Tunisia: Journalist Ghassen Ben Khélifa released after 5-day detention – SNJT

TUNIS, Sept 12 (NNN-TAP) — The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) announced in a statement the release of journalist Ghassen Ben Khélifa, who had been in custody for 5 days on the instructions of the prosecutor’s office of the Judicial Counter-Terrorism Division. The SNJT had strongly condemned on Sept…

Tunisia: Fourteen irregular migrants rescued, 6 bodies recovered off Chebba – National Guard

TUNIS, Sept 12 (NNN-TAP) — Fourteen irregular migrants had been rescued and 6 bodies recovered off Chebba, in the Mahdia governorate, spokesman for the National Guard Houssemeddine Jebabli said. The coast guards assisted by a team of divers of the National Navy are still searching for the missing. The boat…

PM Mitsotakis says Greece has taken action to secure winter energy supplies

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Bulgarian counterpart Kiril Petkov pose for a picture during the inauguration ceremony of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) gas pipeline that will carry gas from Greece’s Komotini to Stara Zagora in Bulgaria THESSALONIKI (Greece), Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said…

Kenya: Calls in Kenya for UK to return Resistance Leader’s head, decapitated for resisting construction of railway line

Map of the Uganda Railway, Mombasa to Port Florence, British East Africa, 1909 NAIROBI, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Calls are mounting in Kenya for Britain to return the head of a revered tribal leader who led a bloody resistance movement against colonial rule more than a century ago, after the…

Ethiopians celebrating First Day of Ethiopian New Year 2015

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 12 (NNN-ENA) — Ethiopians are celebrating the first day of the Ethiopian New Year 2015 Sunday (Sept 11). Ethiopians do not celebrate their New Year on Jan 1 like many part of the world. The Ethiopian New Year falls on Sept 11 or 12 during a leap…

Uganda pays Shs250bn as partial payment for DRC war damages

United Nations peacekeepers escort surrendered M23 fighters in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) KAMPALA, Sept 12 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The Ugandan government has paid shs250 billion($65million) to the Democratic Republic of Congo government in partial payment for war reparations. “The payment of this indemnity is made in five…

Antigua and Barbuda planning vote to become republic within three years, media report

The Earl and Countess of Wessex give Antigua and Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne a gift during their April visit SAINT JOHN’S, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Antigua and Barbuda plans to hold a referendum on becoming a republic within the next three years, the Caribbean nation’s prime minister told British…

Grief, solidarity as US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11

Firefighters salute each other outside the FDNY Engine 10, Ladder 10 fire station near the commemoration ceremony on the 21st anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York NEW YORK, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Sunday observed the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks,…

PM Truss to join King Charles III at Queen Elizabeth memorial services across UK

LONDON, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Liz Truss will join King Charles III at memorial services around Britain for Queen Elizabeth, Downing Street has said, while denying she would officially accompany him after the idea drew criticism. Media commentators and social media users had commented whether there was a political motivation for Truss…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: Tigray rebels say ready for AU-led peace talks

 ADDIS ABABA, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels said they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union, removing an obstacle to negotiations with the government to end almost two years of brutal warfare. The announcement was made amid a flurry…