South Sudan factions miss deadline to assemble fighters: peace monitor
JUBA, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Signatories to South Sudan’s fragile peace have missed a deadline set by the regional east…
Zambia, DR Congo seal maize export deal
LUSAKA, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a memorandum of understanding for the…
DPRK fires unidentified ballistic missile off east coast: South Korea
North Korea has fired a missile, its ninth launch since June SEOUL, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired an…
Iraq: Baghdad seals off Green Zone after protests – government source
BAGHDAD, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iraqi authorities sealed off the central Green Zone just four months after its celebrated opening,…
Four dead, seven still missing from sunken ship in Atlantic
FORT-DE-FRANCE BAY (Martinique), Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of three crew members have been recovered from the Atlantic after…
‘Ocean Cleanup’ ship sweeps first Pacific plastic
ROTTERDAM (Netherlands), Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A special ship designed to clean the oceans has harvested its first plastic from…
Bangladesh: Floodwater maroons 78,000 people in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj
DHAKA, Oct 3 (NNN-BSS) — Nearly 78,000 people from 18,589 families havebeen marooned due to onrush of floodwater from upstream…
Ethiopia PM mobilises Oromo parties to cooperate in 2020 vote
Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA, Oct 2 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed urged political parties in…
Nigerian Pres Buhari heads to South Africa for state visit
ABUJA, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday depart for South Africa on a three day…
Russian PM to visit Cuba to strengthen cooperation
HAVANA, Oct 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is set to visit Cuba on Thursday and Friday to…