Brazil’s Bolsonaro Released From Hospital After 17 Days

BRASILIA, Brazil, Feb 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, was released from the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, after convalescing from surgery and returned to the capital, Brasilia. Bolsonaro spent 17 days in recovery, mainly in intensive or semi-intensive care units, but worked from his bedside for…

Sudanese President Declares 2019 As Year For Peace In Sudan

Photo courtesy presidency.gov.sd KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb 14 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, said on Wednesday, that, 2019 would be a year for peace in the country. “2019 will be a year for peace and silence the sound of the gun permanently,” al-Bashir said, while addressing a celebration of the…

Libyan Red Crescent Recovers 35 Bodies In Darna

TRIPOLI, Libya, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Libyan Red Crescent, on Tuesday, recovered 35 unidentified bodies in the eastern city of Darna, where the army is fighting the remaining terrorists holed up in the city centre. “Our teams managed to recover 35 unidentified bodies in the old town of Darna,”…

Morocco, AfDB Sign 96-Mln-USD Loan To Support Employment

RABAT, Morocco, Feb 13 (NNN-MAP) – The Moroccan government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, signed here on Tuesday, a loan worth 96.6 million U.S. dollars, to promote employment in Morocco. Inked by the Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Benchaaboun, and Country Director of AfDB Office in…

12 Soldiers Wounded After Gunmen Attack Governor’s Convoy In Cameroon

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 12 soldiers and one journalist were wounded Tuesday, when gunmen attacked a convoy transporting the governor of Southwest, one of the two war-torn anglophone regions of Cameroon, according to local authorities. “On a visit to Kumba, governor Okalia Bilai has been attacked…

Libya Rescues 132 Illegal Immigrants

TRIPOLI, Libya, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Libyan Coast Guards rescued 132 illegal immigrants, a day earlier, including 100 men, 22 women, and 10 children, off the coast of the city of Khoms, some 120 km east of the capital, Tripoli. The immigrants, who are of different African nationalities, have been…

Chinese, Egyptian Companies Sign Contract On Publishing, Translation

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb 13 (NNN-MENA) – China’s Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Company and Egypt’s Dar Al-Shorouk Publishing House Group, signed a protocol and a cooperation contract in the field of publishing and translation, at the headquarters of the Chinese Cultural Centre in Cairo. “Signing this protocol is a very…

Lavrov Warns Pompeo Against U.S. Interference In Venezuela

MOSCOW, Russia, Feb 13 (NNN-ITAR TASS) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, warned U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, against U.S. intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela, including the use of force. Lavrov made the remarks, in a phone conversation with Pompeo, at the initiative of the U.S. side,…

Pompeo, Polish FM Discuss U.S. Troop Presence In Poland

WARSAW, Poland, Feb 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, discussed the presence of U.S. troops in Poland during their meeting here on Tuesday. “We have talked about plans to further expand and consolidate the presence of U.S. troops in Poland,”…

Mining Giant Vale, Denies Previous Knowledge Of Risk In Ruptured Dam

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Feb 13 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Mining giant, Vale, denied having previous knowledge of any collapse risk with its collapsed tailings dam in Brazil. In a press conference held in Vale’s headquarters in Rio, the company denied risk of collapse in the Brumadinho dam, showed by some…