Sudan’s Al-Burhan urges UN mission’s neutrality on national political crisis

Sudanese demonstrators take to the streets of the capital Khartoum to protest last year’s military coup KHARTOUM, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan called on the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) to keep the same distance from all parties amid…

Hungarian PM Orban’s coalition wins in parliamentary elections

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban BUDAPEST, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition has won Sunday’s parliamentary elections, according to the preliminary results from the National Election Office. Orban has hailed his victory Sunday evening, saying it’s a “huge victory.” “Conservative politics has won, this…

Serbian President Vucic declares second mandate after elections

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic BELGRADE, April 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic declared his convincing victory on Sunday in the first round of the presidential elections, securing another five-year term. According to preliminary results of the Serbian Progressive Party  (SNS) revealed by Vucic, he won between 59-and 61 percent…

Sudan’s Darfur clashes kill 45: officials

Sudanese check the aftermath of violence in al-Twail Saadoun KHARTOUM, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heavy clashes between rival groups in Sudan’s Darfur have left some 45 people killed, officials said, as tribal leaders reported that fighting persisted in the latest ethnic violence.Fresh fighting broke out on Tuesday between the ethnic…

First aid convoy in three months enter Ethiopia’s Tigray – UN

First aid dispatched to Tigray ADDIS ABABA, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first international aid convoy in three months arrived in Ethiopia’s war-stricken Tigray region, the UN said, one week after the government and Tigrayan rebels agreed to a conditional truce.The arrival of aid in Tigray, where hundreds of thousands…

French-British rescue teams continue search for small plane that disappeared over English Channel carrying two people

The missing aircraft is a Piper PA-28 Cherokee LILLE (France), April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French and British rescue teams have continued their search for a plane from the UK that disappeared over the English Channel on Saturday with two people on board. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee was travelling from Wellesbourne in Warwickshire…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Over half a million people have returned to Ukraine – official

KYIV, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than half a million people have returned to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion in February, the Ukrainian interior ministry said. “During the past week, 144,000 people left Ukraine and 88,000 arrived. In total… around 537,000 of our compatriots have returned to Ukraine,”…

Mexico suspends gasoline subsidy as US drivers cross border for deals

Vehicles are seen next to fuel pumps at company Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) in a service station after Mexico suspended a week of gasoline subsidy along the U.S. border, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico MEXICO CITY, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico, which has been subsidising gasoline to soften price spikes, said the…

Serbs vote in triple election set to keep populists in power

Aleksandar Vucic’s Progressive SNS party came to power in 2012 BELGRADE, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Voters in Serbia cast ballots Sunday in a triple election likely to keep in power a populist government in the Balkan country that has refused to impose sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine.Some 6.5…

Kenya: 120,000 households in Turkana affected by drought

NAIROBI, April 3 (NNN-KNA) — At least 120,000 households in Kenya’s Turkana County are currently facing threats posed by a prolonged drought.  That translates to over 640,000 people in the county according to the chief officer of economic planning Jeremiah Apalia. Speaking during a meeting held to review the second…