US Authorities return 51 irregular Cuban migrants

US Authorities return 51 irregular Cuban migrants HAVANA, Feb 25 (NNN-ACN) — A flight from the United States returned 51 irregular migrants to the island on Thursday. The group included 46 men and five women, according to an announcement by the Cuban Interior Ministry (MININT). According to the announcement a…

Sudan crisis: Ugandan Pres Museveni urges ceasefire, dialogue as Sudan officials visit Uganda

President Yoweri Museveni (R) meets delegation from the Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council KAMPALA, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni held talks with visiting delegates from Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council in Kampala and appealed to the warring factions in the country to find means of ending the ongoing war…

Sudan crisis: Both factions committed abuses amounting to war crimes, UN says

Sudanese refugees gather as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams assist the war-wounded UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Both sides in Sudan’s civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes including indiscriminate attacks on civilian sites like hospitals, markets and even camps for the displaced, the UN…

Ivory Coast president pardons prisoners jailed for poll violence

More than 3,000 people were killed in the post-electoral violence ABIDJAN, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has pardoned 51 prisoners who had been jailed for committing violence and crimes “against state security” during the country’s 2010 post-electoral crisis.The West African country was plunged into violence after…

Zambia’s biggest-ever cholera outbreak kills almost 700

The outbreak began in Lusaka in October LUSAKA, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from Zambia’s cholera outbreak has risen to almost 700, says the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).It is the largest ever recorded in the country. It began in the capital, Lusaka, in October and has…

ECOWAS lifts sanctions on coup quartet of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea

ECOWAS leaders in a group photo after a summit in Abuja ABUJA, Feb 25 (NNN-GNA) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have announced the lifting of sanctions imposed on four suspended military-ruled countries.The four are Mali, Guinea, Niger and Burkina Faso.Three of the four, all except Guinea,…

South Africa’s May 29 elections: ANC pitches for votes as majority threatened

President Cyril Ramaphosa DURBAN (Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has launched its manifesto for the May 29 elections, in which some polls suggest its share of the vote could fall below 50% for the first time. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed thousands of…

Senegal’s President Macky Sall agrees to step down in April

 DAKAR, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegal’s President Macky Sall has said he will leave office when his term comes to an end on April 2 – but he did not announce an election date. In a televised interview he said the decision on a date would be part of political…

Germany legalises cannabis from April 1, but makes it hard to buy

Police in some areas of Germany, including Berlin, already turn a blind eye to smoking of cannabis in public BERLIN, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German parliament has backed a new law to allow the recreational use of cannabis. Under the law, over-18s in Germany will be allowed to possess…

APEC Peru 2024: Roadmap to boost hydrogen as energy source will be ready in August

AREQUIPA (Peru), Feb 25 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s Alternate Senior Official to APEC Victor Muñoz announced that the roadmap to promote the development of low-emission hydrogen (such as green hydrogen) in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members will be ready next August. “It is a topic that will be discussed at APEC meetings…