Teenager swept by muddy floods in southern Algeria

ALGIERS, Sept 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — A yet unnamed young boy was missing in muddy floods caused by torrential rain in southern Algerian province of Bechar, the official APS news agency reported Sunday. Citing local authorities, APS news added that fire-fighting units had launched a wide scale search operation backed up…

Morocco: Death toll in bus crash rises to 14

RABAT, Sept 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The death toll on Sunday’s bus accident near southeastern Morocco city of Errachidia has risen to 14, officials said. Rescuers are still combing the region to find the missing people after rain storms unleashed flash floods that overturned the bus at a bridge on a…

Triple polls boost for British PM Johnson as political scraps continue over Brexit

LONDON, Sept 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was given a boost Sunday when three separate opinion polls gave his Conservative Party a lead over rivals. It came as a war of words continued following the resignation of one of Johnson’s key front bench ministers, Work and Pensions…

Xenophobia: South Africa, Nigeria committed to close ties – Pres Ramaphosa

PRETORIA, Sept 9 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Nigeria are resolute in their shared commitment to build an Africa at peace with itself and others. The President reaffirmed South Africa-Nigeria relations as being firm and strong after his engagement with Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Special envoy…

South African crowds walk out of anti-xenophobia speech

Former IFP Leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi  JOHANNESBURG, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africans have disrupted a speech in Johannesburg by a veteran politician who was trying to quell tensions following a recent wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks.Mangosuthu Buthelez was heckled by a rowdy section of the crowd.Dozens of…

Pope Francis wraps up Africa tour with Mauritius visit

PORT LOUIS, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis arrives in Mauritius onMonday on the final stop of a three-nation Africa tour where he is expectedto celebrate the island nation’s tolerance and diversity. The Argentine pontiff will celebrate mass, visit the shrine of a Frenchpriest and meet political leaders in a…

One week after Dorian, Bahamians struggle amid the ruins

NASSAU, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One week after Hurricane Doriandevastated the Bahamas, residents struggled amid the ruins Sunday, with many forced to seek refuge far from their shattered homes as the death toll from the top-intensity storm hit 44 in the islands. Dorian, now classified as a post-tropical storm, caused…

Burkina Faso: At least 29 civilians killed in separate ambush, IED explosion

OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 29 people were killed intwo attacks in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, in a region prone to jihadist violence, the government said. One vehicle transporting people and goods “rode over an improvisedexplosive device (IED) in the Barsalogho area” leaving at least 15 passengersdead,…

Pope, on Madagascar visit, condemns clan culture of privilege, graft

Pope spoke out against “practices that lead to the culture of privilege and exclusion” ANTANANARIVO, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis, on a visit to Madagascar, on Sunday condemned what he said was its clan culture of privilege and corruption that allows a very few to live in wealth while…

Chile: Mass protest in Santiago against abuses of Pinochet era

SANTIAGO, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of Santiago on Sunday to honour the victims of General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, in a march that started peacefully but ended in violence. Although it has been 46 years since the military coup that brought Pinochet to power,…