WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola
ABUJA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) –The World Health Organization (WHO) said a shortage in funding to halt the spread of the…
Guinea: Four killed in rock slide at gold-mining site
CONAKRY, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least four people including a two-year-old girl and her mother were killed in a…
Britain: PM Johnson makes first Scotland trip in bid to boost union
LONDON, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES)–– New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make his first official visit to Scotland on Monday…
Peru: Pres Vizcarra urges elections to end ‘institutional crisis’
LIMA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra offered to cut short his term and hold elections to end…
Russia: Opposition leader Navalny hospitalised after ‘allergic reaction’ in jail
MOSCOW, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was taken from jail to hospital suffering an allergic…
US intel chief to leave Trump administration
WASHINGTON, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US intelligence chief Dan Coats will leave office next month, Pres Donald Trump announced, after…
Antigua – Barbuda and Kosovo establish diplomatic relations, abolish visa requirements
(Sitting left to right) Ambassadors Vlora Citaku and Sir Ronald Sanders. Frymezim Isufaj and Joy-Dee Davis, Minster Counsellors (Standing left…
Lesotho: 700,000 Basotho face severe hunger – UN
MASERU, July 27 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — While politicians continue bickering over power, Lesotho faces its worst hunger crisis in recent years…
Brazil stimulus plan will allow workers to withdraw money from severance fund
BRASILIA, July 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil hopes to inject US$ 11.2 billion into its slowing economy after announcing a plan…
Argentina: YPF hires an LNG tanker to ship Vaca Muerta shale gas to global markets
BUENOS AIRES, July 27 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s YPF said it reached a preliminary agreement with Texas-based Excelerate Energy to hire…