Tanzana: War on narcotics pays off

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 31 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE number of drug users hooked on cocaine and heroin has decreased following various interventions undertaken by the government to disband illicit drug supply chains. The good news was revealed by various stakeholders including directors of sober houses while reacting to the Drug…

Kenya: Economy grows 5.9pc as December inflation cools to 6.6pc

NAIROBI, Dec 31 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s economy has registered a 5.9pc growth in the third quarter of the year to September. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) says this was an improvement when compared to 4.3pc real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recorded in over the same period last year.…

US: 3 dead, 3 injured in home explosion outside Detroit

A house explosion in Northfield Township left three people and three others wounded DETROIT (Michigan, US), Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people were killed and three others were injured when an explosion Saturday obliterated a home in Northfield Township, Michigan, police said. Lt. David Powell of Northfield Township police said…

Mali: UN hands over the MINUSMA Timbuktu camp to the FAMA

UN MINUSMA hands over the Timbuktu Camp to Mali’s authorities BAMAKO, Dec 31 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA) officially handed over to the national authorities one of its last camps in a large city in the north of the country, Timbuktu, before the end of its final…

Spain: Three migrants found dead off Canary Islands, 15 rescued

 MADRID, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people were found dead in a canoe full of migrants that was rescued Saturday off the Canary Islands, Spanish maritime rescue officials said. Lifeguards managed to take 15 survivors off the boat found late afternoon some 314 kilometres south of the island of El…

South America: Violence mounting regionally, Uruguayan police chief says

MONTEVIDEO, Dec 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguayan Police Director José Manuel Azambuya said that the growth in violence recorded recently in the South American country was of regional proportions. “We have seen that violence has been growing, not only in our country but it is regional,” Azambuya maintained during a press…

Two hundred seven Venezuelans repatriated from Mexico

Venezuelan migrants stranded in Mexico CARACAS, Dec 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — A total of 207 repatriated compatriots arrived in Venezuela Saturday from Mexico, as part of the migration agreements agreed upon by presidents Nicolás Maduro and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, respectively. The Conviasa aircraft arrived at the Simón Bolívar international…

Kenya: Tourism boost as ship docks with over 800 passengers at Mombasa Port

MOMBASA (Kenya), Dec 31 (NNN-KBC) — Tourism sector at the coast received a major boost as a cruise ship MV Bollete carrying 859 tourists docked at the port of Mombasa. This is the sixth cruise ship to dock at the port of Mombasa this and the last one this season…

Kenya: Tragedy strikes as mother and her three children perish in house fire

Kabete OCPD Antony Mbogoh stated that the fire’s cause is still unknown. NAIROBI, Dec 31 (NNN-KBC) — A heart-wrenching incident unfolded in Kabocha village, Kabete, Kiambu County, where a mother and her three children lost their lives in a devastating house fire. The fatal blaze, erupting in the early hours…

Botswana: Voter registration for next year’s general elections to start Jan 5

GABORONE, Dec 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Botswana announced that voter registration for next year’s general elections will commence on Jan. 5, 2024. “It is all system going and the registration of voters has been slated for Jan. 5 to Feb. 3, 2024, ahead of the…