500 Chad troops enter Nigeria to help tackle Boko Haram

ABUJA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A contingent of more than 500 Chadian troops entered Nigeria on Friday to “lend a hand” to the Nigerian army in its efforts to tackle the Boko Haram group, a Chad army spokesman said. The soldiers, part of a regional force comprised of troops from…

Kenya ride-hailing firm Little has big plans for Africa expansion

Kamal Budhabhatti, CEO of Kenyan ride-hailing firm Little is seen at their offices after a Reuters interview in Nairobi, Kenya February 21, 2019. NAIROBI, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan ride-hailing company Little is expanding to Tanzania and Ghana by May and plans to raise about US$50 million more from investors,…

Sports court to rule in Semenya case by March 26

GENEVA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport said that it will deliver by March 26 a decision in the controversial case pitting South African double Olympic champion Caster Semenya against the IAAF. Semenya is challenging proposals by the International Association of Athletics Federations that aim to…

Brazil judge suspends Embraer-Boeing tie-up negotiations: court document

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Brazilian judge has suspended negotiations for the tie-up of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA and Boeing Co, according to a court document. The court issued an injunction suspending an Embraer shareholders meeting scheduled for Feb. 26 that would vote on whether to…

Deep 7.5-magnitude quake hits Ecuador-Peru border region

LIMA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A deep magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck the Peru-Ecuador border region early on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, causing tremors that the Ecuadorian president said were felt around the country. The quake’s epicenter was in a sparsely populated area 224 km east-southeast of Ambato, Ecuador, at a…

France says top Al-Qaeda commander killed in Sahel

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita welcomes his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Bamako on July 2, 2017. France has supported its former colonies in their fight against terrorism PARIS, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French forces have killed a top jihadist leader, Yahya Abou El Hamame, in an operation in Mali,…

Colombia demolishes former Escobar fortress in Medellin

MEDELLIN (Colombia), Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Colombia carried out a controlled explosion on Friday to demolish the former fortress of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in Medellin. A crowd of 1,600 people including some families of Escobar victims, watched as just before midday a loud detonation was heard and…

Mexico: Pres Obrador says will help ‘El Chapo’s’ sisters visit him in US

MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had ordered Mexican authorities to help two sisters of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman visit the drug lord in the United States following his conviction for narcotics trafficking. During his regular morning news conference, Lopez Obrador said…

Haiti police fire rubber pellets at mourners as protests resume

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haitian police wary of renewed unrest after days of nationwide protests fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Friday to disperse about 200 hundred protesters and mourners carrying the casket of a man killed last week in anti-government riots. Police confronted the march near Haiti’s…

2.7 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015: UN

GENEVA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An estimated 2.7 million people have left Venezuela since 2015, the UN said, warning that the exodus amid a devastating political and economic crisis looked set to continue “unabated”. The figure from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) marks an increase from December, when 2.3…