Ghana remains the highest indebted country to IMF in Africa – Report

President Akufo-Addo and Kristalina Georgieva WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (NNN-GNA) — Ghana has maintained the top spot among African countries as the most highly indebted country to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The development comes after Ghana’s loans from the Fund soared by 35.3 percent in the second quarter of 2023.The IMF…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia demands UN Court throw out case against it

THE HAGUE, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia has called on the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought against it by Ukraine. Kyiv accuses Moscow of falsely using genocide law to justify its invasion. Russia maintains that it intervened in Ukraine to prevent a genocidal attack on ethnic…

Son of Mexican druglord ‘El Chapo’ pleads not guilty in US court

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of the Sinaloa Cartel kingpin known as “El Chapo,” pleaded not guilty to US drug charges on Monday, officials said. Guzman Lopez, 33, whose father Joaquin Guzman is serving a life sentence in a US prison, was extradited to the…

Guatemalan president-elect asks courts to remove Attorney General

GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President-elect Bernardo Arevalo of Guatemala asked the Supreme Court to fire the attorney general, accusing her of plotting to keep him from taking power after his surprise election win. “We are resorting to the law to defend our rights,” Arevalo said after visiting the…

Colombia mulls legal action against US firm targeted in cyber attack

BOGOTÁ, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia said it was considering legal action against a US firm that provides web hosting services targeted in a recent cyberattack that downed dozens of government websites. Bogota accused the firm, IFX Networks, of having been negligent in the attack that affected at least 32…

US finds debris from missing F-35

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Debris from a stealth jet that went missing after the pilot ejected has been found, the US military said Monday, after a day in which failure to track the $80 million aircraft drew amazement and ridicule in equal measure. The debris field from the F-35…

Peru bus plunges into ravine, killing 25

LIMA, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bus plummeted from the edge of a narrow mountain road in southeastern Peru on Monday, killing 25 people including two children, according to authorities. The accident occurred before dawn when the bus traveling between two Andean towns careened down a 200-meter (656-foot) ravine in…

Libya floods: Land mines pose new threat, death toll rises

DERNA (Libya), Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents who survived the devastating flooding in the eastern coastal Libyan city of Derna were faced with the threat of displaced land mines in surrounding areas. Residents said they had to think whether to wade through areas where land mines were displaced by raging torrents that…

Canada expels Indian diplomat over killing of Sikh activist

OTTAWA, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada ordered an Indian diplomat leave the country as it investigates the killing of a prominent Canadian Sikh leader who was shot in British Columbia in June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that an investigation into “credible allegations” that Indian state actors could be behind the death…

Italy: PM Meloni gets tough on migrants

Giorgia Meloni came to power promising to curb immigration but arrivals have almost doubled in 2023 according to government data ROME, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s government has launched a crackdown on immigration, passing measures to give authorities power to detain migrants for as long as 18 months, and ordering…