Africa Energy Indaba highlights prospects of South Africa-China energy cooperation

CAPE TOWN, March 7 (NNN-XINHUA) — The ongoing Africa Energy Indaba 2024 in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, shed light on the prospects for energy cooperation between South Africa and China, with South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe emphasizing the positive relationship between the…

Tanzania: ‘Advance gas research initiatives’ – Pres Samia

ZANZIBAR, March 7 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for increased research in Tanzania’s natural gas sector and the preparation of a national gas distribution masterplan to attract private sector investment. She said with a focus on collaboration and innovation, Tanzania aims to attract investment and propel its…

South Africa requests new UN court orders to end starvation in Gaza

THE HAGUE, March 7 (NNN-XINHUA) — South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday for more urgent orders on Israel to end “widespread starvation” in the Gaza Strip. The move followed South Africa’s earlier allegation in a case to the ICJ over Israel’s military operation in Gaza,…

Tunisia court overturns journalist’s five-year jail term

Tunisian journalist Khalifa Guesmi TUNIS, March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Tunisian court overturned on Wednesday a journalist’s prison sentence for revealing information about the security services, his lawyer said, paving the way for a retrial. Khalifa Guesmi, a correspondent for Tunisia’s most popular radio station, Mosaique FM, was convicted in…

US: First Arab woman to graduate NASA training shoots for the Moon

Nora AlMatrooshi, a NASA Artemis astronaut candidate graduate, smiles during a ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas HOUSTON (Texas, US), March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Like her ancestors before her, Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has spent much of her life gazing up at the stars and dreaming of flying…

La Nina return could reduce extreme heat risks for 2024: scientists

PARIS, March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The rapid return of the La Nina weather phenomenon “may actually decrease” the risk that 2024 smashes last year’s record heat, Europe’s climate monitor said, amid enduring historic global temperatures. Although the past nine consecutive months have clocked temperatures previously unseen by humanity, it fell…

Mexico: 3 naval personnel killed in helicopter crash; 3 rescued, 2 missing

MEXICO CITY, March 7 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least three members of the Mexican Navy died Wednesday when their helicopter crashed 370 km southwest of the port of Lazaro Cardenas in the western Michoacan state, the Ministry of the Navy said. In a statement, the ministry said the Navy’s helicopter suffered…

Zimbabweans camping in front of U.S. embassy in protest at new US sanctions

Protestors outside the US embassy in Harare demanding the removal of sanctions HARARE, March 7 (NNN-XINHUA) — An anti-sanctions lobby group camping in front of the U.S. Embassy in Harare in protest at U.S. sanctions has vowed that only when all sanctions are lifted will the camp be dismantled. “We…

Cuba to host international conference on agroforestry

HAVANA, March 7 (NNN-ACN) — Cuba will host the International Agroforestry Convention “Cuba 2024”, to be held on July 1 to 5 with the participation of some 400 researchers, academics, entrepreneurs, producers and communicators from Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Italy and the host country.ScD Pedro Pablo Henry Torriente, general director of…

Six dead after flash floods in Malawi

Over 14,000 people have been displaced by last week’s floods in Malawi LILONGWE, March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least six people have died and four were injured from last week’s flash floods in central Malawi, local authorities said.Over 14,000 people have been displaced, with most of them now staying in…