IGAD boss meets President Ruto, calls for immediate ceasefire in Sudan

Dr Workneh during a meeting at State House, Nairobi, with President William Ruto NAIROBI, Nov 15 (NNN-KBC) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has expressed concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan. Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, Executive Secretary of IGAD on the Jeddah Process is calling for an immediate…

Kenya signs four MoUs with Romania on environment, diplomacy

NAIROBI, Nov 15 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya and Romania have signed four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in a bid to strengthen cooperation in areas of mutual interest between the two countries. The four MoUs are on Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Cooperation on Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety, Agricultural Research and…

Sand and dust storms become more frequent worldwide: UN

BERLIN, Nov 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Sand and dust storms are “dramatically” more frequent in some places worldwide, with at least a quarter of the storms caused by humans, according to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). “The sight of rolling dark clouds of sand and dust engulfing everything in…

Germany sees spike in attacks on refugee shelters, with 80 reported in 1st half of 2023

Participants march during anti-immigration and anti-Islam rally organized by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Berlin BERLIN, Nov 15 (NNN-ANADOLU) — The number of politically motivated attacks on refugee shelters in Germany has steadily increased since the beginning of last year, with 80 crimes reported in the first half…

Ghana calls for Africa united front on slavery reparations

ACCRA, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday called for a united front with African leaders on demands for reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonial-era damages. Some Western leaders have recently moved to acknowledge the wrongs of the colonial era in Africa and museums have begun returning…

Somalis going hungry after floods – President

Severe flooding in Somalia’s Dolow district, near the border with Kenya and Ethiopia MOGADISHU, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Flooding in Somalia has left residents without homes and food shortages.Around 1.6 million people in Somalia are thought to be affected by the heavy seasonal downpours.The UN Office for the Coordination of…

ISIL-linked armed group kills 19 villagers in DR Congo, says official

Deogratias Kasereka, chief of Mukondi village, searches the remains of a house KINSHASA, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed attackers tied up at least 19 villagers and killed them with machetes and other weapons in a raid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late on Sunday, a civil…

Bodies of 16 migrants found on Mauritania coast

The dead migrants were found on the country’s northern coast NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The authorities in Mauritania say the bodies of 16 people thought to be migrants have been found on the country’s northern coast.The discovery on the beaches of Lagouera comes a week after 13 corpses were…

Stranded cargo and power cuts as Nigeria strikes

Lagos has Nigeria’s busiest ports LAGOS, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Workers have shut all of Lagos state’s ports on the first day of nationwide strikes in Nigeria.The call from the country’s two biggest unions – the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) – is not yet…

US accident: 6 killed in fiery, multi-vehicle crash on I-70W identified by Ohio Highway Patrol

ETNA (Ohio, US), Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — – The Ohio Highway Patrol has identified the six people killed in a fiery crash Tuesday that involved a charter bus, a tractor-trailer, another commercial vehicle, and two passenger vehicles on Interstate 70 westbound in Licking County, about a half-mile before the Route…