Brazil: Three-year-old girl killed by police in traffic stop shooting

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A three-year-old girl shot during a traffic stop by police in Brazil died Saturday of her injuries, officials said, in a case that drew outcry including from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The girl, Heloisa dos Santos Silva, died Saturday morning of…

Tunisia launches security campaign to stop illegal immigration

Detained migrants in Tunis. People from sub-Saharan Africa have been living in fear of arrest by Tunisian authorities TUNIS, Sept 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Tunisian security authorities launched a security campaign in the southeastern province of Sfax to stop the illegal immigration waves, Tunisian media reported on Saturday. The security…

Sudan crisis: Violent clashes rage between army, paramilitary forces in Khartoum

KHARTOUM, Sept 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — Violent confrontations resumed between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in various areas of the capital Khartoum as the clashes in Sudan entered the sixth month. The RSF launched violent attacks targeting the headquarters of the SAF’s General Command…

Brazil aircrash: 14 killed in plane crash in Amazon

BARCELOS (Brazil), Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen people were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in the Brazilian Amazon in the northern town of Barcelos, a popular tourist stop, the governor of Amazonas state said. Twelve passengers and two crew were killed in the accident, Governor Wilson Lima wrote on…

G77+China Summit: Global South leaders demand end of ‘plundering international order’

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel HAVANA, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba’s leader says the Global South must “change the rules of the game” of the international order after centuries of dominance by wealthy Western nations putting their own interests first.President Miguel Diaz-Canel said developing countries were the main victims of a…

Spotless giraffe sighted in Namibia is the first ever seen in the wild

The spotless giraffe was spotted by tour guide Eckart Demasius WINDHOEK, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Giraffe Conservation Foundation has announced a surprising discovery of a spotless Angolan giraffe accompanying her mother in the wild at a private game reserve in Namibia.The spotless giraffe was sighted barely a few weeks…

Zambia to upgrade ties with biggest creditor China

BEIJING, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing for bilateral talks on Friday.The two leaders agreed to upgrade their ties to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership”.China has significant stakes in Zambia’s mining sector while the southern African nation seeks to restructure…

Libya floods: ‘Disaster of epic proportions’: Prosecutor probes deadly dam collapse

DERNA (Libya), Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s top prosecutor will investigate the collapse of two dams in the eastern port of Derna that launched a fast-moving wall of water that killed thousands of people and largely destroyed the city.General Prosecutor al-Sediq al-Sour told reporters that local authorities, previous governments, and…

Morocco earthquake: Survivors frustrated and volunteers pour in as Morocco accepts limited foreign aid following deadly quake

RABAT, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wearing an elegant holiday outfit and sunglasses, Chadia Halimi looked a bit out of place in the dusty camp on the edge of Tafeghaghte, a mountain village in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains that was levelled in last week’s earthquake.“It’s not the holiday I planned,” the…

Africa Court orders Tanzania to end caning in jail sentences

ARUSHA (Tanzania), Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ordered Tanzania to remove corporal punishment from its laws to bring them in line with the Charter establishing the court.In its Sept 5 ruling on an appeal by Yassin Rashid Maige against his 30-year sentence…