Algeria forest fires: 49 sentenced to death for lynching a man they falsely accused of starting the fire

Djamel Ben Ismail falsely accused of arson and attacked by a mob  ALGIERS, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Algerian court has sentenced 49 people to death after they were found guilty of lynching a man wrongly suspected of starting forest fires last year, the state news agency says. The sentences…

Three killed, 11 wounded in twin school shootings by 16-year-old boy in Brazil

BRASÍLIA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people including an adolescent girl were killed and 11 others wounded Friday when a 16-year-old shooter opened fire on two schools in southeastern Brazil, officials said. Authorities in the city of Aracruz, in Espirito Santo state, said the shooter had opened fire…

Honduras under state of emergency over gang activity

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police stepped up their presence on the streets of Honduras Friday after President Xiomara Castro declared a state of emergency to quash a rise in gang activity in the Central American nation. The small country has long been plagued by poverty, gangs, and violence linked…

Colombia, ELN rebels, seek US involvement in ongoing peace talks in Venezuela

CARACAS, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), the last recognized rebel group in the country, said they would invite the United States to join their peace process. The talks are an initiative by President Gustavo Petro, who in August became Colombia’s first-ever leftist leader…

Peru’s troubled president names fifth PM in 16 months

LIMA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s President Pedro Castillo appointed the culture minister as the country’s new prime minister after her predecessor resigned over a row with parliament. Betssy Chavez, a 33-year-old lawyer who also did a stint as labor minister, was sworn in on Friday as the fifth prime…

M23 rebels say DR Congo-Rwanda ceasefire deal does not affect them

GOMA (DR Congo), Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The M23 rebel group said that a ceasefire announced Wednesday “doesn’t really concern us,” while calling for “direct dialogue” with Democratic Republic of Congo’s government. “M23 has seen the document on social media… There was nobody in the summit (from M23) so it…

One killed in Sudan renewed anti-coup protests: medics

KHARTOUM, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudanese security forces shot dead a protester during renewed demonstrations against last year’s military coup led by army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, pro-democracy medics said. The northeast African country has been gripped by unrest since Burhan seized power on Oct 25, 2021. He arrested the…

UK nurses strike latest crisis for health service

LONDON, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With record waiting times, staff shortages, financial black holes and now a nurses strike over pay, the UK’s state-run National Health Service is facing an unprecedented crisis. The walk-out by nurses next month heaps fresh misery on the much-loved but creaking institution, just as winter…

Libya expels over 200 migrants across land borders

TRIPOLI, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya sent more than 200 illegal migrants back across its land borders, in a rare display of cooperation from the country’s divided political institutions. The migrants, dressed in differing tracksuits to identify their nationalities, were handed biscuits, milk and bottles of water by police in…

Extreme poverty rising in Latin America: UN

 SANTIAGO, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Extreme poverty is likely to affect 82 million people in Latin America in 2022, an increase spurred by a slow pandemic recovery and high inflation, the UN economic commission for the region said. “It has not been possible to reverse the impacts of the pandemic…