Libya: 32 Bangladeshi migrants rescued after boat capsized off coast of Al-Haniya

TRIPOLI, Dec 17 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thirty-two Bangladeshi migrants were rescued after their boat capsized off the coast of the northeastern Libyan town of Al-Haniya, the Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar branch of Libya’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency said in a statement. The agency reported that all migrants aboard the vessel were rescued and transferred…

South Sudan grounds UN aircraft, alleges illegal surveillance and smuggling

South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission JUBA, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission there, alleging that they were used for illegal surveillance and smuggling, which the UN denied.South Sudan’s foreign minister, Monday…

Benin: 30 people jailed in connection with failed coup

Patrice Talon is the President of Benin PORTO-NOVO, Dec 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Some 30 people, most of them soldiers, have been jailed in Benin in connection with a failed coup attempt earlier this month.The soldiers took over state television on Dec 7 and announced that the government had been dissolved.But…

Sierra Leone declares end of Mpox outbreak but survivors face discrimination

FREETOWN, Dec 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sierra Leone declared its Mpox epidemic over, after two years of a health emergency that witnessed over 5,000 cases and 60 fatalities in the country.The announcement comes almost a year since Sierra Leone declared the Mpox emergency after two cases of the virus were confirmed…

Nigeria: Bandits abduct Imam, businessman in Kano

KANO (Nigeria), Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of Zurin Mahuta village in Lakwaya community, Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State, have come under attack as bandits abducted an Imam and a businessman in the area.A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Vanguard, said the bandits invaded the…

Pres Ramaphosa calls on South Africans to deepen reconciliation for future generations

NGUTHU (Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), Dec 17 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to reaffirm their commitment to reconciliation, unity and nation-building, saying the country’s democratic foundation was built on choosing healing over vengeance. Delivering the keynote address at the national commemoration of the Day of Reconciliation…

Russia: 1 killed, 1 injured in school stabbing in Moscow region

MOSCOW, Dec 16 (NNN-XINHUA) — A student was fatally stabbed by a minor, who also wounded a security guard, at an educational institution in the Moscow region early Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. The incident occurred at the Gorki-2 settlement in the western district of Odintsovsky, the committee said,…

US military kills 8 in latest attacks on vessels in eastern Pacific

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has said it killed eight people in new attacks on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, days after the US military seized a Venezuelan oil tanker amid Washington’s continuing military buildup in Latin America. In a post on social media, the US…

9 African migrants died in freezing temperatures near Morocco-Algeria border

RABAT, Dec 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Exposure to freezing temperatures near Morocco’s border with Algeria killed nine African migrants, a tragedy that rights groups in the North African country called deeply concerning and a violation of the right to freedom of movement. The bodies of seven men and two women were…

Bolivian Supreme Court CJ mugged while on vacation in Brazil

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Dec 16 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Romer Saucedo and his family were robbed on Dec 6 while vacationing in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, it was reported this weekend in La Paz. The incident, which occurred at a hotel on…