Sudan launches first-ever women’s football league

The women in a match KHARTOUM, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — History was made in Sudan on Monday with the first match of the brand new women’s football league being played in Khartoum Stadium – with chants of “civilian rule” from the crowd.It was a sight that would have been virtually…

Ghana: Pres Akufo-Addo launches national initiative to combat plastic waste

President Akufo-Addo ACCRA, Oct 2 (NNN-GNA) — President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched a national initiative geared at addressing and managing the environmental impact of plastic waste in the country. The Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), a collaboration with the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), will tackle the leakage…

EU supports Ghana with EUR6.5M to boost cassava and fruits export

Cassava farming in Ghana ACCRA, Oct 2 (NNN-GNA) — In an effort to improve the export value chains of cassava, fruits and cosmetics in Ghana, the European Union has launched the 6.35 million Euros West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) to boost trade opportunities. Currently being overseen by Ghana, the programme…

OCHA warns climate crisis causing food insecure in southern Africa

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that more than 9.2 million people across the southern Africa region are now severely food insecure due to a climate crisis that is impacting parts of the region, a UN spokesperson said. Stephane…

Cuba slams U.S. denial of visas to medical delegation

HAVANA, Oct 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Ministry criticized the United States for refusing visas to a medical delegation scheduled to take part in a high-level meeting of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). “We reject this arbitrary measure,” the ministry said in a statement, adding “the U.S. government without…

Ukraine reaches agreement on troop pullback in eastern Ukraine

KIEV, Oct 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that an agreement on the troop pullback in Petrivske, Donetsk Region and the city of Zolote, Luhansk Region was reached at a Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) meeting in Minsk on Tuesday. “An agreement was reached on the troop pullback. I…

Brazil: Jailed former pres Lula refuses to move to semi-open prison

BRASILIA, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rejected to move to a semi-open prison after spending a year and a half in a cell. Brazilian prosecutors who put Lula da Silva behind bars requested last week that Lula be moved from a regular closed…

US: Pres Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a ‘coup’

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Pres Donald Trump denounced the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency as a “coup,” as his administration pushed back hard against the investigation. Trump’s comments came after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed to prevent or delay five former or current State Department staffers from…

Peru in crisis after president dissolves opposition-run Congress

LIMA, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra consolidated power Tuesday in a tense stand-off with the opposition over corruption, confirming the backing of the armed forces, police and the international community after dissolving Congress. Opposition lawmakers accused Vizcarra of mounting a “coup d’etat,” voting to suspend him temporarily…

Spain: On anniversary of banned referendum, Catalan separatists keep up their fight

BARCELONA (Spain), Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Separatist leaders in Catalonia pledged to keep up their struggle for independence on the second anniversary of an ill-fated independence referendum, prompting Spain’s acting prime minister to warn them “not to play with fire”. The banned referendum and the short-lived declaration of independence that…