Nigeria kidnappings: Pres Tinubu declares national security emergency

President Bola Tinubu declared a security emergency ABUJA, Nov 27 (NNN-GNA) — The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared a nationwide security emergency following recent security concerns in his country.In a statement issued on the evening of Wednesday, Nov27, the Nigerian President cited the recent kidnapping of Christians…

US Pres Trump says he’s barring South Africa from participating in next year’s G20 summit

WEST PALM BEACH (Florida, US), Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said that he is barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year at his Miami-area club and will stop all payments and subsidies to the country over its treatment of a US government…

New Bolivian government to propose ‘massive’ spending cuts

    LA PAZ, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new center-right government in Bolivia said Tuesday it is targeting 30 percent reductions in spending and tax cuts to stabilize the economy when it proposes its budget in February. Pro-business conservative President Rodrigo Paz took office earlier this month, ending nearly 20…

Uruguay’s Economy Minister hopeful about EU-Mercosur FTA deal

MADRID (Spain), Nov 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay’s Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone said Tuesday in Madrid that he was strongly confident that the long-delayed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) will be signed shortly. Additionally, he voiced his concerns over the escalating…

Colombia: 17 children rescued from ultra-Orthodox Jewish Lev Tahor sect

BOGOTA, Nov 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Colombian immigration authorities have taken 17 minors into protective custody after they were rescued from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor during a hotel inspection in the northwestern city of Yarumal, Antioquia, it was reported on Monday. The group has faced global accusations of child…

Tanzania joins the World Heritage Committee for a five-year term

PARIS, Nov 26 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA has been elected to join the World Heritage Committee for a period of five years from 2025-2029. Tanzania won the seat in the first round of the election during the 25th Session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, held…

Argentina: 2 dead, 40 injured when a bus overturned due to reckless driving in central Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — Two people died and 40 others were injured on Tuesday when a bus overturned in central Argentina, authorities said. The accident occurred at around 8:00 a.m. local time on Provincial Route 2 in Buenos Aires province, and was reported hours later by the Buenos…

Honduras presidential elections: From coups to coffee – five things to know about Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A president overthrown in his pyjamas, another imprisoned in the United States for drug trafficking, and some of the world’s best coffee: here are five key facts about Honduras, a Central American country which will elect a president and lawmakers on Sunday. In the early…

Sudan crisis: Fresh clashes in southern West Kordofan town of Babanusa, as US presses for truce

ABU DHABI, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s army said it repelled a paramilitary assault on a key southern city, as Washington urged both sides to accept a ceasefire proposal aimed at stemming one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Since April 2023, the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

EU, Africa pledge to boost trade, tackle migration at summit

LUANDA, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European and African leaders committed to strengthening trade and better tackling irregular migration Tuesday, at the end of a summit aimed at boosting ties between the two continents. Two days of talks in the Angolan capital Luanda produced a wide-ranging declaration that nodded to Europe’s…
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