US offers $10 mn for ‘mastermind’ of 2019 Kenya hotel siege

NAIROBI, Jan 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The United States announced it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for a man described as the “terror mastermind” of a bloody hotel attack in Kenya four years ago. It said it is seeking information on Mohamoud Abdi Aden, describing him as…

Two repatriated Daesh wives jailed after arriving back in Spain

MADRID, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Spanish women who married Daesh fighters were remanded in custody Wednesday on terror-related charges by a Madrid court after being flown home from Syrian detention camps with 13 children, legal sources said. They arrived at Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase near Madrid late Monday…

South Africa President Ramaphosa offers condolences to Senegal

PRETORIA, Jan 12 (NNN-SANEWS) –President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed a message of condolence to the government and people of the Republic of Senegal following a bus accident, which resulted in the death of about 40 passengers and injuries to 80 travellers. The accident is reported to have happened in the…

Colombia: 10 dead in recent inter-rebel clashes

BOGOTÁ, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people are believed to have died in recent fighting between armed rebel groups in Colombia near the Venezuelan border, Human Rights Watch said. “The information we have received reports at least 10 deaths in the department of Arauca as a result of clashes…

US Pres Joe Biden extends Covid-19 public health emergency

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday officially renewed the ongoing public health emergency for the Covid-19 pandemic amid concerns over a more transmissible viral mutation and broad pandemic fatigue.     The announcement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra marks the 12th renewal…

Kenya: My administration will tackle banditry more seriously, President Ruto

President William Ruto at the Administration Police Pass-Out parade in Embakasi. NAIROBI, Jan 12 (NNN-KBC) — Kenyan President William Ruto has said that his administration will tackle banditry and cattle rustling more seriously and restore order in areas affected by the menace. “I want to say without equivocation that this…

Kenyan LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba smothered to death – Pathologist

Edwin Chiloba  NAIROBI, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan LGBT activist Edwin Chiloba was smothered to death, a pathologist has said, giving the latest details of a murder that has caused outrage. Socks were stuffed into his mouth and a piece of denim from jeans tied around his face, Johansen Oduor…

US: First Lady Jill Biden undergoes surgery to remove cancerous skin lesions

Jill Biden departs the White House to undergo Mohs surgery on Wednesday WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US First Lady Jill Biden has undergone surgery to remove two cancerous skin lesions, the president’s doctor has said. Both were consistent with basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, Dr…

Four dinosaur species found in Chilean valley for first time: study

   SANTIAGO, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Scientists have found the remains of four species of dinosaurs, including a megaraptor, in an inhospitable valley in Chilean Patagonia that has emerged over the past decade as an important fossil deposit, researchers said. The fossils were found in Cerro Guido, in southern Chile’s Las Chinas…

Western Union restarts US money transfers to Cuba

MIAMI, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Western Union announced it had resumed moving money from the United States to Cuba, more than two years after sanctions forced the US-based firm to shut down operations on the communist-run island. The resumption of money transfer services to Cuba “is currently in a test phase,”…