Nigeria delayed election: Electoral body cautions presidential candidates Buhari, Atiku

The opposition’s Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, Feb 20 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigeria’s electoral commission has called on politicians to ‘moderate their rhetoric’ ahead of Saturday Feb 23 delayed presidential election.The chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu called for calm as both president Muhammadu Buhari…

South Africa to market itself in the US

NEW YORK, Feb 20 (NNN-DANEWS) — Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Bulelani Magwanishe highlighted trade and investment opportunities in South Africa at the ongoing 22nd Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit in New York. Globally, the US accounts for 7% of South Africa’s total exports to the world and is…

Ford’s truck exit from South America to cost 2,700 jobs

DETROIT, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ford Motor Co said it would exit its heavy commercial truck business in Brazil in a plant closing that could cost more than 2,700 jobs, part of a global restructuring meant to end losses in different regions. Ford previously said the reorganization would result in…

Tanzanian court sentences Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ to 15 years for smuggling

Chinese businesswoman Yang Feng Glan, dubbed the “Ivory Queen”, is escorted by a prison warden at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Feb 19, 2019. Photo courtesy Emmanuel Herman DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the…

British PM Theresa May in Brussels again, seeking Brexit movement

BRUSSELS, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Theresa May makes another trip to Brussels on Wednesday, hoping European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker may prove more yielding than of late to salvage her Brexit deal. With Britain set to jolt out of the world’s biggest trading bloc in 37 days…

British teenager who joined Daesh group in Syria to lose UK citizenship – Home Office

LONDON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Daesh group in Syria, has had her British citizenship revoked, according to a letter sent to her family.  Begum, who gave birth to a son at the weekend, was discovered in…

Trump signs directive in move to create a US Space Force

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday took a step needed for lawmakers to begin the lengthy process of creating a US Space Force, a new branch of the military dedicated to handling threats in space. Trump signed Space Policy Directive 4, which puts in place the foundation…

Venezuela’s military ‘on alert,’ closes Curacao border ahead of aid shipment

CARACAS, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) -– Venezuela’s military said it was on “alert” at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump and ordered its border with Curacao closed ahead of a planned aid shipment. Opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaido vowed to bring aid in from various…

Angola, Uruguay sign agreement on Tourism

SIGNING CEREMONY OF COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ANGOLA AND URUGUAY LUANDA, Feb 20 (NNN-ANGOP) — Angola and Uruguay signed Tuesday two cooperation agreements in the areas of Tourism and Social Action, Family and Women’s Promotion, as part of three-day visit to Angola by Foreign Affairs minister of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa…

US: Democrats warn Pres Trump may rush nuclear transfer to Saudis

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the Royal Court. Photo courtesy SPA WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US lawmakers said they were probing whether President Donald Trump is rushing to sell sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia to please…