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 woman to beelected mayor of the capital Bogota. The 49-year-old center-left candidate, who is openly gay, won the localelection with 35.2 percent of the vote ahead of liberal Carlos Fernando…

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 law enforcement salaries on Sunday, police said, while anti-government marchers also took to the streets. The first victim was shot during a protest demanding that President JovenelMoise step down. The…

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 a week amid mass protests, but demonstrations continued nonetheless. The decision to lift the decree at midnight, just two days after more thana million people took to the country’s streets…

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, official results showed, bringing to an end the crisis-plagued rule ofmarket-friendly incumbent Mauricio Macri. Fernandez, a 60-year-old law professor, had nearly 48 percent of the votes— crossing the threshold for…

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 Nobel Peace Prize,Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has seen his reputation put to test following recent violence in his country. On Saturday he denounced “an attempt to provoke an ethnic…

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 heady days of the revolution of 2011 – which unseated long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi – are long gone. In the ensuing years there has been a Libya-like rendition of 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 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique’s incumbent President Filipe Nyusi has won 73% of the vote in a presidential election, the National Election Commission (CNE) said, securing a landslide victory in a contest…

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 bulk of sanctions it imposed on Zimbabwe and engaging in progressive dialogue.The 28-member bloc imposed sanctions on Harare in 2002 but has been progressively reviewing the embargo in recognition of…

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 hold an early election and break Britain’s Brexit impasse, saying the country was being held “hostage” by parliament. But with the main opposition Labour Party waiting for the European Union…

Russian woman convicted by US of being agent returns home

Maria Butina upon her arrival at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow MOSCOW, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian national Maria Butina, who was jailed in the United States in April after admitting to working as a Russian agent, arrived in Moscow on Saturday, greeted by her father and Russian journalists who…