UNGA president voices solidarity with Hurricane Dorian victims
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces has expressed solidarity with the victims…
Brazilian ministers to propose extending military fire-fighting mission in Amazon
BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — A Brazilian cabinet delegation will recommend extending the deployment of military troops fighting fires in…
UN Expert to assess SA’s rights of people with albinism
PRETORIA, Sept 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by people with albinism, Ikponwosa…
South Africa: Parliament seeks solution to xenophobic violence
PRETORIA, Sept 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — An urgent meeting between the Presiding Officers of Parliament and the relevant oversight committees is…
Eritrea seizes schools run by religious groups
ASMARA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The authorities in Eritrea have seized control of seven secondary schools run by religious organisations.…
Update: South Africa’s President Ramaphosa condemns ‘anti-foreigner violence’
PRETORIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned a wave of looting and violence that has…
Ethiopian opposition parties reject electoral reforms
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Opposition political parties in Ethiopia threatened to boycott national elections scheduled for next year…
Burkina Faso jails two generals over failed 2015 coup
Burkina Faso’s former foreign minister, Djibril Bassole (R), and General Gilbert Diendere OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A military court…
Bolivia’s fires destroy ‘heritage’ rock art sites
124 LA PAZ, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Wildfires that have raged across forests and grassland in eastern Bolivia for weeks…
UN chief urges funding for Sahel states
KINSHASA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres suggested the UN help fund the fight against jihadism in…