Netherlands to return stolen ancient sculpture to Egypt

The stone head of an Egyptian official AMSTERDAM, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Netherlands has said it will return a stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt.It is “highly likely” the stone head, dating from the time of the pharaohs, was plundered during the Arab Spring in either 2011 or 2012, according…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa hails ‘successful’ three-nation visit to Southeast Asia

PRETORIA, Nov 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the importance of diversifying South Africa’s trade relations as economic turbulence continues on a global scale. This as the President travelled to Southeast Asia last week, in a bid to deepen trade and relations with the nations of Indonesia, Vietnam…

Italy: Worker dies after medieval tower partly collapses in Rome

Onlookers watch as dust rises after parts of the Torre dei Conti collapsed, near Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Italy ROME, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A worker who was pulled from the rubble of a medieval tower that partly collapsed in Rome died on Tuesday (Nov 4), Italian media reported,…

Spain: Valencia leader resigns over handling of deadly floods

Thousands of people marched in Valencia last month carrying banners demanding the resignation of Mazón VALENCIA (Spain), Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The president of Spain’s Valencia region, Carlos Mazón, has resigned after months of pressure over his handling of flash floods last year. A total of 229 people died in…

Nigeria: Christian, Muslim push back on threatened US strikes

A newspaper with an article reporting US President Donald Trump’s message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hangs at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria ABUJA, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerians across the religious spectrum pushed back Monday on US President Donald Trump’s threats of military intervention over…

Guinea: Coup leader enters presidential race despite earlier promise to hand power to a civilian government

CONAKRY, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The military commander who has ruled Guinea since a coup four years ago has entered the presidential race, breaking an earlier promise to hand power to a civilian government. Col Mamadi Doumbouya submitted his candidacy at the Supreme Court on Monday, flanked by soldiers and…

Sudan crisis: Thousands flee as conflict spreads east from Darfur – UN

PORT SUDAN (Sudan), Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Over 36,000 Sudanese civilians have fled towns and villages in the Kordofan region east of Darfur, the United Nations said, just over a week after paramilitary forces overran the city of El-Fasher. In recent weeks, the central Kordofan region — a strategic hinge…

Tanzania president sworn in as opposition says hundreds killed in protests

NAIROBI, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan played down days of bloody protest as she was inaugurated on Monday, with an internet blackout still in place as the opposition says hundreds were killed. The electoral commission said Hassan won 98 percent of the vote. The main opposition…

UK: Four slightly hurt in train derailment caused by a landslide

SHAP (Cumbria, United Kingdom), Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were slightly injured Monday when a train derailed in the early morning following a reported landslide in the remote hills of northwest England, emergency and rail services said. Dozens of passengers were led off the 4:28 am Avanti West Coast service train from Glasgow…

German plans to lower industrial power costs from January

BERLIN, Nov 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany plans to begin a scheme to slash energy costs for power-hungry manufacturers in January, the economy minister said, part of efforts to revive Europe’s struggling industrial powerhouse. Sectors like chemicals and steel production have long been complaining that high electricity prices in Germany are adding to their burdens.…