Top Spain court to rule Monday on Catalan separatist leaders’ fate

MADRID, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain’s Supreme Court is expected to issue a verdict Monday in the controversial case of 12 Catalan leaders over their role in a failed 2017 independence bid that sparked the country’s worst political crisis in decades. Tension has been mounting steadily ahead of the ruling…

Update: Britain, EU enter make-or-break Brexit week

LONDON, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain and the EuropeanUnion on Monday enter a pivotal week that determines if they are still oncourse to reach amicable divorce terms — and when Brexit might finallyoccur. Queen Elizabeth II is due to step into the fray by performing herceremonial duty of informing parliament…

Four Malawi protesters charged over stoning policeman to death

LILONGWE, Oct 14 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Four Malawian protesters have been charged with the murder of a policeman who was stoned to death during clashes between pro- and anti-government demonstrators outside the capital Lilongwe, police said.A wave of protests has gripped Malawi since disputed elections in May, and Superintendent Usumani Imedi…

At least 10 Kenyan police killed by bomb near Somali border – Police

A file photo of an injured Kenyan police officer being helped by his colleagues after they were ambushed by Somalia’s al-Shabaab fighters near the Kenya-Somalia border NAIROBI, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least ten Kenyan police were killed when their vehicle struck a homemade bomb near the border with Somalia…

African migrants in Mexico brave odds to reach the States

MEXICO CITY, Oct 14 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A migrant caravan made of mainly African migrants took off in Southern Mexico Saturday, hoping to reach the United States.The group including children, proceeded on foot about 30 km from the southern state of Chiapas near Gautemala before being apprehended.According to witnesses, Mexico’s military…

South African Pres Ramaphosa arrives in London for Financial Times Africa Summit

LONDON, Oct 14 (NNN-SANEWS) — South African Pres Cyril Ramaphosa arrived on Sunday in London, United Kingdom, for a two-day working visit. The President will deliver the opening address at the 6th Financial Times Africa Summit on Monday. The summit is being held at Claridge’s in London. On the sidelines…

Guinea’s Nimba iron ore project gets green light to export via Liberia

A freight train from ArcelorMittal carrying iron ore from the Nimba deposit to the port of Buchanan, Liberia. CONAKRY, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea and Liberia signed a deal to allow several mines in Guinea, including the giant Nimba iron ore project, to export through Liberia, officials from the West…

Brexit: ‘Intense technical’ talks between UK and EU in Brussels

BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Negotiators from the UK and EU are having what has been described as “intense technical discussions” in an attempt to agree a new Brexit deal. About a dozen British officials, including the UK’s EU adviser David Frost, are taking part in the talks at the EU Commission in…

Poland election: Governing party claims victory after exit poll

PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski (c) and Prime Minister Mateusz Marowiecki WARSAW, Oct 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poland’s governing Law and Justice party (PiS) has claimed victory in Sunday’s general election. An exit poll gave the conservative nationalist party 43.6% of the vote, enough to take a majority in the lower house of…

Spain approves measures to mitigate tourism effects following Thomas Cook bankruptcy

MADRID, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) — The acting Spanish government has approved a package of emergency measures to limit the effects of the collapse of British holiday operator Thomas Cook on the Spanish tourist sector. Among the series of emergency measures approved that valued at about 800 million euros, 200 million euros have been designated to…