UK parliament speaker allows Brexit divorce deal vote on Friday
LONDON, March 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – British parliament speaker John Bercow gave his go-ahead for a vote by MPs on Friday…
Venezuela: Pres Maduro announces ban on rival holding public office
12 CARACAS, March 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government, bolstered by a Russian military deployment infuriating the US,…
Russia ‘not threatening anyone’ in Venezuela: foreign ministry
MOSCOW, March 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s military presence inVenezuela does not present a threat to anyone, Moscow said after USPresident…
Bangladesh 1971 war of independence: Five fugitive Netrokona Razakars sentenced to death
DHAKA, March 29 (NNN-BSS) – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1sentenced five fugitive Razakars from Purbodhola, Netrokona, to deathfor their crimes…
Bangladesh: Skyscraper inferno kills 19 in Banani
At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire at a high-rise office bloc in Dhaka’s…
351,000 displaced in Anglophone Cameroon – UN wants $219m in aid
GENEVA, March 28 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is appealing for urgent funding to cater for displaced Cameroonians…
Liberia: Switzerland will try former rebel leader Alieu Kosiah for war crimes
BERN (Switzerland), March 28 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — In a ground-breaking case, Swiss prosecutors have announced that Alieu Kosiah, a former commander…
Congo-Kinshasa: President Tshisekedi to Make First State Visit to U.S.
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi KINSHASA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will meet U.S. Secretary…
Africa: Diseases Cost Africa U.S.$2.4 Trillion a Year – WHO
PRAIA, March 29 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The World Health Organisation has launched a new report titled “A Heavy Burden – An Indirect Course…
Peru officials head to Andes in hopes of ending copper road blockade
LIMA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — High-ranking government officials in Peru travelled to a highland region on Wednesday in hopes of…