Stick to defence spending pledge, NATO chief tells Germany

BRUSSELS, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany must honour its own promises on defence spending, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg insisted Monday, as the alliance prepares to mark its 70th anniversary amid unprecedented tensions with Washington. NATO foreign ministers meet in the US capital this week for a low-key celebration of the…

Mexico to maintain position of prudence, friendship with U.S.: Pres Obrador

MEXICO CITY, April 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico must “act prudently” and have a “friendship policy,” said Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in response to the declarations made by U.S. President Donald Trump to close the U.S.-Mexico border. During his daily morning press conference, Lopez Obrador said he preferred to…

Urgent funding needed for Libya refugee crisis: UNHCR

TRIPOLI, April 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it needs 88.1 million U.S. dollars in urgent funding for its work in Libya this year. The UNHCR said that more than 57,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been registered in Libya until the end of…

Peru: Tourism generated US$4.895 billion in 2018

LIMA, April 2 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s inbound tourism generated US$4.895 billion in revenue in 2018, thus increasing 7% compared to the previous year, privately-run Foreign Trade Society (ComexPeru) has informed. According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, the Inca country welcomed 4.4 million foreign tourists last year, a 9.6% rise…

Venezuelan migrants say they fear expulsion from socialist Bolivia, ally of Pres Maduro

LA PAZ, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of Venezuelans who fled to Bolivia over recent months to escape economic and political unrest at home say they fear being deported from one of the few countries in the region that still supports the government of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Police last…

US heightens effort to return asylum seekers to Mexico

WASHINGTON, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US administration is intensifying measures to curb the flow of Central American asylum seekers crossing into the United States from Mexico, officials said, including sending more people back to Mexico to wait for their asylum claims to be heard by US courts. Department of Homeland…

South Africa to get ‘more facts’ on xenophobia attacks – FM

PRETORIA, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A meeting between South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lindiwe Sisulu, and diplomats from African countries has concluded in the capital Pretoria with a promise of another meeting later in the week.Two people were reportedly killed over the weekend following alleged xenophobic violence in the…

Dozens killed by bandits in Nigeria weekend raid

ABUJA, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed bandits killed at least 28 people over the weekend during raids in several villages in the Shinkafi area in Nigeria’s north-western state of Zamfara, the state government has said.Several others were injured and others escaped into the bush during the attack in five remote…

Over 2,000 civilians killed in Mali, Niger, Burkina in 5 months – Researchers

BAMAKO, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Africa’s Sahel region, which has an influx of military forces including the United Nations, European Union and French troops, has seen a huge surge in civilian deaths in the past five months because of attacks by militants and ethnic militias, researchers said. The Armed Conflict…

Mozambique: Cyclone cholera outbreak turns deadly

Patients admitted in the hospital (File photo) BEIRA, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first cholera-related death has been confirmed in Mozambique’s port city of Beira, which is reeling from the aftermath of Cyclone Idai which hit the country earlier this month, health officials say.The number of cholera cases has almost…