UN warns that 22% of Haitian children suffer from malnutrition

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 21 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — About 22% of Haitian children under five years are suffering from chronic malnutrition, and 4% from acute malnutrition, UNICEF reported. The UN alert occurs in a convulsed moment for Haiti, following a consecutive months of protests calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse,…

South Africa: Pres Ramaphosa to attend Russia-Africa Summit

President Cyril Ramaphosa PRETORIA, Oct 21 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week lead the South African delegation to the first Russia-Africa Summit taking place in Sochi, in Russia.  The forum, which will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, will focus on key areas of cooperation between Russia and…

Pro-separatists stage new Barcelona rallies, government says violence fading

BARCELONA, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of pro-independence protesters took to the streets of Barcelona for a seventh successive night on Sunday, with anger over the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders showing little sign of abating. One large crowd blocked a road close to the Spanish government headquarters in Catalonia,…

Ecuador resumes oil exports curbed by protests

QUITO, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador said it had resumed crude oil exports curbed by violent protests that forced several wells in the Amazon to halt operations. The country was hit by 12 days of demonstrations, led by indigenous groups, against fuel price hikes until President Lenin Moreno reached a…

North Macedonia to hold early election in April next year: PM

SKOPJEJE, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Macedonia will hold an early election on April 12 next year, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said, two days after the European Union (EU) put a hold on the start of the country’s accession negotiations. All leaders of the political parties have agreed with the…

Chinese-built trains benefit over 200,000 Cubans in 3 months

HAVANA, Oct 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuban engineer Jose Gordillo, who travels to the central Cuban city of Ciego de Avila from time to time to visit his elderly parents, now finds his trip more convenient and comfortable with new Chinese-built trains. “For family reasons, I have been back and forth…

IMF pledges support for Somalia’s debt relief

MOGADISHU, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed support for Somalia’s efforts to secure debt relief through the lender’s highly indebted poor countries program. Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director who held talks with Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire pledged to work with the membership of…

Sudanese army accuses armed group in Darfur of violating cease-fire

KHARTOUM, Oct 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Sudanese army accused an armed group in Darfur region of violating the cease-fire declared by Sudan’s government, according to the army’s statement. “On Oct. 17, forces of the Sudan’s Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Abdul-Wahid Nur attacked positions of our forces at Brobas area,…

US Pres Trump calls Mexico’s president to express ‘solidarity’

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador MEXICO CITY, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said his US counterpart Donald Trump called him to express his “solidarity” following an attempt to arrest a drug kingpin’s son that prompted a wave of violence in the northwestern city of…

Ethiopia’s Nobel-winning PM Abiy Ahmed launches million-copy book

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister is launching a book of his ideology, with one million copies already printed. Saturday’s launch again raised concerns among some in the East African nation that a cult of personality could spring up around Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed,…