Peru: Gov’t extend state of emergency in Apurimac’s Chalhuanca

CHALHUANCA (Apurimac region, Peru), March 19 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s Council of Ministers has agreed to extend the state of emergency for 60 days in the district of Chalhuanca in Aymaraes province, Apurimac region, due to the heavy rains in the area, Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen said. “The Government seeks to…

South Sudan heatwave: Extreme weather shuts schools and cuts power

 JUBA, March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All schools have been ordered to close in South Sudan, as it prepares for a heatwave in which temperatures could reach an exceptional 45C (113F). Authorities said children should stay indoors and that the extreme weather could last for at least two weeks. Deaths “related…

Haiti: 14 bodies found in capital suburb amid gang violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, March  19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen bodies were found Monday in a suburb of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, after an attack by gang members who have ravaged the country for weeks. Local residents said they did not know the circumstances of the deaths but said that the affluent suburb of Petion-Ville…

Russia presidential election: Putin thanks crowd on Red Square after election victory

MOSCOW, March  19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked supporters at a concert on Red Square following his election victory, standing alongside the three loyalist candidates who ran against him. “Hand in hand, we will move forward and this will make us stronger… Long live Russia!” Putin…

Niger’s junta revokes military agreement with US

A junta spokesperson made the announcement on state television NIAMEY, March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Niger’s junta has ended a military agreement that allowed US personnel to be deployed in the country. Saturday’s announcement came in the week that a delegation from Washington had been in Niamey for talks with the country’s…

US evacuates citizens from crisis-gripped Haiti

 WASHINGTON, March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 30 US citizens landed in Florida on a chartered government flight from Haiti Sunday, the US State Department said, after weeks of gang violence that have paralyzed the Caribbean nation. The flight departed from Haiti’s port city of Cap-Haitien, where the airport has…

US gun violence: Three people shot, one dead following shooting at Jax Beach, suspects still at large

JACKSONVILLE (Florida), March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Jax Beach Police and Jacksonville Fire and Rescue are investigating a shooting that left two people injured and one person dead in Jacksonville Beach on Sunday night. Police said three people have been shot. Two are in stable condition and…

DR Congo reinstates the death penalty after more than 20 years

KINSHASA, March 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — DR Congo has lifted a more than two-decade-old moratorium on the death penalty as authorities struggle to curb violence and militant attacks in the country, according to a justice ministry statement. The statement, dated earlier last week, said the ban from 2003 allowed offenders accused…

South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave

JUBA, March 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. The health and education ministries advised parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar to 45…

Azerbaijan ‘closer than ever’ to peace with Armenia, Azeri president says

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev BAKU, March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said his country is “closer than ever” to a peace with Armenia, half a year after Azerbaijan recaptured its Karabakh region from its ethnic Armenian majority, prompting a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians. “Today, we are in an active phase of peace…