Update: Brexit talks resume as divorce day looms

BRUSSELS, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meets Britain’s negotiating team on Tuesday as both sides seek a breakthrough with just weeks to go before this month’s ominous divorce deadline. The sitdown comes after Barnier said on Saturday that the European Union was ready to…

Mexico border wall: US Senate set to reject Pres Trump’s emergency declaration

WASHINGTON, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Republican-led US Senate is set to reject the national emergency Donald Trump declared to build his Mexico border wall, likely forcing the US president’s first veto, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. The House of Representatives, which is controlled by Democrats, passed the so-called resolution…

Drunk police officer kills colleague, three others at a bar in Burundi

BUJUMBURA, March 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A drunken police officer opened fire with a Kalashnikov in a bar in Gatumba, 15 km east of Bujumbura, killing four people and injuring four, police said. On Saturday “around 10pm in Gatumba, the policeman, Nizigiyimana Léopold shot and killed his colleague Magenge Léopold and…

Pres Kenyatta joins call for free movement of Africans across continent

Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta NAIROBI, March 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta joined calls to allow the free movement of Africans across the continent. Kenyatta said this during an official visit to Ethiopia where he met Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zwede. ‘There is need for our…

Liberia’s ‘missing millions’: Charles Sirleaf charged

Charles Sirleaf (centre) will be held in prison pending his trial MONROVIA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The son of Liberia’s ex-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been charged with economic sabotage in connection with the unlawful printing of local currency worth millions of dollars. Charles Sirleaf is suspected of pocketing some…

Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II: UK to return stolen hair

British soldiers took Emperor Tewodros II’s hair after the battle of Maqdala in 1868 LONDON/ADDIS ABABA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British museum is to return a lock of hair that the Ethiopian government considers a national treasure. It was cut from the head of Emperor Tewodros II, who killed…

Tanzania Arrests 65 ‘Witchdoctors’ Over Killings

Albinism affects around one in every 1,400 Tanzanians, far higher than average  DAR ES SALAAM, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Tanzania have arrested 65 “witchdoctors”, or traditional healers, in connection with the ritual killing of at least 10 children. The children were killed in January and many had body…

EU’s Barnier to meet UK Brexit negotiators on Tuesday

BRUSSELS, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will meet Britain’s negotiating team on Tuesday, an EU spokesman said, as both sides seek a breakthrough in the thorny Irish border issue. Barnier “will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon” with the UK attorney general Geoffrey Cox and Britain’s…

US restores mission status of ‘valuable partner’ EU

BRUSSELS, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United States said it hasrestored the EU’s mission in Washington to its former status, calling thebloc one of “its most valuable partners” as their troubled trade talks areset to resume. The US State Department lowered the European Union mission’s diplomaticstatus from member state to…

South African President Ramaphosa arrives in eSwatini for working visit

mBABANE, March 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in the Kingdom of eSwatini for a working visit. “The President and His Majesty King Mswati III will today hold discussions on bilateral, regional and continental issues, as well as international developments,” said the Presidency in a statement.…