Tanzania: Political will spurs dramatic drop in FGM practices

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 9 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — POLITICAL will has been mentioned as among the major helpful factors towards dramatic drop in the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practices in Tanzania. The stakeholders made the appraisal on Thursday here during the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey…

Paris Olympics medals to contain ‘piece of Eiffel Tower’

Upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics medals designed by Fench luxury jewellery house Chaumet, PARIS, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The medals awarded at this year’s Paris Olympics and Paralympics will feature a hexagon-shaped piece of iron taken from the original Eiffel Tower in their centre, organisers said as they unveiled their design…

Colombia’s exports to Venezuela grew 6.5 percent

BOGOTA, Feb 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Colombia’s exports to Venezuela grew 6.5 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year, and sales totaled 673.4 million dollars, an official source reported. According to a press release from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, of the total in value, 95 percent…

Brazil targets poverty diseases reduction by 2030

BRASILIA, Feb 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Brazilian Ministry of Health is committed to eliminate or reduce by 2030, 11 diseases caused mainly by poverty. Tuberculosis, leprosy, viral hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, malaria, Chagas disease, trachoma, schistosomiasis and syphilis, among others, are in this group. In the period between 2017 and…

Women around the world train to fight fire with fire in Portugal

Women from 40 countries network training preventing deadly wildfires LISBON, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Women from around the world gathered in northwest Portugal this week to practise a traditional technique of deliberately burning land to prevent the kind of wildfires – intensified by climate change – that have killed hundreds across Europe.…

Russia: Major fire at Moscow residential building contained

MOSCOW, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A major fire that broke out overnight in a residential building in the northwest of Moscow has been contained after prompting the evacuation of around 400 people, Russian authorities said. As of early Friday, authorities had not announced the cause of the fire and said…

Kenya government to construct safe houses to support SGBV Victims

NAIROBI, Feb 9 (NNN-KNA) — The Kenyan government is set to construct 17 safe houses to support Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGVB) victims. Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aisha Jumwa said this will enhance safe spaces, especially for women who are abused as they recover…

Kenya bags Ksh 350B from Japan to finance key projects

TOKYO, Feb 9 (NNN-KBC) — Financial agreements worth KSh350 billion have been signed during Kenyan President William Ruto’s visit to Japan. These agreements will support projects and programmes in sectors that are aimed at turning around the economic fortunes of the country. The largest projects to benefit are the Dongo…

Turkish migrant smuggler sentenced to 20 years in prison in Italy

ROME, Feb 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — A Turkish citizen was sentenced in Italy to 20 years in prison, for the trafficking of immigrants and his responsibility in the shipwreck of Feb 26, 2023 in Calabria, where 94 people died. According to a note issued by the judicial authorities of the…

Guatemala’s Gov’t launches Special Group against Extortions

GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo and Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez launched on Thursday the Special Group Against Extortion (GECE), aimed at cracking down this scourge with serious social aftermaths. “A courageous unit committed to restore peace in the areas with the highest number of…