US blocks new draft UN statement on Middle East violence

Palestinian families walked with some of their belongings through Rafah to take shelter at a UN school in the southern Gaza Strip city UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States blocked – for the third time in a week – the adoption of a joint UN Security Council statement calling…

Tanzania targets 80 percent internet access in the country by 2025

Tanzania is targeting 80% internet access by 2025 DAR ES SALAAM, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government is inviting investors to establish mobile phone assembly lines in Tanzania to tap into a huge market of those not served, with a goal to reach 80 percent of internet users by 2025.The…

Argentina suspends beef exports for 30 days to counter domestic price increase

BUENOS AIRES, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina, the fourth-largest exporter of beef in the world with some 819,000 tons sent abroad in 2020, suspended foreign sales for 30 days to combat price increases on the domestic market, the government said in a statement. “As a consequence of the sustained increase…

Sudan’s sovereign council accepts attorney general’s resignation, removes chief justice

KHARTOUM, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan announced the resignation of the country’s chief prosecutor and the firing of the top judge Monday, without giving any reasons for the changes. The development came amid growing criticism by activists of the justice system for purported delays in trials related to the crackdown…

Zimbabwe terminates appointment of honorary consul in Northern Israel

HARARE, May 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Zimbabwean government on Monday announced the termination of the appointment of Moshe Itzhak Osdaicher as the country’s honorary consul in Northern Israel. The termination is with effect from February 2021, Spokesperson for Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Constance Chemwayi said in…

Covid-19: Over 2,300 cases of India-related coronavirus variant recorded in UK – health secretary

Customers queuing up to enter a department store in London LONDON, May 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 2,323 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in India have been recorded in Britain, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said. Speaking at the House of Commons, the lower house of British…

Italian Interior Ministry: 73 migrants, mostly Bangladeshis, rescued near Lampedusa

ROME, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of 73 migrants have been rescued on Monday by the Guardia di Finanza, an Italian law enforcement agency responsible for countering financial crime and smuggling.The passengers of the boat, mainly from Bangladesh, were brought to the neighbouring Italian Island of Lampedusa.Lampedusa, located just…

Colombian protests: Strike leaders present demands to government

The economy minister and foreign minister have both resigned as a result of the protests BOGOTA, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After more than two weeks of violent protests in Colombia, national strike leaders presented a list of demands to the country’s government.Among the demands are an end to military deployments…

France promises to lend Sudan $1.5bn to pay off its IMF debts

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok PARIS, May 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The French government has said it will lend Sudan $1.5 billion to help the heavily indebted country pay off its arrears to the International Monetary Fund.Sudan is rising from decades of economic sanctions and isolation under former president Omar-al-Bashir, who…

Moroccans demand revocation of their country’s normalisation of ties with Israel

RABAT, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several rallies took place on Sunday across Morocco in support of Palestinians bombed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, with demonstrators also denouncing the recent normalisation of relations between their country and the Jewish state.In Rabat, nearly a thousand demonstrators gathered in the…