UN demands unimpeded aid access to Sudan as famine looms

GENEVA, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations called for Sudan’s warring factions to provide unimpeded access to deliver desperately-needed aid as the spectre of famine loom after nearly a year of conflict. The war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since…

22 migrants including seven children dead in Aegean Sea: Turkiye

ISTANBUL, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-two migrants including seven children have drowned after a boat capsized off the Turkish coast, local officials said. Two people were rescued by the Turkish coastguard and another two managed to make it out of the water on their own, officials said. The victims’ nationalities…

Paris Club creditors cancel $2bn of Somali debt

Finance Minister Bihi Egeh says the debt relief will help transform Somalia’s future PARIS, Mach 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several countries have agreed to cancel more than $2bn of debt owed to them by Somalia.The Paris Club which includes the US, Japan and Russia wrote off almost all the money it…

IMF chief Georgieva says ‘available to serve’ for second term

WASHINGTON, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The managing director of the International Monetary Fund said she is making herself “available to serve” for a second five-year term running the Washington-based financial institution, shortly after she received the backing of European finance ministers. “I’m not running to force people to choose me,…

Brazil and Argentina agree on reciprocal open skies policy

BRASILIA, March 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The governments of Brazil and Argentina agreed this week to a reciprocal open skies policy, Itamaraty Palace sources in Brasilia confirmed. Under the new legal frame, there will be no restrictions to carriers -both passenger and cargo- to open as many routes as they wish.…

Global tourism companies ready to invest in Tanzania

BERLIN (GERMANY), March 15 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — SEVERAL global companies venturing in tourism have shown interest to invest in accommodation, transports and promotion in Tanzania, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Angellah Kairuki said. She said recently during the International Tourism Boerse (ITB), a travel and tourism exhibition which was…

Tanzania ramps up efforts to boost exports to UK

DAR ES SALAAM, March 15 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — AS part of the efforts to boost exports to UK, the government plans to host an important stakeholders’ meeting in Dar es Salaam to chart out strategies to fully exploit the European country’s market. According to the Tanzania’s High Commissioner to the UK,…

60 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean crossing: rescue organization

ROME, March 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 60 people are feared to have died at sea and 25 others were rescued, the European migrant rescue organization SOS Mediterranee said. SOS Mediterranee said the boat departed from Zawiya, Libya, seven days before being rescued by the organization’s Ocean Viking ship. The…

British PM rules out May 2 election

LONDON, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday ruled out calling an election on May 2, hinting the country was on course for a late 2024 ballot. Mounting speculation at the Westminster had suggested Sunak could call the general election on the same day as local…

Presidential election begins in Russia

MOSCOW, March 15 (NNN-TASS) — A presidential vote has begun in Russia: over the next three days, Russians will elect their president for the next six years. It will be the first presidential vote to employ the latest technologies, tested during earlier lower-level polls: a three-day voting period and a…