Arab police chiefs meet in Tunisia to discuss fight against drug crimes

TUNIS, Dec 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The 49th Conference of Arab Police and Security Leaders kicked off Wednesday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunis, the council said in a statement on its Facebook page. The two-day meeting is discussing a wide…

UN allocates 6 mln USD for displaced people in Mozambique

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations on Wednesday allocated 6 million US dollars for people displaced by violence in a northern Mozambique province, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher freed up…

UN Assembly tells Russia to return captive Ukrainian kids

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN General Assembly called for the immediate and unconditional return of Ukrainian children “forcibly transferred” to Russia — a delicate issue as Kyiv and Moscow try to negotiate an end to the fighting. The assembly adopted the non-binding resolution by a vote of…

Tanzania: President Samia defends police after hundreds killed in October election protests

Samia Suluhu Hassan is the President of Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan backed her country’s security forces, who are accused of killing hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, claiming the protesters intended to overthrow her government.The East African leader alleged without evidence that young…

Nigerian Senate backs death penalty for kidnappers, informants, others

The Nigerian Senate has pushed for death penalty for kidnappers ABUJA, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Senate moved to tighten Nigeria’s anti-kidnapping laws by pushing for the death penalty for kidnappers — and anyone who finances, enables, or provides information to them — as lawmakers debated amendments to the 2022…

US invites Kenya, Burundi as guarantors to DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal

President Paul Kagame (R) hosts Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Kigali on March 24, 2025 WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s President William Ruto is among the leaders invited to Washington to witness the Thursday (Dec 4) signing of a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda,…

South Africa–Mozambique energy cooperation set to deepen as countries expand electricity partnerships

MAPUTO (Mozambique), Dec 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says Pretoria and Maputo are poised to significantly deepen energy cooperation as both countries work to strengthen economic and strategic ties under the fourth South Africa–Mozambique Bi-National Commission (BNC).   Speaking in Maputo on Wednesday, where he…

President Ramaphosa positions Mozambique as South Africa’s top African economic partner

MAPUTO (Mozambique), Dec 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his official dinner remarks in Maputo to underscore Mozambique’s growing significance as South Africa’s leading economic partner on the continent, saying the two nations are one people bound by history and now firmly focused on shared prosperity. Speaking on…

Moldovan police investigate a drone that a resident thought was a toy and took home

Russia’s Ambassador to Moldova Oleg Ozerov walks by a drone after Chisinau’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Ozerov to show him a Russian drone that fell in Moldova, in Chisinau, Moldova CHISINAU, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts to a community miles from the Ukrainian…

EU agrees deal to ban Russian gas by autumn 2027

The Orenburg gas processing plant of Gazprom in the Orenburg Region, Russia BRUSSELS, Dec (NNN-AGENCIES) — European Union lawmakers and member states reached a deal to ban all imports of Russian gas by autumn 2027, as the bloc seeks to choke off key funds feeding Moscow’s war chest. “This is the dawn…