16 Latin American countries and US activate regional defence treaty against Venezuela
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries in the Americas voted to activate a regional defense treaty against Venezuela, responding…
Mexico apologizes to victim of 1970s ‘Dirty War’
MEXICO CITY, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico made an official, public apology to a former member of a Marxist guerrilla…
Haiti: Senator opens fire outside parliament, wounds photographer
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Haitian senator trying to disperse protesters opened fire with a pistol outside parliament on…
Amazon fires: Brazil arrests 63, levies $8.7 million in fines
BRASILIA, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s defense minister said 63 people were arrested and issued fines amounting to $8.7 million…
Zimbabwe: Capital city shuts main water plant, shortages loom
HARARE, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s capital shut its main water works citing shortages of foreign currency to import treatment…
Algeria: Top figures go on military trial for alleged plot
Said Bouteflika: Brother of deposed Algerian leader goes on trial ALGIERS, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria’s one-time kingmaker and intelligence…
Somali president signs anti-corruption law
MOGADISHU, Sept 224 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed signed an anti-graft bill into law, a long-awaited piece of…
Zimbabwe: Former Pres Mugabe died from cancer, president says
HARARE, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe died from cancer after chemotherapy treatment was stopped because it…
Ebola virus: Tanzania failing to provide details, WHO says
GENEVA, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about possible Ebola virus infections.…
Kenya school collapse: Seven dead and 64 injured in Nairobi
NAIROBI, Sept 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —At least seven children have died after a classroom collapsed at a primary school in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials…