Bosnia: Karadzic could be jailed for life in final Srebrenica appeal ruling

THE HAGUE, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will face U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday for a ruling that will end one of the highest profile legal battles stemming from the Balkan wars of the 1990s that saw the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. Karadzic, 73,…

Nineteen bags containing human remains found in Mexico

MEXICO CITY: Mexican prosecutors said they were investigating the discovery of 19 plastic bags containing human remains in Jalisco, a western state that has been battered by surging levels of gang violence. The attorney general’s office of Jalisco said forensic experts were working to establish whether the bags contained complete…

Tunisia: 15 babies killed by hospital infection, probe finds

TUNIS, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen babies were killed by an infection at a Tunisian state hospital, investigators said Friday, as they announced a new death toll in a scandal which has sparked public outrage. Investigations were launched after newborns at the Rabta state hospital in Tunis started dying last…

CARICOM Condemns Attack on Two Mosques in New Zealand

GEORGETOWN (GUYANA), March 16 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) condemned in the strongest terms terrorist attacks against two mosques in New Zealand, with a preliminary death toll of 49 and 48 wounded. The regional organization, on Twitter , expressed its rejection of ‘the savage act’ perpetrated by armed…

Kenya: Pres Uhuru holds talks with Madagascar, Sri Lanka Presidents

President Kenyatta meeting with Sri Lankan President Sirisena NAIROBI, March 16 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi, separately held talks with Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. The Presidents of Madagascar and Sri Lanka were in the country to attend the One Planet…

Venezuela frees German journalist after four months

CARACAS, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – German journalist Billy Six, detained by Venezuelan intelligence services four months ago, was freed Friday in Caracas — but must report to the court every 15 days, an NGO confirmed. Six was arrested in northern Falcon state for allegedly photographingPresident Nicolas Maduro “very closely,” according…

Three-storey building collapses in Nigeria’s Ibadan, second in three days: police

LAGOS, March 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — A three-storey building collapsed Friday in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Ibadan with casualties feared, local police said. The building collapsed in a residential area in Ibadan, capital of the southern state of Oyo. It was an uncompleted building currently under construction, said Shina Olukolu, the…

Gambian President sacks Vice, 2 Ministers

Gambian President, Adama Barrow BANJUL, March 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — President of The Gambia Adama Barrow on Friday fired his vice president Ousainou Darboe – with immediate effect. A statement from the Office of the President said Darboe “has been relieved of his cabinet appointment as Vice President of the Republic…

South Africa’s Zuma won’t seek MP seat, party list shows

JOHANNESBURG, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former South African president Jacob Zuma will not seek a place in parliament in the May 8 elections, the ruling party has said, surprising those who expected him to try to stage a comeback. Zuma, who has had a fraught relationship with his successor Cyril Ramaphosa…

Nigeria school building collapse killed 20 people: Lagos health official

LAGOS, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty people were killed and 45 others survived in Wednesday’s collapse of a four-storey building containing a primary school in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, the state health commissioner said.  Commissioner Jide Idris gave no details of how many children were among the dead but he…