Ethiopia unrest: PM Abiy gives Tigray forces 72 hours to surrender
The conflict is believed to have killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands more ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s prime minister…
Covid-19: UK vaccine news gives hope as US plans mass rollout
LONDON, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The developers of a coronavirus vaccine in Britain on Monday claimed success after mass testing,…
Russia: Pres Putin says it’s early to congratulate US election winner as legal issues not sorted out
MOSCOW, Nov 24 (NNN-TASS) — Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that he has not yet congratulated the presumptive winner of…
At least 13 die in two massacres in Colombia: officials
BOGOTA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 13 people died in two massacres in different parts of Colombia, authorities said.…
Cattle thieves kill five in mosque attack in Nigeria: police
KANO (Nigeria), Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen have killed five worshippers and kidnapped 18 in an attack on a mosque…
Mauritanian ex-president Abdallahi, country’s first to be elected democratically, dies
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritania’s former president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the West African state’s first democratically elected president,…
Covid-19: Seven dead after drinking hand sanitiser in Russian village
MOSCOW, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven people in Russia’s Far East republic of Yakutia have died and two were in…
Peruvian government names respected finance minister to shore up investor confidence
LIMA, Nov 21 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Peru’s interim president appointed veteran economist Waldo Mendoza as his finance minister in a bid…
US names first ambassador in a decade to Venezuela, but he will operate from Bogotá
BOGOTA (Colombia), Nov 21 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Amid a breakdown in relations and absence of US diplomats in Venezuela, Washington has named…
Thousands of students, despite restrictions, protest in Colombia’s main cities
BOGOTA, Nov 21 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Thousands of workers and students protested in Colombia against the social and economic policies of…