Libya steps up deportations of Sub-Saharan African migrants

TRIPOLI, Dec 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Libyan authorities have announced a major ramp-up in deporting irregular migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, back to their home countries. The move comes as European nations step up efforts to stop migrant arrivals. With Italy just 300 kilometres away, Libya remains a main departure point…

Venezuela: US deportation flights continue despite airspace closure threat

CARACAS, Dec 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — US-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump threat that the airspace of the South American country should be considered closed. The government of President Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday that the twice-weekly flights will go on following a request from…

UN sounds alarm on landmine deaths amid funding cuts for demining

GENEVA, Dec 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The United Nations has sounded the alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts to demining programmes. International experts meeting in Geneva say the legacy of conflicts old and new continues to kill and maim civilians on a near-daily basis. The UN Mine Action Programme…

South Africa, Mozambique sign higher education cooperation agreement

MAPUTO, Dec 5 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa and Mozambique have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing regional collaboration in skills development through the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Education and Training, which guides joint efforts to address shared educational and training priorities. Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela…

Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Chile: Public Prosecutor Office

SANTIAGO, Dec 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chilean Public Prosecutor’s Office found that the sexual exploitation of children in the South American country was a “growing structural problem” between 2022 and 2024, with female adolescents aged 14-17 disproportionately targeted, prompting authorities to call for stronger state intervention to enforce the Lanzarote Convention.…

Tanzania strengthens fight against antimicrobial resistance

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 5 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — The Tanzanian government has reinforced efforts to tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by strengthening health systems, boosting scientific research and promoting the responsible use of medicines to protect public health, livelihoods and the environment. It also urged African nations to join the global effort by…

Tanzania lures Turkish investment at Vision 25 Conference

INSTANBUL (Turkiye), Dec 5 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA continues to deepen its business and investment ties with the government of Turkey, as the Vision 25 Connectivity Conference affirms it. The coference was organized by the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association in Turkey (MÜSIAD). At the conference, Tanzania’s Ambassador to Turkey, Iddi Seif Bakari…

Brazil police probe plight of near-extinct blue parrot

Spix’s macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are seen in the Spix’s Macaws Conservation Centre at the Sao Paulo Zoo, in Sao Paulo, Brazil BRASILIA, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian police said they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix’s macaws, one of the world’s rarest…

Increasing violence in Central African Republic concerns humanitarians: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 5 (NNN-XINHUA) — UN humanitarians said on Thursday they were concerned about the impact of armed violence on civilians in southeast Central African Republic (CAR). The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) cited local sources reporting ambushes in the Mboki region on Sunday and…

Armed clashes shut down coastal highway in western Libya

TRIPOLI, Dec 5 (NNN-XINHUA) — A key coastal highway running through Libya’s city of Zawiya, about 60 km west of the capital Tripoli, was completely shut down on Thursday evening following an exchange of fire between local armed groups, local media reported. According to Al-Masar television channel, fighters from the…