Somalia: AU trains 200 Somali police to improve security

Women officers of the Somali national police MOGADISHU, Feb 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) said it has trained 200 more Somali police officers, who will maintain law and order in Hirshabelle State in the central part of the country. Yuyi Mwala, AMISOM police coordinating officer…

Argentina manages a US$ 1.02bn trade surplus in January

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s economic activity expanded in December as retail sales and manufacturing advanced, while the country posted a trade surplus in January that almost tripled the surplus the same month a year earlier. Activity increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in the December and contracted 0.3%…

Pres Bolsonaro wants electric carmaker Telsa to open a factory in Brazil

Bolsonaro, who will visit Miami and Dallas on March 9 and 10, said on Twitter that “our extensive agenda will include the possibility of bringing Tesla to Brazil.” BRASILIA, Feb 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — President Jair Bolsonaro said he would try to convince electric carmaker Tesla to open a factory in…

“El Menchito”, son of a powerful Mexican drug lord extradited to the US

MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The son of a powerful Mexican drug lord was extradited to the United States, where he is wanted for trafficking, a government source revealed. Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, known as “El Menchito,” “was extradited this week on the charge of conspiracy to smuggle drugs” into…

South Sudan forms coalition government

South Sudan’s leaders Riek Machar and Salva Kiir JUBA, Feb 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — It’s a new dawn in South Sudan as leaders form a coalition government. Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president on Saturday, a day after President Salva Kiir dissolved the previous government. “You have just…

Update: Lesotho PM granted medical leave from wife murder case – police

MASERU, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lesotho’s 80-year-old prime minister has been granted sick leave until Feb 27 when he will be have to appear in court on charges of murdering his wife, the country’s deputy police commissioner said. Thomas Thabane was due to be charged on Friday, but he failed…

Trump, Russia issue denials as new meddling charges hit US election

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Pres Donald Trump and Russia both angrily dismissed US intelligence’s account that Moscow is meddling in this year’s election as Democrats accused the president of betraying democracy. US intelligence chief Joseph Maguire, whom Trump replaced on Wednesday with a loyal partisan lacking direct experience…

Venezuela: Opposition leader Guaido calls anti-Maduro rally for March 10

CARACAS, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido called a demonstration in a bid to reignite the protest movement he hopes will force President Nicolas Maduro from office. He called on “women, students [and] unions” to join him in a demonstration outside parliament on March 10 “to find…

Thousands march in Peru in support of bull, cock fighting

Bull and cock fighting have been popular activities in Peru since the Spanish colonization LIMA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 10,000 people demonstrated in support of bull and cock fighting in Lima ahead of a supreme court decision on their future. Animal rights activists have brought a case to the…

France begins shutting down oldest nuclear plant

FESSENHEIM (France), Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French state-owned energy giant EDF on Saturday began shutting down the country’s oldest nuclear power plant after 43 years in operation. EDF said it had disconnected one of two reactors at Fessenheim, along the Rhine near France’s eastern border with Germany and Switzerland, at…