At least 23 killed in Senegal bus crash: Pres Sall

DAKAR, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-three people died when a bus crashed in northern Senegal, President Macky Sall announced on social media. “I call for even more caution on the road”, Sall said in a message posted on Twitter. Earlier, a national fire brigade official and a first responder said that 22 people had…

Latin America to grow this year above IMF’s previous projections

WASHINGTON, July 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) admitted that Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 1.9% this year, 0.3 percentage points above April’s projections due to the momentum of the economies in Brazil and Mexico. Brazil will expand by 2.1% (+1.2 percentage points better than the…

Bolivia says nothing to worry about after military deal with Iran

LA PAZ, July 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo blamed the “extreme right” for Argentina’s protest regarding a scientific and military agreement between La Paz and Tehran. Novillo insisted that Buenos Aires’ reaction was an “exaggeration” and a “political show” ahead of this year’s elections following Foreign Minister…

Agricultural aircraft crash kills pilot in Bulgaria, probably caused by birds

SOFIA, July 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — An agricultural aircraft crashed on Wednesday morning near the town of Radnevo, some 260 km southeast of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, killing the pilot, an official said. Senior Commissioner Lazar Hristov, director of the regional directorate of the Ministry of Interior in Stara Zagora, told reporters…

Mali drops French from official to working language, 13 local languages get official status

BAMAKO, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French has been removed as an official language in Mali following the outcome of a constitutional referendum which took place on June 18.96.91% of Malians voted to remove the colonial language and make it a working language across the vast West African country.Whiles French loses…

Croatia wildfire: Firefighters battle blaze near UNESCO-protected city of Dubrovnik

ZAGREB, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of firefighters battled a wildfire near Croatia’s picturesque southern city of Dubrovnik, authorities said Wednesday, with water-bombing planes dispatched to help contain the blaze. The incident comes as deadly fires have ravaged swaths of the Mediterranean region in recent days, including several wildfires in…

USA sanctions 3 Malian colonels for their aid to the Wagner group

Colonel Sadio Camara, the former director of the Kati camp WASHINGTON, July 26 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The United States announced economic sanctions targeting three Malian soldiers, including the current Minister of Defense, for having “facilitated the deployment and expansion” of the activities in Mali of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. These…

Libya-Italy flights to resume in September

Libyan GNU Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah disembarks form ITA Airways maiden flight to Tripoli TRIPOLI, July 26 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Libya’s prime minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, boarded a commercial flight from Fiumicino airport in Rome, to return to Tripoli on Monday. This is the first direct flight between both countries in a…

Zanzibar eyes Saudi Arabia direct flights

ZANZIBAR, July 26 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — ZANZIBAR has requested Saudi Arabian government to consider introducing direct flight from Riyadh to the Isles. Zanzibar State Minister, Office of the President (Constitution, Legal Affairs, Public Service and Good Governance) Haroun Ali Suleiman said that having a direct flight from the country to Zanzibar…

Belgium: Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial

The first bombs went off at Brussels airport an hour before the attack on the city’s metro  BRUSSELS, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A court in Brussels has found six men guilty of terrorist murder, more than seven years after suicide bomb attacks killed 32 people at the city’s airport and…