US gun violence: 2 suspects arrested following Minnesota shooting that left 1 student dead and another wounded

Police work in front of South Education Center Academy in Richfield, Minnesota RICHFIELD (Minnesota, US), Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities arrested two suspects Tuesday evening in connection with a Richfield, Minnesota, shooting earlier in the day that left one student dead and another critically injured, officials announced. Officers made the arrests…

UN chief calls for cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia to observe the Olympic Truce. “The people of Ethiopia continue to suffer greatly from ongoing conflict and bloodshed. For millennia, the tradition of the Olympic Truce has…

Tulia Ackson: Tanzania elects second ever female Speaker of Parliament

Tulia Ackson, Tanzania’s new Speaker of Parliament |  DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania has a new Speaker of Parliament in the person of 46-year-old Tulia Ackson.The new Speaker has served as deputy to immediate past Job Ndugai since 2015 and is widely expected to tow the line…

Rwanda set to host Commonwealth meeting in June

The Kigali Convention Centre KIGALI, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda is having another go at hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) after the event was postponed twice due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The meeting will now be held starting the week of June 20, 2022.The new date was announced…

UK to help Kenyan nurses learn ‘Medical English’ – Envoy

UK’s ambassador to Kenya, Jane Marriot NAIROBI, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan nurses who failed English language tests required for immigration to the UK will be supported by the British government to learn ‘Medical English’, an envoy has said.“We are ready to assist Kenyan nurses to learn medical English. This…

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…