Post-Brexit crisis: France threatens litigation if UK doesn’t grant fishing licenses by Friday

PARIS, Dec 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — French Minister of the Sea Annick Girardin warned that France would demand a European-level meeting and a litigation procedure if the United Kingdom does not grand fishing licenses to 94 French fishing boats by Friday evening. “If all the licenses were not granted by tomorrow…

Nicaragua breaks “diplomatic relations” with Taiwan

SAN JOSE, Dec 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Foreign Ministry of Nicaragua announced that Nicaragua is breaking “diplomatic relations” with Taiwan. “The Government of the Republic of Nicaragua declares that it recognizes that in the world there is only one single China,” the Foreign Ministry said in an Thursday announcement released…

Iran nuclear deal talks resume in Vienna amid frictions

VIENNA, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Negotiations between Iran and world powers aimed at salvaging a tattered 2015 nuclear deal have resumed in Vienna after a few days’ pause, with tensions high after Tehran made demands last week that European countries strongly criticized.European Union diplomat Enrique Mora, who chaired Thursday’s meeting…

Ethiopia’s PM Abiy to return to Addis Ababa from battlefront

The fighting has killed thousands of people, displaced more than two million ADDIS ABABA, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is returning to the capital Addis Ababa from the battlefront after pro-government forces claimed major advances in recent days against Tigrayan forces.After the Tigray People’s…

Pres Buhari commissions made-in-Nigeria naval vessel, NNS Oji

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos commissioned an indigenously constructed Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) III.The SDB, NNS Oji vessel, built by the Nigerian Navy is the third of its series to be locally built at the Naval Dockyard Limited, Lagos…

India’s Serum Institute let Africa down on vaccines: Africa CDC

Vaccine supplies have started increasing to Africa ADDIS ABABA, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Serum Institute of India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, let Africa down by pulling out of talks to supply COVID-19 vaccines, creating distrust that has affected demand, according to the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control.John…

Somalia: Caught between drought and fighting

The first rainfall in many months came to Guriel MOGADISHU, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 300,000 people in Somalia’s Galgaduud region have been affected by a severe drought that has gripped most of the country and forced the federal government last month to declare a state of emergency.“There is…

Covid-19: Russia to send virus specialists to South Africa – Pres Putin

   MOSCOW, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will dispatch virus specialists to South Africa to establish a Covid-19 lab there after the discovery of the new variant Omicron.    Russia’s leader made the pledge during a telephone call with his counterpart from South Africa Cyril…

Nigerian passport found around corpse on Polish-Belarusian border

Polish border officials at the scene of the incident WARSAW, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soldiers found the body of another migrant in Poland’s border region with Belarus, where thousands of people from crisis regions have been stranded in recent weeks in sub-zero temperatures.The soldiers found the body of the man,…

France says no diplomatic boycott for Beijing Olympics

PARIS, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France will not boycott the Beijing Olympics, French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said on Thursday. “As for a diplomatic boycott … France will not do it … Sports is a world in itself, which must be protected from political interference, otherwise … we can end…