Tanzania cancels 73 mining licences

DODOMA (Tanzania), Nov 26 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzanian government has revoked 73 mineral exploration and medium-scale mining licences after holders failed to rectify various legal and operational breaches. Speaking to media outlets in Dodoma, the Minister for Minerals, Anthony Mavunde, said many licence holders had been hoarding mineral areas, neglecting site development,…

Russia to export over 100 million tons of coal to China

MOSCOW, Nov 26 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — There are good opportunities to increase supplies of Russian coal and its processed products to China to more than 100 million tons annually, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday. “Russia is one of the world’s leading coal producers and suppliers, and China…

Argentina: 2 dead, 40 injured when a bus overturned due to reckless driving in central Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — Two people died and 40 others were injured on Tuesday when a bus overturned in central Argentina, authorities said. The accident occurred at around 8:00 a.m. local time on Provincial Route 2 in Buenos Aires province, and was reported hours later by the Buenos…

France: Three arrested in Paris suspected of spying for Russia

PARIS, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French authorities have arrested three people on suspicion of spying for Russia and promoting pro-Kremlin war propaganda, prosecutors said on Tuesday, as concerns grow across Europe about Moscow’s interference efforts. Investigators said the arrests were linked to activities involving a French-Russian association known as SOS Donbass.…

Nigeria: 24 girls freed after school kidnapping

ABUJA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two dozen Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their boarding school last week in the country’s northwest have been released, the presidency announced. Nigeria has suffered a string of abductions of schoolchildren since Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls in Chibok in the restive…

Honduras presidential elections: From coups to coffee – five things to know about Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A president overthrown in his pyjamas, another imprisoned in the United States for drug trafficking, and some of the world’s best coffee: here are five key facts about Honduras, a Central American country which will elect a president and lawmakers on Sunday. In the early…

Sudan crisis: Fresh clashes in southern West Kordofan town of Babanusa, as US presses for truce

ABU DHABI, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s army said it repelled a paramilitary assault on a key southern city, as Washington urged both sides to accept a ceasefire proposal aimed at stemming one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Since April 2023, the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

EU, Africa pledge to boost trade, tackle migration at summit

LUANDA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European and African leaders committed to strengthening trade and better tackling irregular migration Tuesday, at the end of a summit aimed at boosting ties between the two continents. Two days of talks in the Angolan capital Luanda produced a wide-ranging declaration that nodded to Europe’s…

Cuts to HIV funding ‘most significant setback in decades’: UNAIDS

GENEVA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dramatic international funding cuts have thrown the global HIV response into turmoil, the United Nations said, warning that new infections could surge. The UNAIDS agency cautioned that, since the United States and others abruptly slashed funding this year, the ecosystem sustaining HIV treatment and prevention…

Zambia president warns against unrest as tensions mount

LUSAKA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia’s president warned against politically motivated unrest in a strongly worded address Tuesday, days before a planned demonstration against proposed constitutional amendments ahead of next year’s elections. President Hakainde Hichilema accused opposition “party thugs” of being behind an incident two weeks ago when he was…