Uganda halts ban on meat sale amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Foot and mouth disease has been reported in 40 districts across the country KAMPALA, March 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Uganda have reportedly halted the recent ban on meat sales in the capital, Kampala, amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.Health officials had last week imposed the ban and ordered the…

US pledges additional $100M for a multinational force awaiting deployment to violence-hit Haiti

KINGSTON (Jamaica), March 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force to Haiti following a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica to halt the country’s violent crisis. Blinken also announced another $33 million in humanitarian aid…

South Africa: Men called to stand up against GBV

PRETORIA, March 12 (NNN-SANEWS) — The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has reiterated its call for all South African men to stand and fight the scourge of rape and gender-based violence (GBV) by taking part in the 365 Days of no Violence against Women and Children…

South Africa, Zimbabwe to sign agreement for treated water transfer to Musina

PRETORIA, March 12 (NNN-SANEWS) — Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka, will on Thursday sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the transfer of treated water to Musina. The bilateral agreement between the two countries will…

Tanzania: Tourists target surpassed

DODOMA, March 11 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — NUMBER of tourists recorded as of February has surpassed the 2023/24 annual target, four months ahead. The Natural Resources and Tourism through the Tanzania National Parks Authority had set a target of 1,387,987 foreign and domestic tourists for this financial year (July 1, 2023 to June…

Muslims gather to pray in NY’s Times Square as Ramadan begins

Members of the Muslim community gather for the first Taraweeh prayer of Ramadan in Times Square, New York City NEW YORK, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of Muslim worshippers gathered in New York’s Times Square Sunday to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, with some displaying Palestinian…

Mexico to face heat wave reaching up to 45 degrees Celsius

MEXICO CITY, March 11 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Mexico will be facing an intense heat wave reaching up to 45 degrees Celsius in six states, and very likely to have over 32 degrees Celsius across the rest of the territory, the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) warned on Sunday. CONAGUA, which is…

Brazil records 19,700 dengue cases per day

BRASILIA, March 11 (NNN=PRENSA LATINA) — Brazil recorded an average of 19,700 dengue cases per day from Jan 1 to March 8, and in that period the nation counted up 1.3 million dengue patients, local press revealed on Sunday. According to data from the Health Ministry’s Arbovirosis (virus generally transmitted…

9 die in truck-bus collision in eastern Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, March 11 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least nine people were killed and three others injured Sunday evening following a head-on collision between a mini-bus and a truck in eastern Tanzania, an official said on Monday. The collision occurred at Kiromo village along the Dar es Salaam-Bagamoyo highway, in…

Gabon announces inclusive national dialogue set for April

LIBREVILLE, March 11 (NNN-XINHUA) — Gabon’s transitional President General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema signed a decree on Sunday, announcing that the country is going to hold an inclusive national dialogue on April 2-30. The dialogue aims to determine the duration of the transition and to propose the political, economic, and…