Chile escape: Fugitive ex-guerrilla Patricio Ortiz Montenegro returns to Santiago after 23 years
SANTIAGO, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chilean former left-wing militant, renowned for a daring prison escape in 1996, has returned…
Ghana: Small scale miners yet to resume operations, miners target 3-month to fully return
ACCRA, Feb 2 (NNN-GNA) — Several weeks after the lifting of the ban on small scale mining, productive activities of…
South Africa: President Ramaphosa named 2018 Newsmaker of the Year
PRETORIA, Feb 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s National Press Club has named President Cyril Ramaphosa as the 2018 Newsmaker of…
South Africa: Shamila Batohi, new NPA boss takes aim at corruption
PRETORIA, Feb 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi has taken a firm stance against corruption…
Indonesia recaptures French drug suspect after jailbreak
MATARAM (Indonesia), Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French drug suspect on the run since escaping from an Indonesian jail nearly…
United Nations: ‘Indigenous Languages Are Part of Our Identities’, says Bolivian Pres Evo Morales
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke at the U.N. General Assembly for the opening ceremony…
South Africa’s Largest Union NUMSA Mobilizes Against Electricity Price Hike
PRETORIA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) –The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the largest single trade union in the…
6.5-magnitude quake shakes Guatemala, Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook Mexico and Guatemala on Friday, leaving three people injured and…
US sets deadline for foreigners dealing in Venezuela oil
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Non-U.S. entities buying oil or petroleum products from Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA in deals that involve…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa denies rift with deputy: Newspaper reports
HARARE, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said there is no rift with his deputy and dismissed…