WHO, US health authorities tracking new Covid-19 variant

GENEVA, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization and US health authorities said Friday they are closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19, although the potential impact of BA.2.86 is currently unknown. The WHO classified the new variant as one under surveillance “due to the large number (more than…

Uganda calls for continuous judicial cooperation with Tanzania

Principal Judge of the High Court of Uganda, Dr Flavian Zeija, DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 18 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Principal Judge of the High Court of Uganda, Dr Flavian Zeija, has called for continuous cooperation between the Judiciary of Uganda and Tanzania in order to foster collaborations and advance common…

UN hails Tanzania digital inclusion efforts

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 18 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE United Nations has hailed the Tanzanian government efforts in strengthening the environment for digital inclusion in the country. The Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System, Zlatan Milisic said the 5G technology launched recently in the country would enable citizens including youths…

Haiti: 30 dead in gang attacks in capital Port-Au-Prince

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gang violence in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince has left 30 residents dead and more than a dozen injured, a local human rights group said Thursday. Houses in the city’s Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood were set on fire in the attacks and two police officers also died, according…

Sudan crisis: Escalating violence threatens hospitals

KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Al Nao hospital, the last operating health facility in Omdurman city, northwest of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, is threatened by escalating violence, Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), said. “Violence is now escalating around Al Nao hospital, threatening patients and staff. Yesterday, shells…

Canadian PM convenes emergency meeting on wildfire crisis

OTTAWA, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the wildfire crisis in the Northwest Territories, local media reported. Mass evacuation of areas in the territory is ongoing, including the capital city of Yellowknife, the territory’s largest community with a population…

Bolivian bus crash death toll rises to 20

LA PAZ, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Local authorities confirmed Thursday that the death toll rose to 20 from an overturned public bus on the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz Highway on Wednesday in Bolivia. Departmental Director of Traffic Police Colonel David Herbas told reporters that the accident occurred near the El Locotal sector…

UN peacekeepers shut Goundam camp in Mali

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — UN peacekeepers in Mali closed their Goundam camp and moved safely in a convoy of personnel and equipment to Timbuktu, a UN spokesman said. “The complex operation involved the withdrawal of personnel from the Ivorian military contingent, as well as UN police officers and…

2023 set to become another year of high aid worker casualties: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations warned that 2023 is set to become another year of high death tolls and injuries for aid workers due to conflict and insecurity in countries such as South Sudan. So far this year, 62 aid workers have been killed in crises…

Heavy rain causes flight cancellations, floods in Germany

People gather at the airport in Frankfurt as flights are cancelled or delayed due to floods FRANKFURT (Germany), Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heavy rain in parts of Germany has caused flooding that deluged streets and toppled trees, and led to dozens of flight cancellations at Frankfurt airport, the country’s busiest…