Sudanese ministers resign in protest against deal with military

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok KHARTOUM, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twelve cabinet ministers have submitted their resignation to newly reinstated Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in protest against a political deal between the prime minister and the country’s ruling military council. On Sunday, Hamdok was reinstated after signing a political agreement with the head of…

Peru’s Congressional Committee declares ex-Bolivian Pres Evo persona non grata

LIMA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Committee within Peru’s Congress agreed to declare former Bolivian President Evo Morales a persona non grata for meddling with internal politics, it was announced. The Foreign Relations Committee approved to “Declare Juan Evo Morales Ayma persona non grata in our country for his negative…

Six bodies found hanging in violence-hit Mexican state

Agents remove bodies hanging from a bridge in Cuauhtemoc City MEXICO CITY, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of six people were found Tuesday hanging from a bridge and a tree in an area of northern Mexico shaken by cartel turf wars, authorities said. The gruesome discoveries were made in…

US says it will resume talks with Taliban next week

Taliban soldiers stand guard near Serena Hotel after US and UK governments warned to avoid hotels in Kabul citing threats, in Kabul, Afganistan WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will resume talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar, addressing among other issues the fight against terrorism and…

Brazil: 58 cities cancel Carnival 2022 over COVID-19 fears

SAO PAULO, Nov 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 58 cities in southeast Brazil’s states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais have decided to cancel Carnival 2022 celebrations for fear of COVID-19 outbreaks, local press reported. The famous Brazilian festival was cancelled in 2021 amid the second wave of COVID-19 infections…

Brazil violence: 8 bodies found near Rio de Janeiro favela after shootout during police operation

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Eight bodies were discovered near the Salgueiro favela in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region a day after a shootout during a police operation, according to local authorities. The bodies were found in a mangrove after members of the Military Police’s Special Police…

Nigerian police rescue 24 kidnapped people in northwest region

ABUJA, Nov 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian police confirmed on Tuesday 24 kidnapped people, including five students, had regained their freedom during recent search and rescue operations by security operatives in the country’s northwest state of Zamfara. Ayuba Elkanah, police chief in Zamfara state, said at a press briefing in the…

At least 12 killed in eastern DR Congo attack

Some local groups said the death toll was higher KINSHASA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed rebels have killed at least 12 people during an attack on displaced civilians in the northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson said.Fighters from the Cooperative for the Development of…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: International alarm grows over escalating Ethiopia war

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International alarm mounted over the escalating war in Ethiopia as Tigrayan rebels claimed to be edging closer to the capital Addis Ababa and…

UN Libya mediator quits weeks before planned election: Diplomats

UNITED NATIONS, NOV 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations Libya mediator Jan Kubis is stepping down, diplomats said, less than a year after he took up the role and a month before planned elections in the country. The United Nations is informally suggesting veteran British diplomat Nicholas Kay as a…