Colombia: FARC-Party expels dissident commanders who took up arms

BOGOTA, Sept 5 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force party (FARC) has formally expelled its former leaders who split from the main organization to take up arms once again, condemning the new armed grouping and reaffirming their commitments to the principles of the 2016 peace agreements.  FARC’s official ethics commission…

Ugandan Pres Museveni makes case for African business success

President Museveni attending the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town. CAPE TOWN, Sept 5 (NNN-NEW VISION) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the success of businesses in Africa is important because it has a direct role in ending polarisation and causing sustainable peace.  Accompanied by First Lady Janet, he…

Govt monitoring situation in SA after two Kenyans are attacked

NAIROBI, Sept 5 (NNN-KNA) — Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amb. Monica Juma says the Kenyan Embassy in South Africa is in close contact with the government to ensure the safety of Kenyans and protection of their property in the wake of recent xenophobic attacks against non-nationals in several…

South Africa: Pres Ramaphosa calls for investors to join the “new momentum”

Pres Ramaphosa said South Africa is a fertile ground for new investment CAPE TOWN, Sept 5 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on investors to join in the new momentum and look south to South Afric. Addressing Brand South Africa’s interactive breakfast session held on the side-lines of the…

Impounded Air Tanzania plane allowed to leave SA

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South African court has set aside an earlier decision to impound an Air Tanzania plane. On Aug 24, the plane, an Airbus 220-300, had been prevented from taking off from Johannesburg because of a court injunction. A lawyer had argued in court that a…

Pope Francis in Mozambique seeks to strengthen peace accord

MAPUTO, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After a jubilant arrival in Mozambique at the start a three-nation African tour, Pope Francis on Thursday will meet with political and civil leaders to encourage them to consolidate a fragile peace accord. The pope’s three-day visit to Mozambique comes a month after the government…

Cuba sends doctors & teachers to hurricane hit Bahamas

HAVANA, Sept 5 (NNN-TELESUR) — Cuba’s government confirmed on Wednesday that they have sent a number of doctors and teachers to areas of the Bahamas which have been hit by Hurricane Dorian. The Cuban workers will assist local authorities in emergency relief, though they will also stay afterwards to help…

Bolivia has lost 1.7 million hectares to fire: government

LA PAZ, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires raging in Bolivia’s forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares, officials said Wednesday, amid an $11 million effort by the government to contain them. Environmentalists blame laws enacted under President Evo Morales, who has encouraged the burning of forest and…

Hurricane Dorian: Scale of Bahamas devastation emerges

NASSAU, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers have begun to reach areas of the northern Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian, with aerial images showing a trail of destruction. PM Hubert Minnis said some areas had been “decimated” and expected the current death toll of seven would rise. The hurricane winds that…

Former first lady of Honduras sentenced to 58 years in jail

Former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla de Lobo arrives at a court hearing TEGUCIGALPA, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The former first lady of Honduras Rosa Elena Bonilla, wife of ex-president Porfirio Lobo, was sentenced on Wednesday to 58 years in jail on charges of fraud and undue appropriation of funds,…