Uganda: Suspected ADF rebels kill one, burn truck in fresh Kasese raid

KASESE (Uganda), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels raided Uganda’s Kasese again, shooting one person dead and setting a trailer ablaze at the Mpondwe Lhubiriha border, where the rebel group burnt 41 school children in June this year, security information shows.The victim was travelling in the…

French forces depart Niger, US declares military rulers conducted coup

NIAMEY, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French soldiers have started to withdraw from their bases in Niger, with the first convoy of troops escorted out of the country by Niger’s military as it travelled in the “direction of Chad”, authorities in the capital Niamey said.Pick-up trucks and armoured personnel carriers laden…

Norway closes embassy in Uganda

President Museveni receives credentials of Norwegian ambassador Anne Kristin Hermansen at State House Entebbe on Sept 20, 2023 KAMPALA, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Norway has announced the closure of its embassy in Uganda next year as part of comprehensive reforms in its foreign services.A statement released by the embassy on Friday…

US gun violence: State Fair of Texas evacuated, suspect in custody as Dallas police investigate shooting, 3 injured

Traffic is stalled outside Fair Park Saturday evening as Dallas police investigate a shooting at the State Fair of Texas DALLAS (Texas, US), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dallas police are investigating a shooting Saturday night at the State Fair of Texas. The State Fair posted on social media just after…

South Africa: Progress made in combatting “economic sabotage”; thousands arrested – Pres Ramaphosa

PRETORIA, Oct 15 (NNN-SANEWS) — Thousands of arrests related to the damage of essential and critical infrastructure have been made since June last year, with a further 70 people arrested in relation to extortion at construction sites. This was revealed by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the Questions for Oral Reply…

IMF agrees funding boost, extra Africa board seat

MARRAKESH (Morocco), Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF announced that member nations agreed to increase their contributions to the global lender and give sub-Saharan Africa a third seat on its executive board at its first meetings on the continent since 1973. Boosting the International Monetary Fund’s quota resources and giving…

France raises security level after school knife attack

 PARIS, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The French prime minister has put the country on its highest state of counter-terrorism alert after an assailant fatally stabbed a teacher and seriously wounded two others. Witnesses said the attack occurred at a school in Arras, northern France. The knifeman is now in custody.…

Trade Ministers celebrate 200 years of Peru-UK relations at 2nd Trade Dialogue

LIMA, Oct 15 (NNN-ANDINA) — United Kingdom’s Minister for International Trade, Nigel Huddleston, and Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Juan Carlos Mathews, met in Lima for the second UK-Peru Trade Dialogue. Both officials celebrated 200 years of relations between the two sovereign nations and welcomed the continued strengthening of the bilateral trade and…

Smoke from Brazil Amazon rainforest fires suffocates Manaus

MANAUS (Brazil), Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Manaus, the largest city in Brazil’s Amazonas state, has for days been engulfed by a toxic cloud of smoke from forest fires lit by what the government labeled “criminals”. The city of nearly two million people has been forced to cancel some public events…

Court overturns sentence for Guatemala newspaper founder

GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned a six-year prison sentence handed down in June to the founder of one of the country’s top newspapers, though his legal ordeal is not yet over. Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin, founder of El Periodico, which was often…