Venezuela boosts recovery of steel industry and mining production

Delcy Rodríguez presided over the meeting of the Mining and Basic Industries Sector, announcing plans for steel production, bauxite, and housing CARACAS, Jan 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, led the Mining and Basic Industries Working Group meeting on Monday, focusing on the recovery of the national steel…

Mozambique: 114 dead and half a million affected by floods

Floods in southern Mozambique, where vast areas remain underwater MAPUTO, Jan 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Mozambican government confirmed on Monday that 114 people have died due to the torrential rains and floods that have affected 594,681 people since December 2025, primarily in the southern provinces of Gaza and Maputo, as…

Somalia: President Mohamud visits provincial capital claimed by breakaway Somaliland

MOGADISHU, Jan 20 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was in Somalia’s Las Anod on Friday, the first visit by a head of state in more than 40 years. The trip comes amid growing tensions between Mogadishu and the breakaway region of Somaliland that claims Las Anod, the provincial capital…

Brazil: Rio’s Carnival kicks off with 462 street parades and 6 million expected attendees

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — The street Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, one of the world’s largest public cultural celebrations, begins this weekend with 462 scheduled street parades (blocos) and an expected attendance of around six million people, Brazilian state media Agência Brasil reported. The official program…

Tanzania registers 82 carbon trading projects

DODOMA, Jan 20 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — MINISTER of State in the Vice-President’s Office (Environment and Union Affairs), Engineer Hamad Yussuf Masauni has revealed that a total of 82 carbon trading projects have so far been registered in the country, with four already at the stage of full implementation. He said the projects…

Sudan: 4.2 million children, women face acute malnutrition in 2026

KHARTOUM, Jan 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Global Nutrition Cluster warned on Monday that around 4.2 million children and pregnant or breastfeeding women in Sudan are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2026 amid ongoing conflict and the deterioration of basic services. The report, issued by the UN-led coordination group,…

Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out

Residents of the Gabriela Mistral neighbourhood clear debris from their burnt homes after a wildfire in Lirquen, Chile LIRQUEN (Chile), Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires that have killed 20 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns raged for a third day on Monday, fanned by warm temperatures and…

South Africa: President mourns deaths in Cape flats violence and scholar transport crash

PRETORIA, Jan 20 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the loss of life resulting from violent incidents on the Cape Flats over the weekend and in a tragic collision involving a scholar transport vehicle, near Vanderbijlpark, on Monday morning.  At least 26 people were killed…

Death toll from rainfall-induced incidents in Zimbabwe reaches 78

HARARE, Jan 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 78 people have been killed and 61 others injured as a result of incessant rains across Zimbabwe since the start of the rainy season in October, the country’s Department of Civil Protection (DCP) said. In its latest situation report, the DCP said the…

Czech gun violence: Gunman kills one, wounds six others including town mayor in town hall before killing self

Members of the police secure the area following the shooting PRAGUE, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shooting at a Czech town hall left one person dead and at least six others, including three police officers, wounded on Monday, authorities said, adding that the gunman had also killed himself.Police said they…