Botswana to buy more small stock for breeding for farmers: Pres Masisi

GABORONE, July 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Botswana, through its Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan, has set aside 700,000 U.S. dollars to purchase bucks and rams for farmers across the country for breeding, said President Mokgweetsi Masisi. There is need to intensify efforts to increase the small stock population, which has declined…

Covid-19: UK daily cases pass 50,000 for first time since January

People wearing face masks walk along the River Thames in London LONDON, July 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Britain has recorded more than 50,000 new daily coronavirus cases, the highest number since mid-January, according to official data released Friday. The country reported another 51,870 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing…

Sudan gets $14 billion in debt relief from Paris Club

PARIS, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Paris Club of official creditors has agreed to cancel $14 billion owed by Sudan and restructure the rest of the more than $23 billion it owes, Paris Club chairman Emmanuel Moulin said. Speaking on Friday after the deal was reached on Thursday, Moulin urged…

Former Haitian official ordered president’s killing, says Colombia

Police officers search for suspects in the murder of Moise under an overpass in Port-au-Prince BOGOTA, July 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — A former official of the Haitian Ministry of Justice ordered the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise, Colombian authorities said. “Joseph Feliz Badio, who was an official of the Ministry…

Covid-19: US must steps up fight against misinformation – Surgeon General

Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington WASHINGTON, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to…

Wildfire in Oregon forces 2,000 to evacuate as US West blazes

Flames and smoke rise from the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon SALEM (Oregon, US), July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Firefighters backed by helicopters scrambled on Friday to suppress a wind-driven inferno that is blazing across southern Oregon as dozens of fires erupting across the drought-stricken western United States strained resources.The Bootleg…

Belarus police raid homes of journalists in continuing crackdown

A policeman leaves the Belarusian Association of Journalists office after a raid in Minsk MINSK, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Security officers in Belarus have raided the offices and homes of independent journalists and human rights activists for the third successive day, extending what rights activists say is a new crackdown…

UN rights chief calls on Cuba to release protesters

Police detain a person during protests in Havana GENEVA, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has called on Cuba to release protesters and several journalists arrested during days of rare demonstrations in the Caribbean nation, condemning the use of excessive use of force by security…

Jamaica wants Britain to pay $10 billion for slavery reparations

Jamaican government is seeking around $10 billion as slavery reparations payment from Britain KINGSTON, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jamaican lawmaker Mike Henry has tabled a motion before the Caribbean nation’s parliament seeking to demand around $10 billion from Britain as reparations for its former colonizer’s involvement in the transatlantic slave…

Covid-19: Zanzibar kicks off vaccination, orders another consignment

The Government has began to provide vaccines to all of the people ZANZIBAR, July 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zanzibar has placed more orders for Covid-19 jabs as vaccination of health workers kicks off on the Isles.The Health, Social Welfare, Gender, the Elderly and Children permanent secretary in Zanzibar, Dr Omar Dadi…