Tanzanian firm signs scrap metal deal with Comorian capital

MORONI (Comoros), Sept 13 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzanian Embassy in Comoros has coordinated the signing of an agreement for the collection and control of scrap metal waste between a Tanzanian company, Afri Feed Holding Limited, and the Municipality of Moroni. The signing ceremony between the company and the Mayor of Moroni…

Saudi construction giant eyes Tanzania’s booming infrastructure market

Mabani Holding CEO Eng. Faris Mudathir ALGIERS, Sept 13 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Mabani Holding Group, a Saudi-based construction and real estate company, has set its sights on Tanzania as its next major investment destination, citing the country’s fast-growing demand for modern infrastructure and housing. Speaking on the sidelines of the Intra-African Trade…

UN Security Council renews sanctions against Sudan

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 13 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to renew sanctions against Sudan in relation to the Darfur region for a year. Resolution 2791, which was adopted unanimously by the 15-member council, renews the sanctions regime, including an arms embargo and targeted measures of…

Sudan crisis: US, Saudi, UAE, Egypt call for Sudan truce, transition to civilian rule

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt called on Friday for a three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan, to be followed by a permanent ceasefire and a nine-month transition towards civilian rule. In a joint statement issued by the US State Department,…

Colombia: Rescuers search for 7 miners trapped in collapssed illegal gold shaft

SANTANDER DE QUILICHAO (Colombia), Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers worked Friday to reach seven miners trapped for nearly a full day in an illegal gold shaft that collapsed in southwest Colombia, officials said. The seven had been underground since Thursday night after a landslide struck the conflict-ridden municipality of Santander…

Peru, Colombia pledge to ensure Amazon River navigability

LIMA, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru and Colombia on Friday committed to ensure navigability along the Amazon River, where a disputed island remains a point of contention between the two countries. The South American nations have feuded for decades over the delineation of their border in the Amazon River, where…

Russia: Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning issued

MOSCOW, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake hit 111 kilometres east of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the administrative centre of the Kamchatka region, at a depth of…

Pres Ruto urges Kenyans to back his transformation agenda

nairobi, Sept 13 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya will achieve the status of a developed country if all Kenyans work together in support of an agenda that would transform the country, President William Ruto has said. The President said Kenya has stagnated for long and lagged behind her 1960s’ peers even though…

Kenya: Elderly killings in Gusii region driven by land disputes, not witchcraft – Murkomen

NAIROBI, Swpt 13 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has attributed the recent killings of elderly people in the Gusii region to succession-related land disputes, dismissing claims of witchcraft as mere cover-ups. Murkomen stated that many of the victims are targeted by relatives seeking to…

Zambia presses China for more compensation over toxic mine spill

Zambian authorities have imposed a fishing ban on the Kafue River after the toxic spill LUSAKA, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia’s government says it will seek additional compensation for communities affected by a toxic spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine, if necessary, following a comprehensive assessment.The spill of highly acidic,…