Oil climbs as storm approaches Gulf of Mexico production hub
MEXICO CITY, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Oil prices rose on Friday, on track to post big gains for the week,…
Death toll rises to at least 20 in western Venezuela floods
Images shared on social media showed cars being swept down streets, buildings and businesses filled with mud and mudslides that…
Mexico shelters five women from Afghan robotics team
MEXICO CITY, Aug 26 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Mexican government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) received five Afghan women members…
Cameroon says numbers of defecting Boko Haram members continue to increase
Houses destroyed during battles with Boko Haram in Kousseri, Cameroon on June 11, 2019 YAOUNDE, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon…
Covid-19: Zimbabwe schools, restaurants to reopen, intercity travel resumes
HARARE, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Zimbabwean government Wednesday approved the reopening of schools from Aug 30 while restaurants can,…
Cape Verde presidential elections: Seven to compete for Presidency on Oct 17
The PAICV Party headquarters in São Filipe, Fogo, Cape Verde PRAIA, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cape Verde’s Constitutional Court has…
Nigeria: Delta State confirms outbreak of bird flu, 164,173 birds reported dead
ABUJA, Aug 26 (NNN-NAN) — Nigerian authorities in Delta have confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in the state, with…
Somalia: al-Shabaab militants recapture strategic town
MOGADISHU, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Islamist group, al-Shabaab, is reported to have seized a strategic town in central Somalia.…
16 soldiers killed in insurgency-hit southeast ; 50 of the insurgents neutralised
NIAMEY, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger’s insurgency-plagued southeast…
Canada races to beat US deadline in Afghanistan
OTTAWA, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada is racing to wind down its Afghanistan evacuation effort ahead of America’s Aug 31…