Donors pledge $630 million for conflict-hit Ethiopia

GENEVA, April 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A United Nations-backed gathering raised pledges of almost $630 million for Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis but fell short of the $1 billion sought to help feed and support millions of people facing conflict and climate change in Africa’s second most populous country. The United States, Ethiopia’s…

US to impose new sanctions against Iran in upcoming days: White House

WASHINGTON, April 17 (NNN-TASS) — Washington will impose additional sanctions against Iran, aimed against Iranian missile and drone development programs, as well as companies that cooperate with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Defense Ministry, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced. According to the statement, US…

Bolivia: 5 killed, 35 injured when bus plunges into ravine in Quine township

LA PAZ, April 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — Five people were killed and more than 35 others were injured on Tuesday when a bus crashed on a highway and plunged into a ravine more than 20 meters deep in east Bolivia, local authorities said. Emergency and police personnel were dispatched to the…

UN envoy for Libya resigns

UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — The UN secretary-general’s special representative for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, has resigned. Bathily told reporters after briefing the Security Council on Tuesday that he had tendered his resignation to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Guterres’ press…

Peru: President reaffirms Government’s commitment to fight against narcoterrorism

CALLAO (Peru), April 17 (NNN-ANDINA) — President Dina Boluarte reaffirmed the PeruvianGovernment’s commitment to confront the scourge of narcoterrorism and achieve pacification in the Valley of Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM). Boluarte participated in the posthumous tribute ceremony for Peruvian Navy’s Technician Third Class, Edgar Tiburcio Espinoza, who died recently fighting…

New nets ‘prevent’ 13 mn malaria cases in Africa: project

GENEVA, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years, the project’s backers said Wednesday. There were 249 million recorded malaria cases and 608,000 deaths in 2022, according to the latest…

Greece: The Olympic Flame begins its journey towards Paris

ATHENS, April 17 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Olympic Flame, that will be burning for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on Tuesday started its journey after being ignited at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient Olympia. Actress Mary Mina, in the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess, lit the torch…

Uruguay reports 80 dengue cases in one day

MONTEVIDEO, April 17 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguayan authorities announced in Montevideo that 80 new cases of dengue fever have been confirmed nationwide, 55 of them autochthonous (i.e., in patients with no recent travel history) and 25 imported. Three people with dengue fever died, but only in one of these cases was…

Security Council to vote Thursday on Palestinian state UN membership

UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday on the Palestinians’ application to become a full UN member state, several diplomatic sources said. Amid Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, the Palestinians in early April revived a membership application first made to the world body…

London Heathrow airport border staff to strike

LONDON, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Border Force officers at London Heathrow, one of the world’s biggest airports, are set to go on strike this month over working conditions, a union said. Over 300 members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union working in terminals 2, 3, 4…