South Africa: Johannesburg court approves US$353 million silicosis settlement

JOHANNESBURG, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Johannesburg High Court approved a 5 billion rand (US$353 million) class action settlement between gold mining companies and law firms representing thousands of miners who contracted the fatal lung diseases silicosis and tuberculosis. The settlement follows a long legal battle by miners to win…

WHO says it could use more US experts help on the ground in Ebola fight

GENEVA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States could bolster the battle against the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo by allowing more of its experts to travel to the outbreak zone, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said. The virus has killed more than 1,700 people in…

Libya rescuers recover 62 bodies at sea after ‘worst’ wreck of year

TRIPOLI, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers said they had plucked the bodies of 62 migrants from waters off the Libyan coast a day after one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean this year. About 145 migrants were rescued by the Libyan coastguard Thursday after their overloaded boat went down…

Morocco navy picks up 242 African migrants in Mediterranean

RABAT, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Moroccan navy has picked up 242migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who were trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Spain in flimsy boats, the official MAP press agency said. It said the migrants, including 50 women and 12 children, were rescuedfrom several inflatable boats which…

US paves way for sanctions in Mali conflict

WASHINGTON, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday laying the groundwork for sanctions against those who have exacerbated the “deteriorating situation in Mali,” the White House said. The decree will freeze assets and suspend travel for “individuals orentities that seek to undermine the peace,…

Cuba to train 40 medical students a year from Ghana’s Zongo and deprived communities

Ghana’s VP Dr Mahamudu Bawumia with the President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel and delegates HAVANA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Government of Cuba has accepted to train 40 brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner-city and other deprived communities in Ghana. This follows a proposal by Ghana’s Vice…

Central African Republic wary of possible Ebola outbreak

File Photo BANGUI, July 27 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Central African Republic’s health minister Pierre Somse said the country is “not prepared” for a possible wave of the deadly Ebola virus from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where an epidemic has claimed more than 1,700 lives. The admission comes a week…

Nigeria: At least 20 members of Shi’ite group dead after protests

Members of the police during their operation to disperse protesting Shiites  ABUJA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Nigerian Shiite organisation said at least 20 of its members have been killed this week during a series of protests in the capital, Abuja, against the detention of its leader.  Three more members of…

Nigeria: Daesh says it kidnapped Nigeria aid workers; govt negotiate release

The aid workers were kidnapped in Nigeria’s north-east Borno state ABUJA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Islamic State’s West Africa Branch (ISWA) says it is responsible for the kidnap of six aid workers in northeast Nigeria. Aid agency, Action Against Hunger, identified a staff member and five others kidnapped last week…

Nigeria: State legislative assembly adjourn indefinitely after snake falls from roof

ABUJA, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lawmakers in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo abandoned their session on Thursday as a snake dropped from the roof, local media are reporting.Members were about to begin the business of the day when the snake dropped from a hole in the ceiling, bringing the…
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