WTO chief launches $50 mln fund for female entrepreneurs in developing world

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ABU DHABI, Feb 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday launched a $50 million fund to help female entrepreneurs in developing countries to export more using the opportunities offered by the digital economy. The announcement came…

South Korea’s Hyundai pledges US$ 1.1 billion investment in Brazil until 2032

BRASILIA, Feb 26 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — South Korean carmakers Hyundai announced this week a US$1.1 billion investment in Brazil during a meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Planalto Palace on Thursday. Lula welcomed Hyundai Motor Group global president Eui-Sun Chung for the meeting during which it…

Tanzania: 25 killed in four-vehicle road crash, 21 injured

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A road crash in northern Tanzania has killed at least 25 people including several foreigners, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said.    The accident occurred on Saturday evening when a truck driver lost control of his vehicle on the road linking Arusha and Namanga and…

Burkina Faso: Attack at Catholic church, at least 15 people died

Burkina Faso soldiers patrol in Ouahigouya OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) –At least 15 civilians were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack at a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday. Priest of Dori diocese, Mr. Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, said the terrorist attack targeted the Catholic community in…

Algeria’s president inaugurates Africa’s largest mosque

Tthe Great Mosque of Algiers, known locally as Djamaa el-Djazair, in the centre of Algeria’s capital ALGIERS, Feb 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune officially inaugurated the Grand Mosque of Algiers, the third largest in the world and the biggest in Africa, on Sunday. The vast mosque, which can…

UN reports dire humanitarian conditions amid conflict in DRC

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is deteriorating rapidly, a UN spokesman said. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, highlighted the grave concerns at the regular press briefing. “The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said it is…

1 dead, 3 injured in German asylum center fire

BERLIN, Feb 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — One person died and three others suffered minor to serious injuries on Sunday following a fire in an asylum center in Nordlingen, a town in the southern German state of Bavaria, authorities said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, a police spokesperson…

Kenya Airways and Vietnam renew codeshare agreement

Kenya Airways and Vietnam Airlines are members of the SkyTeam Global Airline Alliance NAIROBI, Feb 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya Airways has renewed its code-sharing agreement with Vietnam’s flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines amid growing demand for air travel.Codesharing is an agreement between two or more airlines to sell seats for the…

Uniformed US Airman sets himself on fire near Israeli Embassy in D.C.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An active-duty US airman set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., the US Air Force confirmed Sunday evening, just hours after the fiery incident unfolded. He is now in critical condition at a local hospital, said D.C. Fire and Emergency Services (FEMS). D.C.…

South Africa: Election Day May 29 officially gazetted

PRETORIA, Feb 26 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially proclaimed and gazetted the 29th of May as Election Day in South Africa. “This follows consultation by the President with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The proclamation on the election date has been published in the Government Gazette of Friday,…