Stalin-Era mass grave found in Ukraine

 ODESSA (Ukraine), Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — What may be one of Ukraine’s largest Stalin-era mass graves has been identified by researchers. The remains of between 5,000 and 8,000 people were found in 29 graves in the southern city of Odessa. The site, believed to date back to the late 1930s,…

UN calls Afghanistan meet for Security Council permanent five

  UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called a meeting of the permanent members of the Security Council to discuss the chaotic situation in Afghanistan, diplomats said.   Guterres sent letters formally inviting the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China to meet on Monday,…

52,000 bodies unidentified in Mexico, activists say

  MEXICO CITY, Aug 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) — More than 50,000 unidentified bodies lie in mass graves or with forensic services in violence-wracked Mexico, a group representing families of the missing said Thursday.   The Movement for Our Disappeared in Mexico warned that the country was facing “a deep forensic…

Nigerian gunmen free dozens of kidnapped seminary pupils: teacher

KATSINA (Nigeria), Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian gunmen have freed the remaining pupils from more than 100 kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in northwestern Niger State nearly three months ago, the school’s head teacher said. Heavily armed criminals snatched 136 pupils from the seminary in Tegina on May 30 in…

Gunfire erupts near French embassy, five people killed in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania said five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun battle with an armed man near the French Embassy in Dar es Salaam.It was not immediately clear whether the Wednesday shootout in the heavily guarded diplomatic area was a terror…

Benin confirms H5N1 avian flu – latest African country to report outbreak

Cases have also been detected this year in Ghana, Togo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritania PORTO NOVO, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Benin has identified an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu in two districts near the capital Porto Novo, the agriculture ministry says.On Wednesday, Benin became the latest…

UN mission hails joint Libyan security force to protect water network

TRIPOLI, Aug 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) hailed Libya’s creation of a joint security force to protect the country’s water supply system. The UNSMIL said in a statement that the joint force, from both sides of the demarcation lines, comprises the 166 Battalion for…

Update: Kabul suicide bombings toll rises to 103

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (AGENCIES) — The death toll in the bombing attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday have risen to at least 103 people. The number of U.S. service members killed in the attacks has risen to 13, with 18 more injured troops currently in the process…

Covid-19: US ships more than 2 million more vaccines to Africa

An Algerian medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose in front of the El-Kebir mosque in the capital Algiers WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is shipping more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Algeria, Ghana and Yemen, the White House said, boosting efforts to combat a…

Peru waits as Congress debates fate of leftist Cabinet

LIMA, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peruvians awaited a vote in Congress on whether to confirm a new leftist Cabinet nominated by President Pedro Castillo. Earlier Thursday, Prime Minister Guido Bellido asked Congress for a “yes” vote and outlined plans to lift Peru out of “one of the most grave political,…