Algeria, France expected to end diplomatic tension

ALGIERS, March 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Friday told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a phone conversation that the Algerian ambassador to France will soon rejoin his post, the Algerian Presidency said in a statement. The move would pave the way for warming up the bilateral…

Cuba participates at Ibero-American Business Meeting

SANTO DOMINGO, March 25 (NNN-ACN) — Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuban minister of foreign trade and investment (MINCEX by its Spanish acronym), heads the Cuban delegation participating at the 14th Ibero-American Business Meeting, in Santo Domingo, in the context of the 28th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government.On Twitter,…

UK announces new support for improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in Asia and Africa

UK Climate and Environment minister Lord Goldsmith LONDON, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK has announced a new 5-year programme to improve access to safe, reliable and affordable water supplies and sanitation services, benefitting millions in Asia and Africa.UK Climate and Environment minister Lord Goldsmith announced new UK funding at…

DR Congo: Pres Tshisekedi brings in ex-VP Jean-Pierre Bemba in reshuffle

Former Congolese vice president, Jean-Pierre Bemba KINSHASA, March 25 (NNN-GNA) — Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has returned to government former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba in a new reshuffle ahead of elections.The list of the new team was made public on Thursday night, and, like the old government,…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN accuses Russia, Ukraine forces of ‘summary executions’ of prisoners

KYIV, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” by what it said were summary executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. The allegations came shortly after Kyiv accused Russian forces of killing a captured Ukrainian serviceman who was…

Niger’s army entered Mali in hunt for ‘terrorists’; 79 terrorists killed: ministry

NIAMEY, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Niger’s defence ministry said its troops killed 79 “terrorists” in operations last week that involved a foray into neighbouring Mali. Troops from the army’s anti-jihadist Almahaou operation began the search after they were attacked by an “armed terrorist group” in the western town of Tiloa…

US: Two dead after 15 migrants found trapped in train in Texas

WACO (Texas, US), March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An anonymous emergency telephone call on Friday led authorities to halt a train that contained a group of “suffocating” migrants, two of whom were dead, police in Texas said. The US Border Patrol stopped the train east of Knippa, a small community in…

US prosecutors win first guilty plea in murder of Haiti president

   MIAMI, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dual Haitian-Chilean citizen Rodolphe Jaar, one of several men accused in the 2021 murder of Haitian president Jovenel Moise, plead guilty on Friday in the United States to charges related to the assassination, court documents show. Jaar, 50, admitted before a judge that he provided…

US: Los Angeles school strikers get 30 percent pay hike

   LOS ANGELES, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — School workers who shut down education for around half a million pupils in Los Angeles this week with a three-day strike won a 30 percent pay hike, their union said Friday. Bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants employed by Los Angeles Unified…

South Africa energy crisis: Government working to resolve municipal debt owed to Eskom – Deputy President

PRETORIA, March 25 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile says government and Eskom are working together to resolve the “inherent risk” that municipal Eskom debt has on the stability of the power utility and the economy. By the end of December last year, municipalities owed Eskom some R56.3…