Covid-19: Kenya receives more J&J, AstraZeneca vaccine doses

NAIROBI, Dec 7 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya on Monday received a consignment of 4.3 million Johnson and Johnson vaccine doses in efforts to boost the ongoing accelerated Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The donation of the Covid-19 vaccines came from the German Government via the COVAX facility. The doses which arrived at the…

Algeria gives Palestinians $100m grant

ALGIERS, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria has agreed to give a grant of $100m to the Palestinian Authority. The announcement was made by Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, after meeting the visiting Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Tebboune also said Algeria would be hosting a meeting of Palestinian factions in the near…

Eight children found dead in Lagos car

LAGOS, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Nigeria say they are investigating the death of eight children – boys and girls – found dead in an abandoned car in the country’s biggest city, Lagos. Police said the bodies of the children, aged between four and six years, had been taken…

UN top court to rule in Armenia-Azerbaijan feud

  THE HAGUE, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top court will decide on Tuesday on tit-for-tat requests by Armenia and Azerbaijan for emergency measures to ease tensions after last year’s war between the Caucasus arch-foes.   The former Soviet republics, which battled for six weeks in autumn 2020 over…

3 more North Americans kidnapped in Haiti freed: Religious group

Nearly 800 kidnappings were recorded in Haiti between January and October this year PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people who were among a group of US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti have been released, according to their organisation. Christian Aid Ministries said the three were…

US CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to France, Jordan over COVID-19 concerns

Passengers wait in line inside the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised Americans against travel to France, Jordan, Portugal, and Tanzania, citing COVID-19 concerns. The CDC now lists 83 destinations at “Level…

US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) –The United States announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a calibrated rebuke of China’s human rights record that stops short of preventing US athletes from competing. The decision comes after Washington spent months wrangling with what position to take on the Games,…

Covid-19: Cuba kicks off booster vaccine drive in Havana

Doses of Cuba’s Abdala coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine HAVANA, Dec 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuban health authorities on Monday began the massive application of booster vaccine doses against COVID-19 for Havana residents with the home-grown Abdala vaccine. During the first phase of the campaign, people living in four out of the…

At least 48 people killed in tribal conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region

At least 48 people killed in tribal conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region KHARTOUM, Dec 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 48 people were killed in a tribal conflict in Sudan’s West Darfur state, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a non-governmental organization, said in a statement. “Initial reports indicated that there…

Tanzania reacts to EU Foreign Affairs Committee

President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania has acknowledged the approval by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Union Parliament, which recognised some positive developments achieved under a short reign of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.President Hassan took power in March, this year,…