Update: British PM Johnson pushes for poll as EU prepares Brexit delay
LONDON, Oct 28 (NNN-BSS/AFP) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson willmake a fresh push on Monday for an early election…
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…