NGOs in Rohingya camps to face action if violate terms: Bangladesh FM

DHAKA, Aug 30 (NNN-BSS) – Action will be taken against NGOs working in Rohingya camps if their activities go beyond the terms and conditions, said foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. “Action will be taken against the NGOs operating in Rohingya camps if their activities go beyond the terms and…

Death toll in Ukraine building collapse rises to eight – emergency services

KIEV, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of people killed in the collapse of an apartment building in western Ukraine rose sharply to eight, including one child, the Ukrainian state emergencies service said on Thursday. The apartment building collapsed in the small town of Drohobych in the Lviv region on…

Uganda: Five feared dead in Bulambuli landslides

KAMPALA, Aug 29 (NNN-NEW VISION) — Five residents of Gibeyi village, Bugatisa parish in Bulago sub-county of Bulambuli district are feared dead after a landslide hit Bulago trading centre.The incident occurred following torrential rains that battered Bulago, Buginyanya, Nabuwutulu and Masira sub-counties for over five hours on Wednesday.James Ingoi is…

Ugandan Pres Museveni, Japan’s PM Abe discuss infrastructure, funding

President Museveni and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe YOKOHAMA (Japan), Aug 29 (NNN-NEW VISION) — President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda will procure five more heavy-duty road units from Japan to improve urban infrastructure and facilitate trade and service delivery.The President was on Thursday meeting the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo…

Mali: 1,000 trucks stranded in roads protest

KATI (Mali), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,000 trucks loaded with merchandise were blocked at the entrance to Mali’s capital Bamako on the fourth day of protests against the poor state of the country’s roads. The line of trucks snaked about a dozen kilometres along the road that leads…

Peru, Colombia propose emergency Amazon summit as fires blaze

Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra (R) and his Colombia’s counterpart Ivan Duque LIMA, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru and Colombia proposed an emergency Amazon summit for countries in the region in order to coordinate a strategy to protect the vast rainforest currently blighted by numerous fires. The Amazon is known as…

Mexico: 4,200 Children orphaned by femicide in 9 months

MEXICO CITY, Aug 29 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — A total of 4,245 children have been orphaned in Mexico since December 2018, due to 2,192 homicides and femicides, the National Institute of Women (Inmujeres) reported. Inmujeres revealed the figures of a census that concluded recently in which it was revealed that 173…

Venezuela: Miracle Mission has helped six million people recovered their sights, says Pres Maduro

CARACAS, Aug 29 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reported that more than six million people in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa have recovered their sight after receiving surgery through the Miracle Mission. During a meeting to review the quality of medical services, Maduro noted that this project…

UHC, Dongo Kundu SEZ top agenda as Kenyan President meets Japan PM

YOKOHAMA (Japan), Aug 29 (NNN-KBC) — The ongoing roll out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme and the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dongo Kundu dominated talks between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the ongoing TICAD 7 conference…

500,000 Cameroonians flee Anglophone regions in face of lockdown: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — More than 500,000 people have fled conflict in the southwest and northwest Anglophone regions of Cameroon in anticipation of a lockdown called by rebels, a UN spokesman said. “The humanitarian situation in the two regions continues to deteriorate with 1.3 million people, a third…