Belgium Apology For Mixed-Race Kidnappings In Colonial Era

Many mixed-race people were in parliament to watch Prime Minister apologise BRUSSELS, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has apologised for the kidnapping of thousands of children born to mixed-race couples during colonial rule in Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda. The “métis” children born to Belgian settlers and…

900,000 Cholera Vaccine Doses Arrive In Idai-Hit Mozambique: UN

UNITED NATIONS, April 5 (NNN-XINHUA) — Nearly 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine has arrived in Mozambique, a country already hit with more than 1,000 cases of the deadly diarrheal disease in the wake of Cyclone Idai, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. Mozambique’s Ministry of Health confirmed 1,052 cases of cholera in the aftermath of…

Cuba Tests Drug Preventing HIV

HAVANA, April 5 (NNN-XINHUA) — Cuba has launched clinical trials of a drug it hopes will be effective in preventing people from becoming infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), local media reported. State daily Granma said the trials are being carried out on 28 patients who take one pill each day to test its capacity…

1.1 million children affected by Venezuela crisis: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of children who are affected by the Venezuelan crisis and who will need humanitarian aidthis year is expected to more than double to reach 1.1 million, up fromnearly 500,000, the UN children’s agency said. The figure includes children uprooted from Venezuela, those…

US Pres Trump retreats from Mexico border closing, threatens car tariffs instead

WASHINGTON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump retreated from his threat to close the US-Mexican border, warning he willinstead impose car import tariffs if the major US trading partner does not do more to stop undocumented migrants and drug smugglers. “If Mexico doesn’t give the help, that’s OK, we’re…

South Korea launches 5G networks early to secure world first

SEOUL, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – South Korea launched the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks two days early, its top mobile carriers said Thursday, in a late-night scramble to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology. Three top telecom providers — SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus —…

Oil pollution: Canada Supreme Court rejects Ecuador damages appeal against Chevron

OTTAWA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada’s Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a group of Ecuadoran villagers seekingcompensation from the Canadian subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron over oil pollution in the Amazon jungle. The indigenous villagers from central Ecuador want the company to pay forpollution of native…

Boeing defends ‘fundamental safety’ of 737 MAX after crash report

WASHINGTON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Embattled US aviation giant Boeing insisted on the “fundamental safety” of its 737 MAX aircraft butpledged to take all necessary steps to ensure the jets’ airworthiness. The statements came hours after Ethiopian officials said pilots of a doomedplane had followed the company’s recommended procedures prior…

US hails new DR Congo leader’s ‘change agenda’

WASHINGTON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised the “change agenda” of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s new president, Felix Tshisekedi, hailing his actions against corruption and other longtime scourges. Tshisekedi, who took office in January in the vast country’s first peaceful transition of power, met…

Burkina Faso: 62 dead in jihadist attacks and clashes this week – minister

OUAGADOUGOU, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixty-two people were killed this week in jihadist attacks and subsequent intercommunal clashes in north Burkina Faso, a minister said. “There were 62 deaths,” Simeon Sawadogo, minister for territorial administration, said of the violence between Sunday and Tuesday in Arbina commune, near the Mali border.…