Brazil GDP decline set for less than feared at 5.8 percent: IMF
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s economy is set to shrink by 5.8 percent in 2020, the International Monetary Fund…
UK: PM Johnson sees jobs boom from floating windmills
LONDON, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to banish the coronavirus gloom with a vision…
Fresh ceasefire call as Karabakh conflict escalates
YEREVAN (Armenia), Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia, the United States and France called for Armenia and Azerbaijan to agree an…
Covid-19: Zambian miners ‘quarantined by Chinese employer freed’
Chinese managers are reported to have left the mine when a delegation of govt officials arrived LUSAKA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
South Africa: Pres Ramaphosa backs women farmers in new land reforms
President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa PRETORIA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa will give priority to women and…
Kenyan court to rule on shopping mall attack case
NAIROBI, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A court in Kenya is set to pass judgement in the case of three men…
Ethiopia’s Nile dam ‘to produce power in 12 months’: Pres Sahle-Work Zewde
The dam has strained Ethiopia’s relations with Egypt and to some extent Sudan ADDIS ABABA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s…
Covid-19: South Sudan re-opens schools after 6-month closure
The resumption of schools include universities JUBA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Schools in South Sudan have officially reopened after more…
Djibouti, nation of one million, is building the largest free trade zone in Africa
Djibouti launches Africa’s largest free-trade zone DJIBOUTI, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Djibouti is capitalizing on its strategic location on one…
Kenyan MPs face arrest for instigating deadly political clash between supporters of president and his deputy
The two were accused of instigating clashes between supporters of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Rutto NAIROBI, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…