Liberia: Three killed in election campaign clashes

MONROVIA, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people have been killed in clashes in Liberia between supporters of the country’s two main political parties ahead of next week’s elections, according to the UN and a West African regional bloc. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the UN said…

Mali: Separatists claim deadly attack against army; 98 soldiers reportedly dead

BAMAKO, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tuareg-dominated separatist groups said on Saturday that they had inflicted heavy losses on the Malian military in an attack in the troubled country’s centre. The rebels said they had counted 98 dead soldiers. The claim came in a statement from the Permanent Strategic Framework which…

Stopped train left hundreds of migrants stranded in Mexican desert

 CIUDAD JUÁREZ (Mexico), Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Migrants were stranded in northern Mexico’s harsh desert after the freight train they were riding on halted for 24 hours, though they were trundling toward the border again on Saturday. Around 1,800 people, mostly Venezuelans and Central Americans, became stuck overnight in the…

Zimbabwe: Six dead and 15 trapped in gold mine collapse; small plane belonging to a mining company crashed killing all 6 onboard

Many thousands of artisanal miners across Africa risk their lives looking for gold HARARE, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people have died and 15 others are trapped, after a mine shaft collapsed in Zimbabwe, state media report. The collapse of Bay Horse gold mine in Chegutu, 100km (62 miles) west…

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia says 100,000 refugees flee region

YEREVAN, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia says. It means that that almost the entire population of the ethnic Armenian enclave has left since Azerbaijan seized the region last week. Azerbaijan has said it wants to reintegrate the area and treat its…

US accidents: Illinois semitruck crash causes 5 fatalities and an ammonia leak evacuation for residents

TEUTOPOLIS (Illinois, US), Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A semitruck carrying 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia overturned in Illinois in a multi-vehicle crash that caused five fatalities and sent another five people to local hospitals, officials said. The accident, which involved “multiple” vehicles, happened about a half-mile east of Teutopolis, Illinois,…

Slovakia elections: Liberals lead, exit poll shows

Slovakian party leaders at a TV debate earlier this week BRATISLAVA, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Liberal, Western-oriented Progressive Slovakia was leading Slovakia’s election on Saturday, followed by the leftist-populist Smer opposition party, an exit poll indicated. Progressive Slovakia, led by former journalist and Oxford grad Michal Šimečka, had 23.5 percent…

US floods: Floodwaters clear as New York emerges from historic rainfall

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York City began to reclaim a sense of normalcy Saturday after historic rainfall the day before left residents with flooded roadways, waterlogged basements and leaky roofs. Some flights departing John F. Kennedy International Airport were still delayed after the airport received 8.65 inches…

US government shutdown: Congress passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Senate passed a last-minute spending bill Saturday night averting a government shutdown that would have triggered a calamitous domino effect on the American public and economy. The Senate voted to pass the continuing resolution 3 hours before a 12:01 a.m. shutdown of the federal…

South Africa: Western Cape records increase in dam levels after heavy rains

CAPE TOWN, Oct 1 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation’s hydrological report significant improvement across the Western Cape dam system following heavy rainfall in the past few days. The Cape Town System Dams increased by more than 7% compared to last week, the Department of Water and…