Kenya, Portugal pledge deeper ties to improve health sectors

NAIROBI, Feb 1 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya and Portugal have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen collaboration in the health sector in the wake of sustained efforts by Kenya to advance the Universal Health Coverage agenda. A meeting between Health CS Mutahi Kagwe and the head of mission at the Portuguese Embassy…

Kenya elections: IEBC begins enlisting voters in UAE, Canada

NAIROBI, Feb 1 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Monday commenced Enhanced Continuous Voter Registration (ECVR) in United Arab Emirates and Canada. In UAE the exercise is taking place at the Kenya Embassy in Abu Dhabi and Kenya Consulate in Dubai. While in Canada the exercise kicks…

Kenya deports two fugitives wanted in UK for murder

NAIROBI, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two murder fugitives who were arrested by Kenyan detectives last Wednesday have been extradited to face trial in the United Kingdom. Mohamud Siyad Abdihakim and Monteiro Tariq Kennedy Mangal, both British nationals, were arrested by Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations -Transnational Organized Crime Unit, in…

US urges direct nuclear talks with Iran, says time running out

 WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A senior US official said that time was running out for nuclear negotiations with Iran and urged Tehran to agree to direct talks to help forge a deal.    Speaking on background, the official said that Iran’s nuclear program was nearing “breakout” toward nuclear weapons…

UN Myanmar investigators probing post-coup ‘crimes against humanity’

 GENEVA, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN investigators said that more than a thousand people may have been killed in crimes against humanity and war crimes since Myanmar’s military coup one year ago.    “Tragically, reports received over the last year suggest that well over a thousand individuals have been killed…

Ethiopian Airlines to resume 737 MAX flights after 2019 crash

 ADDIS ABABA, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian Airlines is set Tuesday to operate the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three years ago killed all 157 people on board and triggered the global grounding of the aircraft. Flight 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi plunged…

Covid-19: UK’s PM ‘sorry’ for ‘partygate’ findings, vows to stay on

 LONDON, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday apologised in parliament for a series of lockdown-breaching parties identified in an official inquiry, but vowed to fight on in office.   Fending off new opposition calls to resign following senior civil servant Sue Gray’s report, he vowed…

Covid-19: England plans to revoke mandatory jabs for health workers

NHS staff protest against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine rules, at Trafalgar Square, London LONDON, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government plans to revoke its decision to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for health workers in England after warnings that an already-stretched service could face serious staff shortages. The policy…

Russia, US clash at UN over Russian troop build-up near Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) –: Tensions between Russia and the United States over Moscow’s troop build-up near Ukraine spilled into the United Nations Security Council on Monday, with both countries accusing each other of being “provocative”. Russia failed to stop the US-requested council meeting on the build-up, allowing for a public face-off over…

Covid-19: Denmark from Tuesday returns to ‘life as we knew it’ despite Omicron

People at a cafe in Roskilde, Denmark COPENHAGEN, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Denmark on Tuesday will become the first European Union country to lift all of its COVID-19 restrictions despite record numbers of cases, relying on its high vaccination rate to cope with the milder Omicron variant. After a first attempt at…