Fishermen ‘beheaded by militants in Mozambique’

MAPUTO, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people, including four fishermen, have been beheaded by suspected militants in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado, Carta de Mocambique reports.Four fishermen, from the village of Nacotuco in Macomia district, were returning home from the sea when they were attacked along a main on…

Nigeria reduces fees for US citizens amid visa row

ABUJA, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigeria government has conceded to pressure by the US to reduce visa charges for Americans visiting the West African nation.Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola told journalists that the government had approved a reduction in visa charges for US citizens from $180 to $150.The climb down…

Turkey: Pres Erdogan eyes Russian fighter jets amid US standoff

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested his country may buy Russian-made Su-35 and Su-57 fighter jets instead of US-made F-35 fighters as the dispute between the NATO allies shows no sign of abating.Erdogan said Turkey was weighing the Russian aircraft purchase amid an ongoing spat…

Trump admin tightens citizenship rules for children of US military abroad

WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Children born to U.S. citizens stationed abroad as government employees or members of the U.S. military will no longer qualify for automatic American citizenship under a policy change unveiled on Wednesday by the Trump administration.Effective Oct 29, parents serving overseas in the U.S. armed forces…

Colombia President vows to hunt down rebels

President Iván Duque BOGOTA, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s president has vowed to hunt down Farc rebel commanders who have called on followers to take up arms after three years of peace.President Iván Duque offered $882,000 for the capture of each of the rebels who appeared in a video with…

South Africa police ‘arrest 17 in Pretoria over street violence’

File photo. PRETORIA, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, have arrested 17 people in connection with a violent, day-long protest that saw foreign-owned businesses being looted and torched, Johannesburg-based Times Live reports.The street protests began on Wednesday, a day after a local taxi driver was killed…

Collapse us if you can, British PM Johnson dares Brexit opponents

LONDON, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government on Thursday challenged opponents of Brexit in parliament to collapse the government or change the law if they wanted to thwart Britain’s exit from the European Union. More than three years since the Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom is heading…

Spanish coastguard rescues 208 migrants crossing from Africa to Spain

Spanish coastguards has rescued 208 migrants crossing from Africa to Spain. EPA MADRID, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 migrants were rescued on Wednesday by the Spanish coastguard as they attempted to make the crossing from Africa to Spain, rescue services said on Thursday. The rescue comes at a time when…

Nigeria: More than 50 abducted in attack on northwest village – residents

BAUCHI (Nigeria), Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 50 people, including pregnant women and children, were abducted in a raid on a village in northwest Nigeria, residents said. The attack on Wurma village in Katsina, northwest Nigeria, began around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. Police pegged the number of those…

Nigeria closes part of border with Benin to check rice smuggling

ABUJA, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria has partially closed its western border with Benin to curb rice smuggling that is threatening the country’s attempt to boost local production, the government said. The government wants Nigeria to be self-sufficient in rice and has imposed import controls but these have kept prices…