Kenya and Uganda sign pact to end cross-border conflicts

Speaking during the launch ceremony in Moroto town, President Kenyatta welcomed the agreement saying it will help spur development in the region which has for many years suffered unnecessary communal conflicts NAIROBI, Sept 14 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni witnessed the signing of an…

Belarus to donate medicines to Venezuela

MINSK, Sept 14 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Belarus will donate medical supplies worth over $200,000 to Venezuela, in the face of the US blockade that hinders the purchase of medicines and starting materials to manufacture them in Caracas. On the list of medicines, there are 35 products worth Br442,013 (over $214,000…

Venezuela: Pres Maduro announces direct flights between Caracas and Moscow

CARACAS, Sept 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the opening of a direct Caracas-Moscow flight, as part of friendship and cooperation agreements entrenched today between the South American nation and Russia. During a public address, Maduro highlighted recently agreed alliances in different areas for bilateral collaboration, in…

South African president calls for joint sitting of Parliament to address gender-based violence

PRETORIA, Sept 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for a joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament to discuss measures to combat rising gender-based violence in the country. “We all have a responsibility to ensure that these events become a turning point in our fight to…

Twitter restores some blocked Cuban official accounts

HAVANA, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twitter has restored some of the accounts of Cuban state-run media, journalists and government officials it had blocked on Wednesday, although others like that of Communist Party leader Raul Castro remain suspended. Cuban officials have accused Twitter, a social media firm based in the United…

Ethiopia army arrests Daesh members recruiting, arming locals

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned about attempts by Somalia-based al-Shabaab to set up base in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Ethiopian army official says members of the Daesh group have been detained in the East African country.Berhanu Jula, deputy chief of Ethiopia’s military, told the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency that there is…

Mexico slams US Supreme Court order on asylum restrictions

Immigrants from Central America and Mexican citizens queue to cross into the US to apply for asylum MEXICO CITY, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said that Mexico’s government doesn’t agree with an “astonishing” US Supreme Court order that would block migrants from countries other than Mexico…

UN renews Libyan mission amid ceasefire efforts

Libya has many armed militias who nominally back two centres of political power in the east and west UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the support mission in Libya (Unsmil) by a year in an effort to assist the country’s severely…

France and Germany agree to block Facebook’s Libra

PARIS, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France and Germany have agreed to block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, the French finance ministry said on Friday.In a joint statement, the two governments affirmed that “no private entity can claim monetary power, which is inherent to the sovereignty of nations”.French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire…

Nigeria has world’s ‘most missing in conflict’ – ICRC

Hundreds of thousands of people have had to flee their villages amid attacks by Boko Haram GENEVA, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria has the highest number of registered missing people because of conflict in the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says.There are nearly 22,000 people registered…