Machu Picchu is the most sustainable city in Peru and LatAm

MACHU PICCHU (Cusco region, Peru), April 6 (NNN-ANDINA) — The district of Machu Picchu Town has become the most sustainable city in Peru and Latin America, thanks to proper management of almost all its organic and inorganic waste. Proof of this is the organic waste recovery plant opened on Friday, April 5,…

Trade agreement bolsters South Africa exports into Brazil

BRASILIA, April 6 (NNN-SANEWS) — The preferential trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Unions (SACU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade blocs has led to a steady increase of South African exports into Brazil. This is according to the South African Foreign Economic Representative in Brazil, Shanaaz Ebrahim.…

50 killed in clashes with bandits in NW Nigeria: govt

KANO (Nigeria), April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 50 people were killed in clashes with bandits in northwest Nigeria, which has been riven by cattle rustling and kidnapping, the state government said. The speaker of Zamfara state parliament, Sunusi Rikiji, told reporters the deaths happened on Tuesday in Sakajiki village,…

Pres Macron appoints researchers to evaluate role of France in Rwandan genocide

PARIS, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Emmanuel Macron has appointed researchers to carry out a two-year investigation into the role of the French army in the Rwandan genocide that is still a source of tension between Paris and Kigali 25 years later. The nine-member commission will have access to presidential,…

Indonesia to send investigators to Ethiopia to aid crash probes

JAKARTA, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesia will send two investigators to Ethiopia to assist in a probe and exchange data on two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX jets since October, the head of the country’s air safety agency said. Boeing’s top-selling airplane has been grounded worldwide since a March 10…

Switzerland agrees to represent US interests in Venezuela

GENEVA, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Switzerland said it had agreed to represent US interests in crisis-hit Venezuela, after Washington withdrew all its diplomatic personnel last month, though it said Caracas still needed to approve the arrangement. Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and US Ambassador Edward McMullen signed the agreement in…

US VP Pence to address UN Security Council on Venezuela next week

UNITED NATIONS, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Vice President Mike Pence will address the United Nations Security Council next week on Venezuela, a White House official said, as the 15-member body remains deadlocked over how to deal with the country’s political and humanitarian crisis. The United States has sought United Nations…

Migrant mothers, kids refuse to leave German rescue ship

ROME, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two migrant mothers and their two children on board the German rescue ship Sea-Eye have refused to leave without their fathers, Italian officials and the NGO said. “The women and children refuse to leave the ship. We can only wish them a good trip towards…

Nicaragua releases 50 opposition prisoners

MANAGUA, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nicaragua on Friday released 50 opposition prisoners held during nationwide protests against President Daniel Ortega, the interior ministry said, two days after the end of talks aimed at resolving a deadly year-long political crisis. The prisoners were released into house arrest, bringing to 250 the…

US to designate elite Iranian force as terrorist organisation

WASHINGTON, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is expected to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organisation, marking the first time Washington has formally labeled another country’s military a terrorist group. The decision, which critics warn could open US military and intelligence officials to similar actions by…