Senegal: 2 opposition MPs jailed for kicking pregnant colleague Amy Ndiaye during budget debate

 DAKAR, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two opposition MPs in Senegal have been given six-month jail sentences for kicking a pregnant colleague in the stomach during a budget debate. The male lawmakers attacked Amy Ndiaye after she criticised an opposition religious figure. The judge also ordered Mamadou Niang and Massata Samb…

US: Teenager charged over New York New Year Eve machete attack

 NEW YORK, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police have charged a 19-year-old with two counts of attempted murder over an attack on three police officers near Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Trevor Bickford – who was also charged with two counts of attempted assault – travelled to NYC by train…

Peru: Public investment up 20.1% in 2022

LIMA, Jan 4 (NNN-ANDINA) — Public investment execution totaled S/46.592 billion (around US$12.235 billion) in 2022, recording a nominal growth of 20.1% compared to 2021 (S/38.785 billion or US$10.153 billion), the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) reported. Public investment by the National Government amounted to S/16.840 billion (about US$4.422 billion) last year,…

Peru: We can’t be at odds, says President Boluarte

LIMA, Jan 4 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte called on citizens to avoid confrontations —following the announced resumption of mobilizations starting Wednesday. In an interview with Peruvian newspaper La Republica, the Head of State asked citizens to allow her to reach out and talk (to them) in order to find common points…

Covid-19: EU offer vaccines to China which see surges in infection after lifting “zero-covid” policy

BRUSSELS, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU said it is prepared to send Covid vaccines to China as it grapples with a surge in coronavirus infections after lifting its “zero-Covid” policy. A European Commission spokeswoman, Dana Spinant, said the bloc months ago proposed giving vaccines and Covid expertise to Beijing…

Tanzanian president lifts ban on opposition political rallies

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan  4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic traditions. She has been under pressure to break with the hardline policies of John Magufuli,…

Malawi delays school reopening as cholera cases, deaths rise

Medical worker stands in front of a ward of a Cholera Treatment Centre in Malawian capital Lilongwe LILONGWE, Jan 2 (NNN-GNA) — Malawi on Monday postponed the opening of primary and secondary schools for at least two weeks due to a cholera outbreak.The new term was set to begin on…

Two dead along flooded highway in California on New Year’s Day

LOS ANGELES, Jan 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two people died after a strong winter storm hitting northern California’s Sacramento County on Saturday caused a double levee breach along a local river and flooded parts of a state highway, local media said. One of them died after being pulled from the water,…

Burundi declares cholera outbreak

BUJUMBURA, Jan 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Burundian Public Health and AIDS Control Minister Sylvie Nzeyimana on Sunday evening declared an outbreak of cholera in the east African country’s commercial capital Bujumbura. “Nine suspected cholera cases were identified on Dec 30, 2022 in the northern health district in the commercial capital Bujumbura…

Ivorian President vows soldiers held in Mali will ‘return soon’

ABIDJAN, Jan 2 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali for nearly six months and who have just been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Bamako, “will soon return to Ivorian soil”, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara stressed. “My thoughts are particularly with our soldiers detained in Mali…