Djibouti prez, 74, undergoing medical checks due to ‘lack of rest’: government

Campaign signboards of Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti president DJIBOUTI, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ismail Omar Guelleh, the Djiboutian president has been reported ill but the Minister of Foreign Affairs says it is as a result of fatigue and not as bad as it is being made to seem.“President Ismail Omar…

Mexican ex-cartel boss jailed for 28 years

Mexican former cartel boss Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, seen here after his arrest in 2014 MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican court has sentenced former drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, who headed one of the country’s leading cartels, to 28 years in prison, prosecutors said. The 58-year-old, known as “El…

Haiti Prosecutor says evidence links Prime Minister to President’s killing

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti’s chief prosecutor said that there was evidence linking the acting prime minister to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and prohibited him from leaving the country until he answers questions about it. Last week, the prosecutor issued a police summons for the prime minister, Ariel…

Tunisian president rejects dialogue with ‘traitors’

TUNIS, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said he would not do deals with those he described as “traitors”, an apparent reference to the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, the biggest in the suspended parliament. Ennahda has called for a national dialogue to find a way forward after Saied…

US ex-presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees

Former US Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and  Bill Clinton WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three former US presidents – Republican George W Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in the United States following the recent…

Extreme weather will cost US more than US$100 billion this year: Pres Biden

GOLDEN (Colorado, US), Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden said that extreme weather events would cost the United States over US$100 billion this year, as he visited Colorado to highlight drought conditions and raging wildfires in the US West. Colorado was his last stop on a three-state western swing in which…

Covid-19: Russian Pres Putin to self-isolate due to contact with inner circle

Russian President Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation because of coronavirus cases in his inner circle, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The announcement came in the Kremlin’s readout of Putin’s phone call with the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Putin has been…

Update: Nigeria recaptures 108 inmates after prison outbreak

  ABUJA, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 108 out of 240 inmates who escaped from a prison in central Nigeria have been recaptured, a prison official said Tuesday.    Heavily armed gunmen stormed the Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, in Kogi State, late on Sunday, freeing scores of inmates.    It was…

Rainfall helps firefighters control southern Spain’s inferno

A seaplane flies over a wildfire near the town of Jubrique, in Malaga province, Spain MADRID, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in southern Spain say that rain has helped to bring under control a major wildfire that ravaged 7,800 hectares of land despite more than five days of intense firefighting work by…

Russian Pres Putin condemns foreign troops in Syria in Assad meeting

 MOSCOW, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the presence of foreign troops in Syria, a Kremlin statement said Tuesday, as he held unannounced talks in Moscow with the country’s embattledPresident Bashar al-Assad.    Moscow has been a key ally of the Assad regime throughout the Syrian conflict…