UK pledges thousands of new jobs in freeports plan
LONDON, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK is to announce five new freeports and a new investment zone in the…
Ex-rebel commander of the notorious LRA gets 40-year jail term in landmark Ugandan case
GULU (Uganda), Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army…
South Africa: Four provinces declared free from Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks
PRETORIA, Oct 27 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Department of Agriculture has announced that the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak,…
South Africa well placed to be major hub in clean tech value chain
CAPE TOWN, Oct 27 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa is well placed to become a hub for components and equipment manufacturing…
UK: Action demanded over surge in illegal meat imports
Health officials at Dover seize illegal meat products LONDON, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government is under pressure to stop…
Georgia votes in key test for democracy, EU ambition
TBILISI, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Georgians voted on Saturday in elections that will determine the fledgling democracy’s European aspirations, amid…
Explosion in Spanish building kills three
SANTANDER (Spain), Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An explosion early Saturday caused a building to collapse in the northern Spanish city…
Knife attack at police station in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A serious attack occurred on Thursday at a police station in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when…
Train derails in Norway due to landslide, one person dead
OSLO, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least one person was killed and four others injured when a train carrying 55…
Air travel on the rise in Brazil
BRASILIA, Oct 25 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Ministry of Ports and Airports reported this week that South America’s largest country recorded…