More refugees cross into Uganda as DRC clashes displace 40,000

KINSHASA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 40,000 people have been displaced by recent clashes between the M23 rebels and the Congolese Armed Forces in Eastern Congo, humanitarian officials have said.  According to the deputy provincial leader of North Kivu, Emmanuel Muhozi, the fleeing people are also living without humanitarian assistance. …

Mexico president survives recall vote marked by low turnout

MEXICO CITY, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday easily survived a referendum on whether he should step down or complete his term — a vote marred by low turnout, initial results showed.   The 68-year-old president, elected in 2018 for a six-year term, won…

Former Ecuador vice president, jailed for corruption, released from prison

Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Ecuadorean vice president Jorge Glas was released from prison on Sunday, after a judge ruled his physical and psychological well-being were at risk, officials and Glas’ supporters said. Glas had been sentenced to jail in 2017 after…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Austrian leader to meet Putin in Moscow on Monday

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer during a visit to Bucha, near Kyiv, in Ukraine ZURICH, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, an Austrian government spokesperson said, in what would be the first face-to-face meeting between Putin and a European…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: A massive US-Mexican effort to welcome Ukrainian refugees

TIJUANA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nadiya Ruyhynska had almost never left Ukraine, though her daughter lives in the US city of Seattle. But with the war looming in her hometown of Lviv, the 55-year-old former nurse set off on the long journey to the Mexican city of Tijuana, where a…

DR Congo: Rebel group M23 announces withdrawal from villages it seized in North Kivu province

As fighting intensified in recent days in North Kivu province, thousands of people fled across the border into Uganda KINSHASA, April 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The March 23 Movement (M23), a rebel group, announced its withdrawal from the villages it took earlier in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The…

Nigeria: Court drops some charges against Biafra secessionist leader Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu, Nigerian secessionist leader, at the Federal High Court in the capital AbujaNnamdi Kanu, Nigerian secessionist leader ABUJA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Federal High Court in Abuja has dropped eight of the 15 charges preferred against Nigerian secessionist leader Nnamdi Kanu, who was repatriated from the UK to…

Tanzania, Japan sign deal to decongest Dar es Salaam

The project titled “Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) for Dar es Salaam” will be jointly implemented for the first time in Tanzania’s economic development trajectory DAR ES SALAAM, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) and the government of Tanzania have signed a cooperation agreement for a project that seeks to…

Contest for top Commonwealth job a test for Rwanda

Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives at the Executive Session of the Commonwealth Heads of Govt KIGALI, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Jamaica’s entry into the contest for the Commonwealth’s top job may become Rwanda’s diplomatic headache as Kigali prepares to host a gathering of the 54-member group of countries who are…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Over 1,200 bodies found in Kyiv region – prosecutor

KYIV, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova said 1,222 bodies have been found in the region around the capital Kyiv so far. “We have actually now, only for this (Sunday) morning, 1,222 dead people only in Kyiv region,” Venediktova said in an interview with Britain’s Sky News.…