Update: Ex-Togo premier Houngbo elected head of UN labour agency

GENEVA, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gilbert Houngbo, the former prime minister of Togo, was on Friday elected the next head of the International Labour Organization, and will become the first African to lead the UN agency. “The ILO Governing Body has elected a new ILO Director-General… Gilbert F. Houngbo will…

Somalia: Fatalities rises to 48 in twin suicide bombings

MOGADISHU, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman lawmaker was among 48 people killed in a twin attack in the city of Beledweyne, around 300 kilometers north of Mogadishu.The Wednesday attacks began when a suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest, blew himself up at the local government headquarters. Later, another suicide…

Cameroon says hospitals overwhelmed with cholera patients; 12 deaths so far

Cameroon says hospitals overwhelmed with cholera patients YAOUNDE, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon’s public health ministry says a cholera outbreak is sweeping across the towns of Limbe, Buea and Tiko, near the border with Nigeria. The government says 12 of the 600 patients rushed to hospitals in those towns died…

Update: Tigray agrees to end hostilities after Ethiopian Govt calls truce

In this file photo taken on June 30, 2021 pro-Tigray People’s Liberation Front rebels march in Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region ADDIS ABABA, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The regional government of Tigray vowed that it is committed to implementing a cessation of hostilities effective immediately if the people…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Germany to halve Russian oil imports by mid-year, Spiegel says

 BERLIN, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany is aiming to halve imports of Russian oil by mid-year while rapidly reducing its dependency on the nation’s gas and coal, Der Spiegel magazine reported, citing an Economy Ministry paper. Russian gas could account for as little as 30% of imports by the end…

Argentina honors scientists killed by the dictatorship

BUENOS AIRES, March 25 (NNN-TELESUR) — Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Argentina on Thursday led a tribute in memory of scientists Alicia Cardoso, Dante Guede, Roberto Lopez, Liliana Galletti, Mario Galuppo, Federico Lüdden, Manuel Saavedra, and Martin Toursarkissian, who disappeared during Jorge Videla’s dictatorship (1976-1981). “If the dictator Videla feared anything,…

Peru: President to attend Congress session on impeachment

LIMA, March 25 (NNN-TELESUR) — Peruvian President, Pedro Castillo, confirmed his attendance to the plenary session of Congress regarding the debate on the presidential impeachment motion issued last March 8 by a group of parliamentarians.  During a meeting with residents of the district of Plateria, province of Puno, the head…

Colombia: Francia Marquez may become first Black Vice-President

Francia Marquez, Colombian environmental activist, human rights advocate, feminist, lawyer and politician BOGOTA, March 25 (NNN-TELESUR) — Environmentalist activist Francia Marquez became the vice-presidential candidate of progressive candidate Gustavo Petro, which marked a dramatic turn in the Colombian presidential elections. At the possibility of a black woman becoming vice president…

Thousands of Argentines march 46 years after coup d’état

BUENOS AIRES, March 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Tens of thousands of Argentines marched again to Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo (Mayo Square) on Thursday, 46 years after the coup d’état that installed a dictatorship responsible for tens of thousands of disappearances, exiles and executions in clandestine centers. Taty Almeida, from the…

Covid-19: Third dose of vaccine mandatory to lead normal life in Peru

LIMA, March 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Peruvian health authorities Wednesday announced the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be needed for people willing to enter public buildings and indoor private spaces effectively April 1. Peru’s Health Ministry (Minsa) specified on social media the measure would apply to people aged 18 and…