Morocco’s Q2 economic growth slows to 2.4%, planning agency says
RABAT, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco’s economic growth slowed to 2.6% in the second quarter from 2.8% in the first…
Kenya: Presidential aide Itumbi arrested over letter alleging Deputy Pres Ruto assassination plot
NAIROBI, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Secretary for Digital in the communications department at the office of the Kenyan President,…
UN says Libyan guards reportedly shot at migrants fleeing air strikes
GENEVA/TRIPOLI, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations said it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants…
Kenya: Tanzanian and Kenyans get long sentences for Garissa University attack
NAIROBI, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A court in Kenya has sentenced a militant to life in prison for his role in…
Italy: Stromboli: One dead as volcano erupts in Stromboli Island
ROM, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A volcano has erupted on the Italian island of Stromboli, killing one person and sending…
US ‘hell-bent’ on hostility despite talks, North Korea says at UN
UNITED NATIONS, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea has accused the US of being “hell-bent on hostile acts”, despite a…
Smoking Kills 17 Australians Every Day: Study
CANBERRA, July 5 (NNN-XINHUA) —Smoking is killing 17 Australians every day through preventable heart attacks and other cardiovascular conditions, a study has found. The…
Embattled Boeing to give $100 mn to 737 MAX crash victims’ families
NEW YORK, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boeing, under scrutiny after two crashes that claimed 346 lives, announced it would give…
US Pres Trump: Migrants can opt ‘not to come’ if they dislike squalid camps
WASHINGTON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump brushed off reports of overcrowding and squalid conditions in migrant detention centers…
Mexico launches ‘permanent deployment’ on Guatemala border
TAPACHULA (Mexico), July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mexican government began a “permanent deployment” of federal forces along the Suchiate River…