Road accident in Mexico leaves 25 Central American migrants dead: official
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ (Mexico), March 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A truck packed with Central American migrants swerved off a highway in southern…
Malawi police block albino march
LILONGWE, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Malawi have blocked a protest march by people with albinism who were trying…
UN rights chief warns against harassment of Muslims in India
GENEVA, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations human rights chief has warned India that its “divisive policies” could undermine…
Tanzania judge frees on bail opposition leaders
DAR ES SALAAM, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s High Court has released on bail two senior opposition politicians who were…
South Africa seized with Israel embassy downgrade
PRETORIA, March 8 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa says government remains seized with the modalities of downgrading the South African…
One police officer hurt, seven militants killed in Cairo: Government
CAIRO, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Egyptian police officer was wounded and seven suspected militants were killed on Thursday in…
Three Indonesian soldiers killed in fresh Papua violence
JAKARTA, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three Indonesian soldiers were killed in a gun battle with armed separatist rebels in restive…
Pakistan escalates militant crackdown after Kashmir attacks
ISLAMABAD, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pakistan has detained more than 100 suspected militants, the country’s interior ministry said, amid an ongoing…
Sudanese protesters defy emergency measures to rally in Khartoum
KHARTOUM, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of protesters hit the streets in several neighbourhoods of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday…
Over 8 million Ethiopians need food aid due to violence, drought
ADDIS ABABA, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than eight million people need food aid in Ethiopia, a five per cent rise…