed and seven more are missing after a New Year’s Eve attack on informal miners in northern Peru, a local mayor says, the latest of a series of attacks on small-scale gold miners in the Andean nation. The attack took…

Ecuador’s president declares state of emergency in 9 provinces, 3 municipalities to quell violence

QUITO, Jan 2 (NNN-XINHUA) — Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has declared a new 60-day “state of emergency” in nine provinces and three municipalities as an increase in criminal violence has caused serious internal commotion, local media said. The decree, signed on Wednesday by the president, has been in force since…

At least seven dead, dozens missing as migrant boat capsizes off The Gambia

A boy plays on a pirogue that had reportedly carried migrants from The Gambia en route to Spain BANJUL, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least seven people have died after a boat carrying more than 200 people capsized along a popular migration route off the Gambian coast, with dozens more believed to…

Danish PM rebukes “closest ally” in New Year address amid renewed Greenland tensions

OSLO, Jan 2 (NNN-XINHUA) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday evening rebuked renewed talk of acquiring Greenland, saying that Denmark’s “closest ally” should not treat another country and its people as something to be bought and owned. Without explicitly naming the United States, Frederiksen said the past year…

Netherlands: Fire ravages Amsterdam church on ‘unsettled’ Dutch New Year

The damage on the tower of the Vondelkerk church in Amsterdam AMSTERDAM, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A huge inferno gutted a 19th century Amsterdam church , as the Netherlands endured an unsettled New Year’s Eve with two dead from fireworks and “unprecedented” violence against police. The Thursday blaze broke out…

Update: 10 killed, 10 wounded after bar explosion in Swiss ski resort Crans-Montana

GENEVA, Jan 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 10 people were killed and 10 others injured after an explosion at a bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort in Valais Canton of southwestern Switzerland on Thursday, a Swiss public broadcaster reported. The blast occurred at around 1:30 a.m. local time and triggered…

Near record number of small boat migrants reach UK in 2025

LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The second-highest annual number of migrants arrived on UK shores in small boats since records were started in 2018, the government was to confirm Thursday. The tally comes as Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration party Reform UK surges in popularity ahead of bellwether local elections…

Bolivia lifts all fuel import restrictions

LA PAZ, Jan 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons Ministry has announced a sweeping liberalization of the national fuel market, lifting long-standing import restrictions and implementing a zero Specific Consumption Tax (ICE) for private importers. The move follows the government’s Dec 17 decision to eliminate fuel subsidies, a policy shift that…