Peru unrest: Interior Minister calls on population to trust National Police and Armed Forces

LIMA, Jan 19 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Interior Minister Vicente Romero called on the population to trust the National Police and Armed Forces, in the face of the mobilization set to take place on Thursday in the city of Lima. He reiterated that they (the National Police and Armed Forces) will prioritize the safety of…

Captured Italy mob boss ‘seriously ill’, says doctor

ROME, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is “seriously ill”, a doctor at the health clinic where the fugitive was captured this week said. Messina Denaro, 60, a convicted killer, was caught during a visit to the clinic on Monday after 30 years on the run,…

Gambian vice president dies after ‘short illness’ in India

The Gambia’s Vice President Badara Joof BANJUL, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Gambia’s Vice President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Wednesday. Joof, 65, was appointed vice president of the West African country in 2022. He previously served as education minister from…

Ukraine helicopter crash kills 18, including Interior Minister and 3 children

BROVARY (Ukraine), Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eighteen people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and three children, were killed in a helicopter crash near a kindergarten outside Kyiv on Wednesday. The helicopter slammed down next to the kindergarten and a residential building in Brovary, a commuter town for the capital Kyiv that was the scene of…

US: California sees extensive storm damage as weather calms

Flooded homes in Felton, California. LOS ANGELES, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Damage was widespread in California as the weather calmed Tuesday after weeks of atmospheric rivers that slammed the state with rains, wind and surf that flooded homes, highways and farm fields, collapsed hillsides and toppled countless trees. Tallying the…

Morocco to boost military ties with Israel

RABAT, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco’s army said it had agreed with Israel to strengthen military cooperation, including in intelligence and cybersecurity, following defense meetings in Rabat. The two countries “agreed to further strengthen cooperation and expand it to other areas, including intelligence, air defense, and electronic warfare,” the Royal…

France braces for ‘hellish Thursday’ as pension strikes loom

PARIS, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France is to face severe public transportation disruptions on Thursday, operators have warned, as workers join a nationwide strike against a widely unpopular pension reform plan. The suggested changes, still to be debated in parliament, would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 and…

El Salvador releases 3,000 arrested in anti-gang sweep

SAN SALVADOR, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 3,000 people who were detained under El Salvador’s sweeping emergency anti-gang laws have been released after being deemed “innocent” of any crime, President Nayib Bukele said. “In El Salvador, throughout the emergency regime, more than 3,000 people who were innocent have been…

EAC calls for immediate ceasefire, respect for international law following DRC Church attack

The East African Community Secretary General, Dr. Peter Mathuki ARUSHA (Tanzania), Jan 18 (NNN-KBC) — The East African Community (EAC) has called on all parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to establish an immediate ceasefire, respect international law, and ensure the safety and security of civilians, in order…

Ivory Coast joins forces with Ghana to fight galamsey

Major General Emmanuel Kotia, National Coordinator of the Ghana Boundary Commission ACCRA/ABIDJAN, Jan 18 (NNN-GNA) — The government of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), through its National Boundary Commission, has joined forces with Ghana’s Boundary Commission to combat illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey in the nation.Speaking in a Joy…