Ecuadoran President declares state of emergency in 3 provinces

A soldier frisks a local in Cerro Las Cabras, a canton located in the province of Guayas QUITO, April 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for 60 days starting from Friday in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Esmeraldas and Manabi, which have been plagued…

Wildcat strike: KLM cancels flights as crowds jam Amsterdam’s Schiphol

 THE HAGUE, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dutch national carrier KLM cancelled dozens of weekend flights at Schiphol airport, hit hard by a strike and staff shortages as it struggles to cope with pre-coronavirus passenger numbers. The airline axed 47 single and return flights on Saturday and Sunday, after cutting 28…

Mass arrests after anti-Muslim attack in Ethiopia

 ADDIS ABABA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several hundred people have been arrested following a deadly attack on Muslims in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar, a regional official said. More than 20 people were killed on Tuesday when heavily-armed “extremist Christians” attacked mourners at the funeral of a Muslim elder…

Daesh ‘Beatle’ Kotey sentenced to life in jail by US court

WASHINGTON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Alexanda Kotey, part of the Daesh kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles,” was sentenced to life in prison Friday, with relatives of victims addressing him and another member directly in the US court. Kotey, a 38-year-old former British national, pleaded guilty in September, admitting his…

Biden, Mexican president warn of ‘unprecedented’ migration flow

WASHINGTON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned of “unprecedented” pressure from migration in a call Friday that highlighted a major political headache for the White House ahead of November elections. “In view of the unprecedented flows of migrants from…

UN chief on Ramadan solidarity visit to Africa

UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will begin a “Ramadan solidarity visit” on Saturday to Senegal, Niger and Nigeria, said his deputy spokesman. Guterres will meet and share an Iftar dinner with President Macky Sall of Senegal, who assumed the presidency of the African Union earlier…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Moscow bars entry for public figures from Norway, Greenland, Ireland, Faroe Islands

Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow MOSCOW, April 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russia has barred entry to the country for nine individuals from Iceland, three from Greenland, three from the Faroe Islands and 16 from Norway in a retaliatory move, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement. The countermeasures were…

142 food trucks, 10 fuel tankers reach Ethiopia’s Tigray: UN

UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Relief workers in northern Ethiopia delivered to the Tigray region 142 truckloads carrying 3,400 metric tons of food aid in April, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said three convoys also were able to drive the Semera…

Pan African Heritage World launches first global digital museum

The Pan African Heritage World digital Museum launching in Ghana on May 5, 2022 ACCRA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Pan African Heritage World Museum, being constructed in Ghana, is launching the first digital museum in the world on May 5, 2022.The event coincides with the UNESCO-declared African World Heritage…

Nigerian army kills ISWAP/Boko Haram spiritual leader, several terrorists’ in Borno

The troops also killed the Amir (commander) and spiritual head of Galta BORNO (Nigeria), April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigerian Army said troops of Operation Desert Sanity neutralised several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists in Borno, northeast Nigeria.It said the troops also killed the Amir…