UN food agency launches appeal for Mozambique relief funds
PARIS, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Food and Agricultural Organization has launched an appeal for US$19 million in short-term aid…
Angry over Brexit delay, ‘Leave’ supporters march through London
LONDON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people opposed to Britain delaying its departure from the European Union marched through…
Slovaks vote for president with outsider tipped to win
BRATISLAVA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Slovaks vote for a new president on Saturday with the odds-on-favourite an outsider whose anti-corruption…
Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities hit by new blackout, third in a month
CARACAS, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new blackout hit Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities on Friday, the third major…
US administration gives Liberian migrants reprieve from deportation
WASHINGTON, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US government has extended by 12 months the temporary leave to remain of thousands…
Kenya: Prisoners demand more than 1 US cent a week
NAIROBI, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lawyers in Kenya acting on behalf of prison inmates have gone to court to get…
Drug trafficking: Brazilian, Latvian and 2 others nabbed in Burundi
BUJUMBURA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi is still a hub for international drug trafficking, particularly heroin. The police on March…
Malta arrests five after migrants hijacked ship
The tanker was taking migrants to Libya when it was hijacked VALLETTA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The authorities in Malta…
Boeing sued in US over Ethiopian Airlines crash
NEW YORK, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A lawsuit against the airplane maker Boeing has been filed in a United States…
Exiled former Togolese minister prevented from traveling to Lomé
François Boko PARIS, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Togolese Interior Minister in the Gnassingbé Eyadema government, François Boko, who…