South Africa vows to be malaria free by 2018
Pretoria: South Africa commemorated World Malaria Day on Monday, pledging to eliminate the disease by 2018. The country is set to raise awareness about malaria prevention and to focus on the achievements, progress and challenges in the fight against malaria, the health department said.
China among top five bilateral donors to Nepal
Kathmandu: China has emerged as one of the top five bilateral donors to Nepal in fiscal 2014-15 in terms of funds disbursed, Nepal’s Finance Ministry said on Monday. Chinese aid of $37.94 million was disbursed in the 12-month period which made China the fourth largest bilateral donor behind the UK, the US and Japan, according to the country’s Development Cooperation Report 2014-15.
Afghan leader implores Pakistan to battle Taliban
Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday implored Pakistan to battle the Taliban instead of trying to bring them to peace talks, in a new hardline stance after a brazen insurgent attack killed at least 64 people. The assault on last Tuesday on a security services office in the heart of Kabul appeared to be the deadliest on the Afghan capital since the Islamists were ousted from power in 2001.
Police deployed across Egypt’s capital ahead of protests
Cairo: Thousands of police and soldiers were deployed Monday across the Egyptian capital ahead of planned demonstrations against the Government’s transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, a thorny issue which has already sparked the largest protests since President Abdel-Fattah
el-Sissi assumed power nearly two years ago.
Turkey says it has deported 3,300 suspected jEhadi fighters
Ankara: Turkey has deported more than 3,300 foreigners suspected of links to jihadi groups, particularly ISIS militants, and another 41,000 foreigners have been barred from entering the country as part of its fight against the militant group, a top official said Monday.
Tutsi general killed in Burundi attack
Nairobi: A Tutsi general and security adviser to Burundi’s vice president was killed on Monday in an attack by heavily-armed men, along with his wife and daughter, a security source said. It was the latest bloodshed to hit a country which has been engulfed by a political crisis which erupted in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a third term in office, which he won in July.