Empty nets as overfishing and climate change sap Lake Malawi

SENGA BAY (Malawi), July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) –: On the shores of Lake Malawi, a crowd eagerly awaits the arrival of a white and yellow cedarwood boat carrying its haul. The crew of six deliver a single net of chambo, sardine and tiny usipa fish from the boat, just one of…

US: Pres Trump says weekend deportation raids against illegal migrants were ‘very successful’

WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said that raids over the weekend aimed at immigrants who had been ordered deported were “very successful” even though much of the activity was not visible to the public. Trump had vowed to launch mass deportation roundups over the weekend, causing immigrants…

French president vows to help restart Serbia-Kosovo dialogue

BELGRADE, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to help restart dialogue and reach a long-lasting agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, former war foes who have been locked in a diplomatic spat for months. Visiting Serbia’s capital Belgrade, Macron said that he would organise a meeting in the…

Ebola case in DR Congo a ‘potential gamechanger’: WHO

GENEVA, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A confirmed Ebola case in the key Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma is a “potential game-changer” in the epidemic that will be assessed by a WHO emergency response board, the UN said. World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the agency’s emergency…

Three children, woman killed in France train-car crash

PARIS, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman and three children were killed on Monday when a train smashed into their car at a level crossing in eastern France. Four people on the regional train travelling from the city of Reims to Epernay in the Champagne region suffered minor injuries in the…

Pompeo hopes US, North Korea can be ‘more creative’ in nuclear talks

WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped both North Korea and the United States could “be a little more creative” as the two sides push to restart talks aimed at ending Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Pompeo did not say when the negotiations would begin.…

Eyeing post-Brexit trade deals, Britain looks to train school-leavers as future negotiators

LONDON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As Britain prepares to carry out its own trade negotiations for the first time in decades, the government has launched a scheme to recruit and train school-leavers as future commerce experts. The Department of International Trade, which was created after the 2016 vote to leave…

Congo Republic IMF deal expected to unlock $2 bln in AfDB funds

ABIDJAN, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Approval of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout for Congo Republic this week is expected to unlock around $2 billion in funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), an official with the Abidjan-based multilateral lender said. Following two years of negotiations, the IMF’s executive board…

Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo expected to get life sentence from US judge

NEW YORK, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIESD) — After a dramatic decades-long run as one of the world’s most notorious druglords, there is little suspense about what will happen in a New York courtroom on Wednesday: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to be sentenced to life in prison. The hearing is…

Gunmen kidnap mother of former Nigeria Super Eagles coach

ABUJA, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen have kidnapped Beauty Siasia, 75, the mother of former Nigeria national football coach, Samson Siasia.She was taken in her village in Bayelsa state, southern Nigeria, in the early hours of Monday.A family member said the men broke in through the back door of the…