Colombia elects first woman mayor of Bogota
BOGOTA, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fightagainst corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first…
Two dead as hundreds of police, supporters march in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 28 (AFP) – Two people were killed as severalhundred police and their supporters demonstrated in Haiti’s capital forbetter…
Chile president lifts state of emergency, protests continue
SANTIAGO, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Monday ended a state of emergency that lasted more than…
Peronist Fernandez wins Argentine presidential election
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peronist candidate Alberto Fernandez swept to a first-round triumph in Argentina’s presidential election Sunday,…
Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed denounces killings in demonstrations
Violence broke out on Wednesday in the capital, Addis Ababa ADDIS ABABA, Oct 28 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — After winning the 2019…
Libya in chaos as endless war rumbles on
TRIPOLI, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For almost a decade the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has seen a kaleidoscope of conflict. The…
President Filipe Nyusi wins 73% of vote in Mozambique election
A local holds a card with a picture of Mozambique’s president and leader of the Frelimo Party MAPUTO, Oct 28…
Zimbabwean president commends EU for reducing sanctions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa HARARE, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended the European Union (EU) for removing the…
Brexit: Stop holding UK ‘hostage’, government says as it steps up pressure on parliament
LONDON, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boris Johnson’s Conservatives stepped up pressure on lawmakers to back the prime minister’s bid to…
Russian woman convicted by US of being agent returns home
Maria Butina upon her arrival at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow MOSCOW, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian national Maria Butina,…