Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown

KAMPALA, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda was on edge as it headed for elections on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet shutdown and a police crackdown on the opposition. The local Daily Monitor newspaper ran a full-page spread on how to “election-proof…

Chile’s Pres Boric endorsing Bachelet for UN top post beyond his own term

santiago, Jan 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile’s outgoing President Gabriel Boric Font confirmed that his administration would formalize the candidacy of former President Michelle Bachelet for Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). Boric, who is soon to hand over power to President-elect José Antonio Kast of his political antipodes, said that…

UN experts urge US to respect international law over Greenland

GENEVA, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — United Nations (UN) experts on Wednesday warned that any unilateral attempt to alter Greenland’s status as an autonomous territory of Denmark would not only violate international law, but could also undermine stability in the Arctic region and beyond. In a joint statement, seven UN experts,…

Libya: Mass graves of 21 migrants uncovered in a private farm in eastern Ajdabiya city

TRIPOLI, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — Libya’s Internal Security Agency (ISA) said its branch in the eastern city of Ajdabiya has uncovered mass graves containing the remains of 21 migrants during a security raid on a private farm, local media reported Wednesday. According to preliminary information cited by the reports, the…

Nigeria, UAE strike trade pact to scrap tariffs on over 7,000 products

President Bola Tinubu and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the signing ABU DHABI (UAE), Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigeria–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was signed on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, with President Bola Tinubu and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in…

Algeria’s president urges youth living abroad illegally to come home

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ALGIERS, Jan 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called on Algerian youth living abroad “in vulnerable and illegal situations” to come home.During Sunday’s cabinet meeting, the president said he would regularise the status of these young citizens, including those who have committed minor infractions in…

Sudan’s war has left the country’s economy shattered: Finance Minister

Sudanese army soldiers parade in the streets of Omdurman, a district of Khartoum KHARTOUM, Jan 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Widespread destruction, massive military spending and plummeting oil and gold revenues have left Sudan’s economy in “very difficult times”, army-aligned finance minister Gibril Ibrahim said, nearly three years into the army’s war…

US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump’s administration is suspending processing for immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, a State Department spokesperson said, as part of Washington’s intensifying immigration ⁠crackdown. The pause, which will impact applicants from Latin American countries including Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay, Balkan countries…

Nigeria: Operation against kidnapping gang kills ‘200 bandits’ – Official

ABUJA, Jan 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 suspected members of an armed criminal gang in central Nigeria have been killed in an ongoing operation, an official said.The large-scale, multi-agency offensive started on Saturday and had also led to arrests, the media officer for the Kogi state government said –…

Uganda, Tanzania near crude export milestone

KAMPALA, Jan 14 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — FOR decades, the vast oil reserves beneath the Albertine Graben in Western Uganda remained a promise locked in the earth. Today, that promise is finally flowing toward reality. Uganda and Tanzania are preparing to ship their first crude oil exports through the long-awaited East African…
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