Türkiye’s Economy Grew 3.7 Percent In Q3

ANKARA, Dec 2 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye’s economy grew 3.7 percent year-on-year, in the third quarter, following growth of 4.9 percent in the second quarter and 2.5 percent in the first, according to data released yesterday, by the Turkish Statistical Institute. Finance Minister, Mehmet Simsek, said, growth is expected to remain…

Groundbreaking HIV prevention shots to begin in Africa: UNITAID

        JOHANNESBURG, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk…

Mauritania’s deal with EU to stem migration appears to have some effect

NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 1 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The principal of a primary school in northern Mauritania set up specifically for children of migrants trying to reach Europe, says classrooms are emptier this year than before. It appears that a partnership deal signed last year with the European Union to stem migration is…

ICC: We’re working closely with partners to arrest fugitive warlord Kony

ICC’s International Cooperation Adviser Dahirou Santa-Anna (L) THE HAGUE, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says it is working closely with international partners to secure the long-awaited arrest of fugitive Ugandan warlord and Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, so…

Serbia and DR Congo deepen partnership in Belgrade talks

President Aleksandar Vučić receives his DRC counterpart Félix Antoine Tshisekedi in Serbia BELGRADE, Nov 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi with full state honors. The two leaders met at the Palace of Serbia, where they held comprehensive talks…

Around 40 countries seek permanent food aid: FAO

FAO says the list of countries with possible deteriorating situation includes Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Syria, Somalia, and Chad MOSCOW, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 40 countries currently require continuous external food assistance, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO)…

Freezing rain in Latvia triggers surge in injuries, travel disruption

Icy roads throughout Latvia RIGA, Nov 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — Freezing rain has turned roads and sidewalks into ice in Latvia’s Riga, causing a spike in injuries and hospital admissions. The latvian environment, geology and meteorology centre issued yellow and later orange warnings as icing spread across highways, streets and power…

UN urges US to keep doors open to asylum seekers after DC attack

The United Nations (UN) UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES — UN agencies appealed to Washington to continue allowing asylum seekers access to the country and to be given due process after President Donald Trump vowed to freeze migration from “Third World” countries following an attack near the White House.The comments…

Moldova says briefly shut airspace after fresh drone breach

CHISINAU, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moldova, which borders Ukraine, closed its airspace for about an hour overnight after a new drone incursion, its defence ministry said Saturday. The small country bordering war-torn Ukraine and NATO member Romania has repeatedly seen violations of its airspace since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in…

Senegal arrests suspected killer of AFP’s Gambia correspondent

BANJUL (Gambia), Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former member of a Gambian death squad suspected of killing AFP’s correspondent in the west African country in 2004 was arrested on Saturday Nov 29 in neighbouring Senegal, the Gambian government said. Gambian authorities said Sanna Manjang served in the notorious “Junglers” paramilitary…
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