Walmart seeks police protection in riot-hit Chile
SANTIAGO, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Walmart has sought court orders for police protection in protest-wracked Chile after more than 120…
Dec 12 elections: Protest city, Algiers shunned by most Algerian candidates
The five candidates for the Dec 12 elections ALGIERS, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Campaigning has officially started for the Dec 12 presidential election in…
‘32 militants killed’ in Burkina Faso sex slave raid
Security forces in Burkina Faso have been under pressure as militant attacks increase OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The army…
Nigeria bandits ‘slit throats and kill children’
Many villagers have been attacked in Nigeria’s Zamfara state over the years ABUJA, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian police say…
Volta secessionists declared wanted, police to place them on Interpol red alert
Charles Komi Kudzordzi [with walking stick] declared Western Togoland independent on Nov 16 ACCRA, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police are…
Floods affect over 547,000 people in Somalia: UN
MOGADISHU, Nov 19 (NNN-XINHUA) — Flooding in parts of Somalia has impacted more than 547,000 people, of whom 370,000 have…
Mali army loses 24 soldiers in Niger border attack
BAMAKO, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Twenty-four soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants in eastern Mali, the country’s army has…
Russia returns Ukrainian boats seized off Crimea
Russia’s coastguard tows a seized Ukrainian vessel out of the port in Kerch KIEV, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Russia has returned three…
More than 100,000 children in migration-related US detention: UN
Child migrants are seen outside the US Border Patrol McAllen Station in a makeshift encampment in McAllen, Texas GENEVA, Nov…
Curfew imposed in Port Sudan after tribal clashes
KHARTOUM, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Port Sudan said it had imposed a night-time curfew in the Red Sea…