Guinea-Bissau coup: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade – Pres Embalo

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo BISSAU, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking. Earlier, heavy gunfire rang out…

US: Fire at fertiliser plant in North Carolina may cause explosion, area evacuated

Firefighters battle a fire of burning Weaver Fertilizer Plant on Cherry Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina NORTH CAROLINA, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 6,500 people have been told to evacuate their homes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina due to a fire at a fertiliser plant storing over 300 tons of potentially…

Covid-19: WHO warns of Covid medical waste threat

    GENEVA, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the vast amount of waste produced in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic posed a threat to human and environmental health. The tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste had put a huge strain on healthcare waste…

Covid-19: Paris 2024 boss to miss Beijing Games after testing positive

Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet attended Tokyo 2020 but will not be at Beijing 2022 after testing positive for Covid-19 ARIS, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet will not attend the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the French organising committee said. Estanguet was due to…

Fourth journalist slain in Mexico in a month

A woman posts photos of murdered journalists during a national protest MEXICO CITY, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A journalist with an online news outlet was preparing to record a video interview Monday when he was shot by assailants, becoming the fourth journalist killed in less than a month in Mexico, the…

Flooding kills at least 11 people in Ecuador capital

 QUITO, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 11 people were killed and 32 injured on Monday after the heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in nearly two decades triggered a massive landslide in capital Quito, authorities said. Torrents of water carrying stones and mud swept down an avenue in the Ecuadorian…

US lacks moral authority to criticise rights abuses, says Cuba

An old American car drives near a banner reading ‘As the virus, the United States blockade isolates’, in Havana HAVANA, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba, marking six decades under American sanctions this week, has lashed out at US “cruelty” against the island nation and said Washington lacked the moral authority…

US: All federal prisons locked down after deadly gang fight

The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) wrote in an emailed statement that two prisoners died in hospital near the prison in Beaumont, Texas, where the violence erupted WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All federal prisons in the United States were locked down on Tuesday after a deadly gang brawl involving several…

Haiti storm: Thousands of homes flooded, rivers swell amid heavy rains

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of homes were flooded and some 2,500 families displaced in Haiti as torrential rain caused rivers to burst their banks, and rescue teams have begun evacuating people in high-risk zones, the civil protection authority said. Nearly 36 hours of rain caused flooding, primarily in…

Tanzanian jihadist killed in Mozambique – police

MAPUTO, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A suspected Tanzanian jihadist leader has been killed in Mozambique, two weeks after another militant leader from the East African country was captured by military forces. Tuahil Muhidim is accused of leading jihadist operations to occupy Mocimboa da Praia on the northern coast of Cabo…