UN delegation returns from human rights fact-finding mission in Ethiopia

GENEVA, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations. The UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia is mandated to conduct a thorough and impartial probe into allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights…

South Africa: Eliminating malaria remains top priority

PRETORIA, Aug 4 (NNN-SANEWS) — Controlling and eliminating malaria remains critical for the health of southern Africa and cross-border partnership is key to achieving this goal. This was highlighted at the 7th Malaria Research Conference hosted by the South African Medical Research Council Malaria Research Group (MRG) and the Department…

Kenya parliamentary elections: US issues security alert, asks citizens to avoid Kisumu

NAIROBI, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Embassy in Nairobi has issued a travel advisory urging American citizens to avoid traveling to Kisumu ahead of next Tuesday’s General Election. The western lake-side city of Kisumu is the hometown of presidential aspirant Raila Odinga. In a security alert, the Embassy also…

Bulgaria’s Parliament dissolved, snap elections on Oct 2

SOFIA, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev decreed the dissolution of the 47th National Assembly, effective Aug 2, and the holding of early parliamentary elections on Oct 2, the head of State’s Press Secretariat said.By the same decree Radev appointed a caretaker cabinet headed by Galab Donev, a…

UN chief slams ‘excessive’ profits of oil, gas firms amid Ukraine war; calling it immoral

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accused oil and gas companies of making “excessive” profits from the energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine, calling it “immoral.” Guterres, releasing a UN report on the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, urged governments to tax the…

Fourth Peruvian PM resigns in one year

Anibal Torres LIMA, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s Prime Minister Anibal Torres resigned on Wednesday, becoming the fourth to step down in a year under embattled President Pedro Castillo. In a letter sent to Castillo, who has survived two impeachment votes in 12 months and is the target of five…

US basketball star Brittney Griner awaits fate in Russia drugs trial

KHIMKI (Russia), Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US basketball star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court on Thursday as her drugs trial grinds towards a finale that could end with a 10-year prison sentence and a US-Russia prisoner swap for one of the world’s most notorious arms dealers. Griner, a…

UN: Health experts vow to act with courage to end AIDS

MONTREAL (Canada), Aug 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — World health experts have vowed to act with courage to end AIDS at the just-concluded 24th International AIDS Conference. The five-day conference, known as AIDS 2022, brought together scientists, clinicians, community leaders, advocates, people with lived experience of HIV, health providers, decision-makers and others…

Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan, Armenia trade blame over renewed clashes

 BAKU/YEREVAN, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijan announced it had taken control of several strategic heights in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a new escalation that killed three soldiers.  The Azerbaijani army said it conducted the operation dubbed “Revenge” in response to the “terrorist actions of illegal Armenian armed groups on the territory of…

Heatwaves: Brussels urges EU members to reuse city water in farms

   BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission urged EU member states to re-use treated urban waste water as irrigation on the continent’s parched farms.   Much of Europe has been hit by a lengthy dry spell this year, and the EU executive warns that climate change could see half of…