ICC orders record $56m compensation for Uganda LRA war victims

Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the rebel LRA THE HAGUE, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of over €52 million ($56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court (ICC) judges ruled, in a…

US wildfires: Deadly Texas wildfire torches 1 million acres – the largest blaze in state history – as more infernos rage; 2 killed

HOUSTON (Texas, US), March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Catastrophic wildfires ripping across the Texas Panhandle have killed at least two people and threaten to destroy more homes, cattle and livelihoods as the biggest inferno in state history engulfs more land every minute. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has now torched more than 1…

Cabinet confident South Africa will deliver successful G20 Summit

PRETORIA, March 1 (NNN-SANEWS) — Cabinet has expressed its confidence in South Africa’s ability to host a successful G20 Summit, drawing upon its track record of successfully organising major events such as the BRICS Summit and the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum (AGOA). This is according to Minister in…

South Africa: Plans in place to create 390,973 EPWP work opportunities

PRETORIA, March 1 (NNN-SANEWS) — As this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), Cabinet says plans are in place to achieve the remaining 390,973 work opportunities by March 2024. The year 2024 marks 20 years of the existence of the EPWP, which represents one…

More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO study finds

GENEVA, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a billion people globally are now considered obese, a condition linked to an increased risk of numerous serious health problems, according to updated estimates from the World Health Organization and an international group of researchers. Obesity is so prevalent it has become more…

Peru’s President: We work for education and to deliver quality schools

CATACAOS (Piura region, Peru), March 1 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte affirmed that her administration works for education and to build high-quality educational institutions, where professionals can be shaped with ethics and morals. Remarks were made during the inauguration of Genaro Martinez Silva Educational Institution’s new facilities in Catacaos. It is…

Chad opposition leader killed in army assault on party HQ: minister

N’DJAMENA, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta Yaya Dillo Djerou has been killed in an army assault on his party headquarters, a government spokesman said. Dillo died on Wednesday “where he had retreated, at the headquarters of his party. He didn’t want to surrender and…

Ecuador: 7 men massacred in Amazonian province under state of exception

QUITO, Feb 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Seven men in military uniforms were found slaughtered on Wednesday in the back of a pickup truck in Ecuador, an incident that took place as a state of emergency is in force in that nation. The massacre occurred in a rural sector on the…

Chad fighting: Heavy gunfire in N’Djamena after attack on security hq

 N’DJAMENA, Feb 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heavy gunfire has been heard in Chad’s capital N’Djamena following a deadly attack on the headquarters of the National Security Agency. Several people were killed in the attack, the government says, blaming an opposition party. Internet connectivity has been disrupted in the country, according to…

23 migrants dead after shipwreck in northern Senegal

DAKAR, Feb 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-three illegal migrants died after a boat loaded with migrants heading for Europe sank at the coast of Saint-Louis, in northern Senegal, Senegalese media reported. A boat carrying illegal migrants capsized in the sea before stranding off the coast of Saint-Louis on Wednesday, reported the…