1,088 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM

TRIPOLI, Jan 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that 1,088 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week. “In the period of 25-31 December 2022, 1,088 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya,” the IOM said in a statement. The rescued…

Mexican president pledges to urge US to end interventionist policy

MEXICO CITY, Jan 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he will at a summit urge the US government to end the interventionist Monroe Doctrine it has followed for the past 200 years. As the host of the North American Leaders’ Summit next week, Lopez Obrador is…

5 countries start responsibilities as newly elected members of UN Security Council

Five countries — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland — on Tuesday began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council UNITED NATIONS, Jan 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Five countries — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland — on Tuesday began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members…

Poland asks UN to help secure WWII damages from Germany

WARSAW, Jan 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Poland had asked for the intervention of the United Nations (UN) over World War II reparations with Germany, a Polish deputy foreign minister said. “The United Nations system offers instruments for dialogue as well as for introducing the international community to the scale of the…

US: Florida islands face ‘crisis’ as nearly 500 asylum seekers arrive

The Florida Keys, a popular destination for asylum seekers fleeing Cuba MIAMI (Florida, US), Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Florida Keys, a chain of tropical islands that comprise the southernmost point of the contiguous United States, has experienced an influx of migrants and refugees over the weekend, as an estimated…

Nigeria to pay extra $4 billion if loan-bond swap is denied – Pres Buhari

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, Jan 4 (NNN-GNA) — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says Africa’s largest economy will have to pay 1.8 trillion naira ($4bn) extra interest this year if parliament rejects a loan-to-bond swap request on the central bank’s overdrafts to the government.Buhari made the comments in his budget…

Cholera outbreak kills 620 in Malawi

Malawi has recorded 18,222 cholera cases since the outbreak in early 2022 LILONGWE, Jan 4 (NNN-GNA) — Cholera has killed 620 people in Malawi since the onset of the outbreak early last year, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda said.As of Monday, 18,222 cumulative cases of cholera had been confirmed, with the…

Ugandan soldier run amok shoots dead three colleagues in Somalia

UPDF spokesperson Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye KAMPALA, Jan 4 (NNN-GNA) — Uganda military is investigating circumstances under which one of its officers deployed in Mogadishu, Somalia, ran amok and shot three colleagues dead over an unidentified issue.The incident, according to military sources, happened Monday morning at the Mogadishu airport base,…

Burkina Faso officials say 28 people found shot dead

Since 2015, the West African country has been battling a violent rebellion OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 4 (NNN-GNA) — Twenty-eight bodies have been found in northwest Burkina Faso over the weekend, the government said, noting an investigation was underway as speculation grows over who may be responsible.“The government was informed of an…

Strike-hit UK faces first rail stoppage of 2023

LONDON, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Kingdom rail staff disrupted the New Year return to work on Tuesday in the latest strike action by workers in a range of sectors over the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Workers across the economy are at loggerheads with the government as…