Spain announces King and Queen’s state visit to Cuba

MADRID, Nov 1 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will pay a State visit to Cuba on Nov 12-14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation announced on Thursday. The acting Government of Pedro Sanchez confirmed the Monarchs’ visit to Havana this month, as…

Cuba, Pakistan sign agreement on visa exemption

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan), Nov 1 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Representatives of Cuba and Pakistan signed an agreement in Islamabad on the exemption from visa for diplomatic, official and service passport holders. The document was signed at the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the presence of Cuban Council of Ministers vice president…

More than 55 countries will attend the International Fair of Havana

HAVANA, Nov 1 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — More than 55 countries will attend the 37th International Fair of Havana (FIHAV), scheduled to open Monday with a total of 20,000 square meters of exhibition space, according to an official source. In his Twitter account, the Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign…

President Kenyatta courts Arab investors to invest in Kenya

RIYADH, Nov 1 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the Middle Eastern Countries to invest in Kenya’s expanding economy. Kenyatta highlighted that the trade volumes between the Middle East and Kenya are way below the trade that occurred between the two regions when traders depended on the monsoon winds…

Update: Comedian freed on bail after Magufuli face-swap

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Popular Tanzanian comedian Idris Sultan has been freed on bail after sharing face-swap photos of himself and President John Magufuli, his lawyer Benedict Alex Ishabakaki said.Sultan was questioned at a police station in the main city of Dar es Salaam after he summoned…

Ethiopia says 78 died in Oromo protest

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 78 people were killed in the violence which hit parts of Ethiopia last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s press secretary, Billene Seyoum, has said.The security forces had arrested more than 400 people in connection with the killings and the destruction of properties, she…

DR Congo launches attacks against militias

KINSHASA, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army says it has launched an offensive against militia groups that plague the east of the country. A military spokesman General Richard Kasonga said rebel positions had been shelled and ground troops have been engaged. He said the aim was…

Migrants on Greek islands ‘on edge of catastrophe’: Council of Europe

There are over 34,000 people living in overcrowded Greek island camps ATHENS, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The situation for migrants in camps on Greek islands is “explosive” and “on the edge of catastrophe”, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights said. Greece has once again become the main point of…

Massive wildfires hit southern Brazil’s Pantanal

Fires have ravaged the Pantanal marshland area in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul  BRASILIA, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires are raging across the Pantanal tropical wetlands in southern Brazil, one of the most biodiverse areas in the world and a major tourist destination, regional authorities said. The governor’s office in…

Angola: Over 110,000 firearms collected in disarmament campaigns

BENGUELA (Angola), Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — More than 110,000 firearms of various calibers have been collected in Angola since 2008 under civilian disarmament campaigns nationwide, provincial commander of the Angolan National Police Aristofanes dos Santos said. A total of 78,381 firearms of various calibers, 8,884 gun loaders, 101,667 ammunition and…