Kenya: 21 dead, 30-plus missing in landslide caused by heavy rain – minister

NAIROBI, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 21 people died and more than 30 were still missing in a landslide on Saturday caused by heavy rains in western Kenya, the interior minister said. The landslide occurred overnight in Marakwet East in the west of the country, which is currently in…

UK: Police say train stabbing attack not ‘terrorism’, one suspect released

HUNTINGDON (United Kingdom), Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK police said a British nationals were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a train in eastern England, adding the attack was not a “terrorist incident”. Two people were initially arrested over the attack, with one released without…

Brazil boasts drop in deforestation ahead of UN climate talks

BRASILIA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has fallen for the fourth straight year, the government said, a boost for the country just days before it hosts UN climate talks. Brazil is home to the largest share of the vast rainforest, which spans nine countries and is…

Sudan: PM Kamil Idris demands international trial over RSF ‘crimes’ after fall of El-Fasher city

GENEVA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s prime minister has called for atrocities committed in the city of El-Fasher, seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, to be tried in the international courts. But Kamil Idris, in an interview with Switzerland’s Blick newspaper published on Sunday, rejected the “illegal” idea of…

Germany arrests Syrian suspected of plotting terror attack

BERLIN, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German authorities said they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, was being kept in a detention centre and was…

Nigeria urges Trump meeting after military action threat

ABUJA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria suggested a meeting between its president and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the US leader threatened military action over what he described as a threat to Nigerian Christians by jihadists. In an explosive post, Trump said on social media on Saturday that he asked…

Large majority of Mexicans approve Pres Sheinbaum’s administration

MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (NNN-EFE) — Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, presented her government report in San Luis Potosí, highlighting social advances and regional development, with a 79% of popular approval, according to a recent Enkoll survey. Public support that surpasses that of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in…

Nigeria’s albinism community gets its first beauty queen at advocacy pageant in Lagos

LAGOS, Sept 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigeria’s pageant industry has long celebrated conventional ideals of beauty. But here at the Albinism Advocacy Pageant in Lagos, the message is diversity and the goal to break the stigma surrounding albinism.  Albinism is a genetic condition that affects the skin, hair, and eyes and…

US reaffirms strong partnership with Tanzania

ARUSHA (Tanzania), Sept 15 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Acting US Ambassador to Tanzania, Andrew Lentz has reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to strengthening its partnership with Tanzania across key sectors. He said the focus areas will continue to be economy, investment, tourism, health, education, conservation and community development all aimed at fostering…

Kenya’s Alice Wanjiru wins 2025 International Young Eco-Hero award

Alice Wanjiru, 11, winner of the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Award NAIROBI, Sept 15 (NNN-KBC) — Eleven-year-old Alice Wanjiru has put Kenya on the global environmental map after winning first place in the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Awards for her project rehabilitating the Ruai Sewer Line. Alice’s initiative, the only…