Libya forms joint security force to secure border with Tunisia

TRIPOLI, March 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi on Wednesday issued a decision to form a joint security force to secure the border with Tunisia. The decision comes a few days after the ministry closed the border crossing with Tunisia following an attack by a “criminal group.” “The…

China emerges as leading source of foreign investment in Tanzania: officials

DAR ES SALAAM, March 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — China has emerged as a leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Tanzania, significantly contributing to the country’s development, officials said Wednesday. The remarks were made at the closing session of a one-day China-Tanzania Investment Forum and China (Jinhua)-Tanzania Trade and Investment…

South Africa’s President Ramaphosa congratulates Senegal President-Elect

PRETORIA, March 28 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, following that country’s recent elections. Faye won at least 54% of the vote in Senegal’s presidential elections. “The Senegalese people have [lit] a beacon which will usher in a new hope in the journey of…

Revolt at Ecuador jail where powerful gang leader escaped

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Ecuador were working to quell a prison revolt Wednesday in the port city of Guayaquil at the same facility where one of the country’s most feared gang leaders escaped in January. The “internal revolt” was started by a group of inmates, the…

Irish PM Leo Varadkar attends final cabinet meeting

DUBLIN, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar is attending what is likely to be his last Cabinet meeting before stepping down. Varadkar announced his resignation last week. Speaking to reporters in front of Government Buildings, Varadkar said this would “probably” be his last meeting, and based…

Senegal results show large win for opponent Faye in presidential poll

DAKAR, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showedWednesday. He placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, former prime minister Amadou Ba, who garnered 35.79 percent. The victory…

US: Bird flu detected in dairy cattle

 HOUSTON (Texas, US), March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cows at dairy farms in Texas and Kansas tested positive for a contagious strain of bird flu in an “unprecedented development,” Texan farming authorities said Wednesday. The Texas Department of Agriculture and with other state and national agencies “are working around the clock…

Uganda: 10 mourners dead, 20 injured in Rakai road crash

The ill-fated truck which overturned at Lwabaganda Cell, Dyango Town Council KAMPALA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Rakai District are investigating circumstances under which at least 10 people died in a motor crash on their way to a burial site in neighbouring Isingiro District.The driver of a fuso truck…

Russian Pres Putin discusses security cooperation with West, Central African leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita by phone on Wednesday, both countries said, a day after Putin held a similar call with the junta leader in neighboring Niger.“We discussed bilateral issues, particularly…

Greek govt faces censure motion over train tragedy

ATHENS, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece’s conservative government faces a censure motion in parliament on Thursday over claims it had sought to manipulate an ongoing investigation into the nation’s worst train tragedy. After a three-day debate, the no-confidence motion will be put to an evening vote that the government majority…