Sudan crisis: Mass graves discovered in Darfur as Egypt hosts peace summit

A Sudanese woman who fled the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region GENEVA/KHARTOUM/CAIRO, July 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A mass grave has been discovered in Sudan’s West Darfur state with at least 87 bodies, as a regional summit hosted by Egypt to help solve the crisis in Sudan gets under way.The United…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa commends Huawei for cultivating local digital talent

SANDTON (South Africa), July 14 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended Huawei for the work it is doing to cultivate local digital talent through the Learned, Engaged, Accelerated Professionals (LEAP) Programme, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) academies and DigiSchool projects. The President was speaking at the launch of the…

Iran’s Raisi visits fellow outlier Zimbabwe ahead of key vote

HARARE, July 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged nations targeted by Western sanctions to band together as he hosted the leader of fellow international outlier Iran. President Ebrahim Raisi arrived for the last leg of the first Africa tour by an Iranian leader in 11 years, on a…

UK strikes: Public sector pay to increase but PM Sunak rules out more talks; urges unions to call off strikes

LONDON, July 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged unions to call off strike action, warning the government will no longer negotiate on higher salaries. The government said it had accepted recommendations from independent pay review bodies for salary increases of between 5.0 and 7.0 per cent in…

Climate summit needs private sector to succeed: COP28 president

BRUSSELS, JAuly 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sultan Al Jaber, Emirates oil executive and president of the most important climate summit since the Paris Agreement in 2015, has a quick answer when asked when the world will stop burning fossil fuels: when there’s enough clean energy to replace them. “We cannot shut…

Peru unrest: Interior Minister rules out “Takeover of Lima”

LIMA, July 14 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Interior Minister Vicente Romero has ruled out the possibility of a “Toma de Lima” (Takeover of Lima), referring to the announcement of social demonstrations scheduled for July 19 in the capital city. “I reaffirm that, in effect, there has never been a ‘Takeover of Lima,’…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: ‘Not One’ Russian demand of grain deal fulfilled – Pres Putin

MOSCOW, July  14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Vladimir Putin said nothing was done to meet Russian demands around the grain deal that expires on July 18 and that Russia is still hesitating to extend. “I want to emphasise that nothing was done, nothing at all. It’s all one-sided,” Putin said in…

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Armenia condemns Karabakh ‘blockade’ ahead of Saturday peace talks

YEREVAN, July  14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan urged international unity against Azerbaijan’s “illegal blockade” of the Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh, and announced fresh EU-mediated peace talks with Baku. Azerbaijan said this week it was temporarily shutting the only road linking its breakaway region to Armenia, accusing the…

US floods: Vermont assesses ‘devastating’ damage as floods recede

Some residents returned to their homes to survey the damage caused by the floods MONTPELIER (Vermont), July 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Crews in Vermont are assessing the damage after a storm dumped up to two months of rain on the state in a matter of days, triggering dangerous flash floods that…

Kenya demonstrations: 53 school children rushed to hospital after being tear-gassed in Nairobi

 NAIROBI, July 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty-three children were rushed to hospital in Nairobi after tear gas was thrown into their class by police during protests on Wednesday. Dr Aron Shikuku from Eagle Nursing Home hospital said the children were released after being treated. He said they had suffered breathing difficulties…