AU Summit: African leaders condemn Israel’s offensive in Gaza

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Leaders at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for its immediate end. Moussa Faki, the chair of the African Union Commission, said Israel’s offensive was the “most flagrant” violation of international…

Brazil vows to engage more with Africa, strengthen ties for fairer world

ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia), Feb. 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that Brazil will engage more with Africa, urging the two sides to contribute more for a fairer world. The president made the call at the opening of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of…

Peru’s Foreign Affairs Minister presents proposal to reform UN Security Council veto system

MUNICH (Germany), Feb 18 (NNN-ANDINA) — Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea on Saturday presented the Peruvian proposal to reform the United Nations Security Council veto system —within the framework of his participation in the main program of the 60th Munich Security Conference. During the “UN Security Council Reform” session, the government official detailed the United…

Zimbabwe’s vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people

Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga HARARE, Feb 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Zimbabwe’s vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices. The state university scholarship for people between the…

Senegal’s president says election will be as soon as possible, after court overturns delay

edia.org DAKAR, Feb 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Senegal will hold a presidential election as soon as possible given that the country’s top election authority has overturned a decree by President Macky Sall to postpone the vote, the government said. Sall in early February sought to postpone the Feb. 25 election citing…

Women in DR Congo March For Peace

KINSHASA, Feb 18 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Hundreds of women took to the streets of Kinshasa to demand an end to violence as fighting again surges between the army and rebel forces in eastern DR Congo. The protesters held banners reading “12 Million Victims Since 1994”, “Pity the women and families of eastern DRC”…

Brazil: Six state capitals begin vaccinating children against dengue

BRASILIA, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIA BRASIL) — Health authorities in Brazil started vaccinating children against dengue in six out the the ten State capitals chosen to start the South American Country’s immunization program for which 712,000 doses were made available. The distribution of dengue vaccines to 315 municipalities began on Feb…

Brazil court fines execs, firms $50 mn for deadly metro cave-in in 2007

SAO PAULO, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Brazilian court fined executives and companies including French transportation giant Alstom nearly $50 million for a 2007 collapse at a subway construction site that killed seven people, in a Friday ruling. A judge for the Sao Paulo state court of justice ordered six…

Oslo Food Security Meeting: Tanzanian Pres Samia roots for sustainable agri sector

OSLO (Norway), Feb 18 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has called upon African nations to expedite their transition to sustainable agriculture to meet the challenge of feeding the continent’s rapidly growing population. Speaking at the Food Security and Climate Change Cooperation Meeting at Oslo during her two day State Visit…

UN envoy calls to build strong, united Libya

TRIPOLI, Feb 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Abdoulaye Bathily, special representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), on Saturday called on Libyan leaders to come together to build a strong, united, and resilient Libya. “It is imperative that Libyan leaders acknowledge their…