Romania Defense Minister Mosteanu resigns over false claim of his curriculum Vitae

BUCHAREST, Nov 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Romania’s Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu resigned Thursday, five months after taking office, following a scandal related to the forgering of his curriculum Vitae. His CV included studies at a private university in the capital, which the institution itself denied, according to the local press.…

Peru’s ex-president Pedro Castillo sentenced to over 11 years in prison for rebellion and conspiracy

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo LIMA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A court in Peru has sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11 years, five months and 15 days in prison for seeking to dissolve Congress. The decision on Thursday came nearly three years after Castillo sought to disband the legislature…

Libyan parliament speaker Aguila Saleh calls for immediate presidential election

Libyan parliament speaker Aguila Saleh TRIPOLI, Nov 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives, on Friday called on Libya’s High National Elections Commission to immediately implement the law on direct presidential elections and hold the presidential vote as soon as possible. In a statement published…

Guinea’s Dec 28 presidential election campaign kicks off

Transitional President Mamadi Doumbouya CONAKRY, Nov 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — The campaign for Guinea’s presidential election, scheduled for Dec 28, officially kicked off on Friday across the entire country, according to an official source. As per a decree issued by the president of the Republic, the campaign will run for four…

Update: Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal after coup

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, a former army general, came to power in 2020 DAKAR (Senegal), Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau’s deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week, Senegal’s authorities have announced.It follows negotiations by the…

US Pres Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking

Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has said that he will pardon the ex-president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of drug trafficking charges in a US court last…

South Africa faces teenage pregnancy crisis, mostly due to statutory rape

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 29 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa is grappling with a growing crisis of adolescent and teenage pregnancy, with a significant number of these cases amounting to statutory rape. “These are not merely pregnancies; many are violations. Many are statutory rapes. Many reflect our collective failure to protect childhood itself,”…

WHO issues unprecedented global guidelines to combat infertility

GENEVA, N0v 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization on Friday published for the first time directives to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of infertility, which affects millions across the globe. “One in six people worldwide experience infertility during their lifetime,” said Pascale Allotey, the global health body’s head…

US: Pres Trump says to suspend ‘third world’ migration after troop killed

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Pres Donald Trump said he would suspend migration from what the US leader called “third world countries”, a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington, killing one. His social media post, which also threatened to reverse “millions” of…

G.Bissau military appoints general as strongman following coup

BISSAU, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau’s military appointed a general as the country’s new leader for the duration of one year, a day after seizing power, arresting the president and derailing the announcement of election results. Soldiers patrolled the area around the presidential palace in Bissau on Thursday morning and…