UN call for international participation in fighting sexual violence in Sudan conflict

UNITED NATIONS, April 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations are calling for more international engagement to combat sexual violence against women and girls in the Sudan conflict, a UN spokesman said. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya joined Pramila Patten, the special representative of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on sexual…

Cuban and Russian Ministers of Interior sign cooperation plan

MOSCOW, April 26 (NNN-ACN) — Lazaro Alberto Alvarez, Cuban minister of the interior, and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Kolokoltsev signed in Moscow a cooperation plan between the two countries.According to Prensa Latina, the document aims at strengthening the fight against crime, the exchange of experiences and the training of personnel,…

Germany detains alleged Nigerian mafia members

A member of the Black Axe gang BERLIN, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German police have arrested 11 Nigerian men suspected of being in a mafia group who orchestrated large-scale dating scams.The Black Axe gang was involved in “multiple areas of criminal activity” globally, Bavarian police said in a statement.In Germany,…

UK: East African trio arrested after migrants die on boat crossing the English Channel

The men were detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration LONDON, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Sudanese nationals and a South Sudanese citizen have been arrested by police in the UK after five migrants died in the English Channel.The men were detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering…

Nigeria: Suleja prison damaged by heavy rain; 108 inmates on the run

Many of the facilities in Suleja prison were built during the colonial era ABUJA, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 100 prisoners have escaped from a jail near Nigeria’s capital after heavy rain damaged part of the facility where they were housed.According to the authorities, 118 inmates originally fled the…

Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned as a transitional council takes over

Michel Patrick Boisvert, who was named interim prime minister attends the swearing-in ceremony of the transitional council PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti’s de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry, has resigned and a new transitional council has been sworn in in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert has been appointed…

South Africa on track to eliminate malaria disease by 2028

PRETORIA, April 26 (NNN-SANEWS) — The Department of Health says South Africa is on track to achieve malaria elimination status by 2028, as outlined in the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan.  This, according to the department, is despite facing challenges such as heightened heatwaves exacerbated by climate change, with the…

France: Thousands of flights cancelled as air traffic controllers strike – highest in 20 years

PARIS, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of flights were cancelled in France and Europe on Thursday as a strike by French air traffic controllers over pay caused stoppages not seen in decades. Airlines cut more than half of their normal flight schedules at Paris’s two main airports Orly and Roissy…

155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains cause floods, landslides – PM

DAR ES SALAAM, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino caused flooding and landslides, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday. He told parliament that about 200,000 people had been affected and that there had been significant damage in…

Latin American bloc holds summit to devise trade, energy cooperation roadmap for 2030

CARACAS, April 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — The 23rd summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) opened here Wednesday with its agenda focusing on a roadmap for 2030. “We have received an extraordinary proposal with seven lines of action, which we have called the ALBA…