Tunisia prioritizes integration in Africa: Foreign Ministry on Africa Day

 TUNIS, May 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — Tunisia places joint African action, economic integration and regional integration at the top of its foreign policy, said the foreign ministry. “In light of the polarization and geopolitical changes the world is going through nowadays, there is a need for more solidarity and adherence to…

Sudan crisis: Sporadic clashes in capital Khartoum despite truce

KHARTOUM, May 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — Sporadic clashes broke out between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Thursday, despite the seven-day truce which took effect since late Monday. Clashes took place in Omdurman city and south of the capital Khartoum, according…

US Capitol attack: Militia leader gets 18 years in prison over attack

WASHINGTON, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was dealt an 18 year prison sentence Thursday for seditious conspiracy in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the toughest penalty given yet over the Jan 6 assault. “Seditious conspiracy is among the most serious…

UK: Car hits Downing Street gates but not ‘terror-related’, says police

LONDON, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man sparked a major security alert Thursday after a car crashed into the gates of the UK prime minister’s Downing Street complex in London, but police said they were not currently treating it as “terror-related”.    Armed officers arrested the man at the scene on…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa calls for unity of African continent

PRETORIA, May 26 (NNN-SANEWS) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the African continent to continue to unite in the spirit of the founding charter of the African Union. The President was speaking at the Africa Day celebrations at the Cradle of Humankind on Thursday. The day is…

South Africa: Cholera death toll rises to 20

PRETORIA, May 26 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Department of Health has announced that the number of deaths related to the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, has soared to 20. The department said on Thursday the number of patients that have been seen at the Jubilee District Hospital as…

South Africa: Rwandan fugitive wanted for genocide nabbed in Cape Town

PRETORIA, May 26 (NNN-SANEWS) — A Rwandan fugitive, wanted in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in Paarl in the Western Cape by a South African Operational Task Team (OTT). The task team included, among others, Home Affairs, Department of International Relations and Coopertion, Interpol, Department of…

Peru: Alliance with States enables recovery of money from Switzerland and Luxembourg

LIMA, May 26 (NNN-ANDINA) — Judiciary Chair Javier Arevalo on Thursday highlighted the effectiveness of the alliance with States such as the coordination of the bodies within the national justice system to fight transnational criminal activity, mainly the scourge of corruption, which is a threat to democracy. As a result of…

Drug seizures: 50 cocaine-filled packages marked with swastikas and ‘Hitler’ seized on ship in Peru

LIMA, May 26 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Port of Paita Captaincy took part in a multi-sector operation carried out at the EuroAndino Port Terminal, which found 50 packages filled with cocaine hydrochloride on a container ship in Peru. MSC ANISHA R. (IMO: 7910682), the ship that carried the brick-type packages, was sailing…

Peru-Mexico tension: Congress approves declaring Mexico’s President persona non grata

LIMA, May 26 (NNN-ANDINA) — During a plenary session at the Congress of the Republic on Thursday, most lawmakers approved the motion that proposes declaring Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a persona non grata. Motion No. 6513 received 65 votes in favor, 40 against, and 2 abstentions. The initiative had been submitted…