Iran ships stranded in Brazil are set to depart: officials

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Iranian ships stranded offthe coast of Brazil for weeks have sailed for home, officials said,after a court ordered state oil giant Petrobras to fuel up the vessels. The bulk carriers had been stuck at Paranagua port in the southern state ofParana since…

Cuba expands internet access, but under a very wary eye

HAVANA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All Cubans can now have Wi-Fi in theirhomes, as the island’s government extends internet access. “Cubans support and defend the revolution in every domain, both in the real and the virtual worlds,” Ernesto Rodriguez Hernandez, vice minister ofcommunications, said in an interview. In his eyes,…

US: Multiple victims as shooter opens fire at food festival in Los Angeles and old timers’ day party in New York

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shooter opened fire at a major food festival in the US state of California on Sunday, police said, with US media reporting at least one person killed and multiple others wounded. Footage on NBC showed people running as shots rang out at…

Morocco: King Mohammed VI marks two stable decades despite economic woes

King Mohammed VI RABAT, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — King Mohammed VI is preparing to mark 20 years on the throne of Morocco.The kingdom’s towns and cities have been decked out with flags to mark the anniversary on Tuesday, while newspapers have published editorials praising the monarch’s achievements.When he took the…

Libya: Air strike on hospital kills five doctors, says UN-backed govt

TRIPOLI, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An air strike has killed five doctors in a hospital in the southern outskirts of Libya’s capital Tripoli, an official from the UN-backed government says.A warplane belonging to Khalifa Hafta, the rogue general who commands the Libyan National Army, carried out the attack, the health…

Sudan protesters reject prosecutor’s report into June sit-in raid

KHARTOUM, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people have rallied in parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, to demand an independent investigation into a deadly June raid on a protest camp after a probe blamed its bloody dispersal on “rogue” military personnel. On June 3, gunmen in military fatigues stormed the…

Togolese protest in Nigeria’s Lagos against Faure Gnassingbe’s 4th term bid

LAGOS (Nigeria), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Togolese from several West African countries stormed Lagos to protest against Faure Gnassingbe’s attempts to run for a fourth term in office as president.The 10,000-strong protesters sang and danced to revolutionary songs in native Togolese dialects.Some of the placards carried by the…

Nigeria: Dozens of mourners ‘killed by Boko Haram’ at a funeral in Borno state

Men pray during a burial ceremony MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 65 people have lost their lives after suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno. Gunmen arrived on motorcycles and in vans at the village near the state capital,…

South Africa presidential panel backs limited land seizures

PRETORIA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A presidential panel in South Africa has proposed expropriation of land without compensation, but in limited circumstances. Land held purely for speculative purposes or occupied by tenants should be given away, it advises. White people, who make up just 9% of the population, own 72%…

WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola

ABUJA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) –The World Health Organization (WHO) said a shortage in funding to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo was finally being filled. Tedrus Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general , said that several countries had renewed pledges of financial aid…