Ugandan police detain Bobi Wine and fire teargas at supporters

KAMPALA, April 23 (NNN-NEWSVISION) – Uganda Police detained Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi on Monday after shutting down his Kyarenga concert. “He has been arrested in Busabala, where he was to address the media on the cancellation of his concert by the Police,” Kyagulanyi’s wife Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi told AFP.…

Ethiopia Emerges Third Best World’s Wealth Generating Country

ADDIS ABABA, April 23 (NNN-ENA) – Ethiopia has emerged as the third best wealth generating country in the world, according to Global Wealth Migration Review 2019 “Africa Wealth Report”. According to the new report by South African research firm New World Wealth, the 10 year wealth growth for the world’s…

Japan funds Palestinian project for replacing compost production plant

BETHLEHEM , April 23 (NNN-MA’AN) – Takeshi Okubo, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to Palestine, visited Beit Duqqu village northeast of the central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem, to celebrate the completion of the project funded by the Government of Japan through Japan’s Grant Assistance…

Houthi chief vows missile attacks on Saudi, UAE in case of assaults on Yemen’s Hodeidah

SANAA, April 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Yemen’s Houthi rebel chief on Monday threatened to launch missile attacks on Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai if the coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) assaulted the port city of Hodeidah. “Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai are in our…

Canada Evacuates 1500 People after Flooding

Montreal, April 23 (NNN-ONA) — Canadian authorities have evacuated more than 1,500 people. As more as 600 military personnel have been deployed to help the governments of Quebec and New Brunswick, which have seen snow-melting spring floods in eastern Canada from Ottawa River in eastern Ontario to the St. Jean…

Dutch Engineers Build World’s Biggest Sun-Seeking Solar Farm

AMSTERDAM, April 23 (NNN-ONA) — Dutch engineers are building what will be the world’s largest archipelago of islands made up of sun-tracking solar panels. Growing resistance to the construction of wind turbines or fields of solar panels on land has led the renewable energy industry to look for alternative options. Large…

Oman Energy and Water Conference Kicks off

Muscat, April 23 (NNN-ONA) – The Oman Energy and Water Conference and exhibition kicked off today at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre under the title “The Use of Smart Digital Solutions and Technologies and Enhancement of Operational Efficiency in the Energy and Water Sectors”, organized by the General Authority for…

Young Palestinians toss bottled messages into sea to draw global attention to Gaza’s plight

GAZA, April 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Dozens of Palestinian youths in Gaza City have sent letters to countries around the world, demanding solution to their problems and the lift of Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip. These letters were written on Monday during an event held at Gaza’s fishing harbor, before…

US sanctions waviers mean nothing to Tehran

Tehran, April 23, (NNN-IRNA) – As Iran regards the US sanctions on the country as illegal, it basically gives no credit to exemptions from these sanctions, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday. Mousavi made the remarks a few hours after White House issued a statement saying US…

At least 9 die in Philippines quake

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 23 (NNN-PNA) – The municipality of Porac in this province on Monday night declared a state of calamity following the fatalities and damages caused by the powerful earthquake that hit some parts of Luzon. Porac Mayor Carling dela Cruz said Vice Mayor Dexter Albert…