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 peacefully ending a road blockade by an indigenous community that has halted exports from one of the country’s biggest copper mines. Prime Minister Salvador del Solar said the government commission,…

U.S., Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras agree joint police operations

TEGUCIGALPA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it had reached an agreement with three Central American countries to carry out joint police operations in the region, as the Trump administration seeks to stem the flow of migrants across its southern border. The governments of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador…

MoroccO: Government to sack striking teachers – education minister

RABAT, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Teachers who have instigated a four-week strike will be fired along with trainees who joined them, Morocco’s education minister said. The striking teaches should “stop disrupting public education” and return to the classrooms or face a similar dismissal procedure, Said Amzazi said at a news…

Mexico Began Deporting Cubans

Mexico Began Deporting Cubans HAVANA, March 28 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — A group of 66 Cuban citizens deported from Mexico arrived in Havana Wednesday as part of the migration agreements between both countries. A Mexican Federal Police aircraft landed at Jose Marti International Airport with 45 men, 20 women and a…

Kenya, Uganda to push for more regional integration

NAIROBI, March 28 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his visiting Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni re-emphasized their commitment to regional and continental integration. Kenyatta endorsed Museveni’s long-standing commitment to continental and regional integration saying it is the path to transforming African countries from being developing to truly developed economies.…

Kenya: 14 killed in grisly Matuu road accident

NAIROBI, March 28 (NNN-KBC) — At least 14 people were Wednesday morning killed after the bus they were traveling in rammed into a stationary truck in Matuu, Machakos County.   The bus was heading to Nairobi from Mandera when the accident occurred. Several other passengers sustained injuries and were rushed to Matuu…

Security Council extends mandate of UN mission in Somalia

UNITED NATIONS, March 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Security Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until March 31, 2020. Under Resolution 2461, UNSOM will continue to provide strategic support and advice to the federal government of Somalia and the…

Mass graves for Mozambique cyclone victims, death toll at 534

BEIRA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambican authorities held a mass burial for about forty victims of the tropical cyclone that ravaged the country. The burial took place in the Sussundenga district in the country’s western Manica Province.Cyclone Idai left a trail of death and destruction with flood waters only beginning…

South Africa military continues rescue mission in Malawi, Mozambique

PRETORIA, March 28 (NNN-SANEWS) — The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says it is continuing its relief efforts in flood-ravaged Malawi and Mozambique.   This follows the devastation caused by tropical cyclone Idai, which made landfall across areas in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, leaving a trail of destruction, death and…

Wildfires blaze across unseasonably hot, dry Portugal

GONDOMIL (Portugal), March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters struggled on Wednesday to contain wildfires which erupted far earlier in the season than usual because of unexpectedly hot and windy weather. Ten fires were burning across the country, most in the north, several months before the late spring season…