Parliament suspension: Queen approves PM’s plan
LONDON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September…
Ukraine’s new parliament set for marathon first session
KIEV, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s new parliament will meet for the first time on Thursday, dominated by the party…
Update: Brazil’s Bolsonaro fuels spat with Macron over Amazon fires
BRASILIA, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro repeated a demand for French leader Emmanuel Macron to withdraw recent…
Update: Toll rises to 28 in Mexico bar fire attack
MEXICO CITY, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and killed…
Morocco flood kills seven at football match: officials
Seven people died when river burst its banks and flooded a village football pitch where a game was being played.…
South Africa’s Eskom may need more bailouts by end-March – Treasury
National Treasury’s director general, Dondo Mogajane PRETORIA, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The South African government may be forced to inject…
Amid safety fears, Burundi to repatriate 200,000 refugees from Tanzania
There are approximately 200,000 Burundian refugees in Tanzania BUJUMBURA, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania says it has reached an agreement with…
Japan to drive Africa investment with enhanced trade insurance -Abe
TOKYO, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan will offer enhanced trade insurance to boost private sector investment in Africa, Prime Minister…
Kenya anti-graft body EACC suspends planned merger of Telkom Kenya, Airtel Kenya
NAIROBI, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s anti-graft Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has suspended a planned merger of Telkom Kenya…
Zoo trade in African baby elephants banned internationally
GENEVA, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A near-total ban on taking baby African elephants from the wild and selling them to zoos has been approved at…