US: Indiana Funeral Director found with dozens of rotting bodies guilty of theft

JEFFERSONVILLE (Indiana, US), May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A funeral home director in the US state of Indiana, where the decomposing bodies of more than 31 people were found, has pleaded guilty to more than 40 counts of theft. Prosecutors charged Randy Lankford, who owns the Jeffersonville business, for failing to…

Extinction Rebellion climate group protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested

THE HAGUE, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,500 climate protesters have been arrested by police in the Netherlands after blocking a major motorway in The Hague. During the Saturday protest, organised by Extinction Rebellion, activists walked onto the A12 highway demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies. Police fired water…

Thirty women kidnapped by anglophone separatists in Cameroon freed

YAOUNDÉ, May  28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirty women kidnapped by separatists in Cameroon’s restive anglophone region a week ago have been released, an official in the country’s communications ministry said. The women were released on the evening of May 23, three days after they were abducted in the mostly English-speaking Northwest…

10 killed in new herders-farmers clashes in southern Chad

N’DJAMENA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Clashes between herders and farmers have killed at least 10 people in southern Chad, a region regularly troubled by such violence, a local governor said on Saturday. The fertile border areas of Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic have been gripped by confrontation between predominantly…

16 die when bus transporting corpse and mourners collided head-on with truck in Cameroon

 YAOUNDE, May 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 16 people were killed in a road accident along the Douala-Edea highway in Cameroon’s Littoral region, according to the country’s Minister of Transport Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe.  The Friday tragedy occurred when a passenger bus carrying a corpse and mourners collided head-on…

South Africa: 4 Bulgarian nationals, including an underworld figure wanted by Interpol, shot dead in Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, May 27 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The South African Police Service (SAPS) said that four people “believed to be of Bulgarian descent,” were found shot dead in an upmarket Cape Town neighborhood. Police did not identify the victims but said that two men and two women aged between 40 and…

Mali: Germany extends Mali military mission for last time

BERLIN, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, on Friday voted to extend the country’s military deployment with the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali for another year. The new and final mandate is to end on May 31 next year. Around 1,400 German troops are part of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization…

UN working on facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer exports: spokesman

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — The world body continues to push for Russian food and fertilizer exports as a parallel agreement with the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows Ukrainian agricultural exports from Black Sea ports, said a UN spokesman. UN Conference on Trade and Development chief Rebeca Grynspan…

Kenya: Court stops government from importing genetically modified maize

NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-KBC) — The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Kenyan government seeking to allow importation, cultivation and consumption of Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs) in Kenya. The decision was made due to pending hearing and determination of another case against adoption of bio-technology in food…

Kenya, Saudi Arabia seek to expand health cooperation

Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Kenya Khalid bin Abdullah Al- Salman greets cardiologists at KNH. NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-KBC) — Saudi Arabia has expressed its commitment to enhance cooperation with Kenya in the health sector. Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Kenya Khalid bin Abdullah Al- Salman said his country will continue to…